A chip runs low and rolls; a pitch flies higher and stops. How to tell them apart, when to use each, how to hit them and which wedge to use.

In best ball, everyone plays their own ball and the team takes the lowest score on each hole. Here's how it works, the Rule 23 details and how to play it smart.

A provisional ball is a backup ball you hit when your first shot might be lost or out of bounds. Here's when it's allowed, what you must say, and how to count strokes.

A dogleg is a hole whose fairway bends left or right. Here's how to play one, which clubs help, and where the word comes from.

In stroke play you count every shot over the whole round and the lowest total wins; in match play you play an opponent hole by hole, and whoever wins more holes wins the match. Same course, same cl...

A caddie carries a golfer's clubs and gives advice during the round. What caddies can and can't do under the Rules of Golf, how to tip one, and where the word comes from.

A links course is a golf course built on sandy coastal land, with firm turf, few trees and constant wind. Here is what makes one, where the word comes from and how to play it.

A scramble is a team format where everyone hits, the team picks the best shot, and everyone plays from there. Here are the rules, the Texas, Florida and Ambrose versions, and how team handicaps work.

A golf handicap is a number that measures your ability so golfers of different skill can compete fairly. Here is how the World Handicap System calculates it, how to get one, and what an average han...