A bunker is a prepared area of sand on a golf course, usually a hollow near a green or fairway. Here's what the Rules of Golf let you do in one, how bunkers differ from waste areas, and why the wor...

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 gimme is a short putt your partners agree to count as made. When it is legal, how close it has to be, and how it affects your handicap.

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...