Fergus Bisset

Taking your bag into a bunker might seem an unlikely thing to do – Imagine squeezing into the Road Hole bunker at St Andrews with a full Tour bag?

Should we be turning to tech to solve the pace of play problem in golf?

Recently I was doing some newspaper archive research for an article on early Opens. I was looking at reports of the 1903 Open at Prestwick

Are you allowed to repair a pitch mark on the green when your ball is not on the putting surface? Is there a penalty if you do so?

You've played a nice shot into a pin cut close to the left-hand side of the green . You've been aggressive and fired straight at it.

Is it a penalty in golf to measure two club-lengths? Are there instances when it is correct to measure two club-lengths?

The first thing to ascertain when answering this question is, why was she measuring two club lengths?

Are you allowed to shift a movable obstruction if it’s not actually on the golf course? Is there a penalty for doing so?

Here's the scenario: Someone you are playing with in the Saturday roll-up has played a shot very close to the out of bounds line – in this instance, it's an invisible boundary marked by white stakes.

Self-confessed golfing puritan Fergus Bisset wonders if, through excessive mobile phone usage, many are missing out on the simple pleasures of golf