Fergus Bisset

What happens when a playing partner gives golfing advice that you haven't asked for? Is there a penalty?

We all have those days on the golf course when things just aren't working properly. For some reason, you just can't get the ball going in the right direction.

GUR is a commonly used acronym in golf, but what does it stand for and why is it important in the game?

This is a pretty straightforward one to answer quickly – GUR in golf stands for Ground Under Repair. There, article done.

Walter Hagen was a golfing legend: an athlete, a playboy and a pioneering professional. How far could he hit the ball at the peak of his powers?

Winning 11 major championships in the space of just 15 years between 1914 and 1929, together with countless tournaments and exhibition matches, Walter Hagen was the best professional golfer of his generation.

There are plenty of ways you can incur a penalty when playing from a bunker. Is taking your bag in and setting it on the sand one of them?

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