We complain about poor etiquette, pace of play, and ignorance of the rules. Could we solve it by demanding golfers pass an ...

In the photo above, the lie is so preposterous, it looks like a prank. It isn’t. It actually occurred in a recent tournament in which a friend of the Etiquetteist was competing. Talk about bad luck.

Techno-alarmists keep insisting that robots are going to make us all redundant. Sounds scary. But The Etiquetteist isn’t worried about his job. Smart as they may be, machines lack emotional ...

The most-read rules question of 2025 involved a relatively mundane topic: Is it legal to stand directly behind someone when ...

Phil Mickelson calls it a "huge problem" in golf, an unhappy consequence of the Covid boom. Overcrowded tee sheets? Grinding pace of play? Not exactly. In a recent post on X, the six-time major ...

Jim Corbett is the last guy in need of any prodding over pace of play on a golf course, making him the first person you would want to follow up the fairway. An Edmonds man with an easy manner and a ...