Find a Golf Rules Guide for Your Situation
Find a beginner golf rules guide by situation: describing the facts, missing balls, relief procedures, putting greens and bunkers.
Start with the situation you are checking
These links help you choose a guide; they do not decide a penalty or establish a right to relief. Read the guide’s conditions and linked official rule before applying an example. For a broader introduction, use the learning path below.
I need to explain what happened
Start here if you are unsure which facts to record or where the applicable Local Rules are published.
My ball may be missing or out of bounds
Choose the guide that matches your question about the original ball or about playing a provisional ball.
I am checking a relief situation
Find the situation guide first. Use the dropping guide for the procedure after the applicable relief option is established.
My question is about a green or bunker
Open the procedure or restriction you are checking, and keep the ball’s actual location in view when reading the example.
