Welcome to our Golf Rules section,

The R&A is the rules and development body for the golf world and the organizer of The Open Championship.

It operates with the consent of more than 130 national and international, amateur and professional organizations, from over 120 countries and on behalf of an estimated 30 million golfers in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and The Americas (outside the USA and Mexico). The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the game’s governing body in the United States and Mexico.

Click on the picture to download the rules of golf for 2008-2011. File size is 2.33mb