As the governing body of golf in Canada, Golf Canada holds the exclusive right to govern, publish and distribute the Rules of Golf in Canada. For additional information on the Rules of Golf, please visit the Golf Canada website.
The Rules are typically updated every four years through the work of the R&A and the United States Golf Association. A joint committee of these associations, on which the Chair of Golf Canada’s Rules and Amateur Status Committee sits, is charged with revising, modernizing and improving the Rules of Golf. These two documents form the complete Rules of Golf that are used universally throughout the world of golf.
Resources
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Rules of Golf Publications
The Official Guide to the Rules of Golf: This guidebook contains information to best support committees and officials. It includes interpretations on the Rules, Committee procedures (available local rules and information on establishing the terms of the competition), and the Modified Rules of Golf for Players with Disabilities.
Rules of Golf: The full edition of the Rules will be written in the third person and will include illustrations. The Rules of Golf is intended to be the primary publication for officials and is expected Golf Club Committees and Referees will use the publication as their primary Rules of Golf resource.
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Rules of Golf – Apps
Download the Official Golf Canada Mobile App
The Golf Canada Mobile App will continue to provide hole-by-hole data for over 1,400 golf clubs in Canada, has the only free Apple Watch integration for your hole-by-hole GPS mapping available in Canada.
Access easy-to-use features to track scores and stats, find courses and scorecards, improve your game, look at course maps with GPS distances and much more.