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Jordan Spieth returned to Augusta National last week for the first time since his four-shot victory in the Masters. He saw his name on the permanent Masters trophy. He was treated like an honorary member. And he checked out the new Champions Locker Room. Augusta National has champions share a locker, and the 22-year-old Texan was curious. "I walked up to see who I was with," Spieth told Golfweek magazine. "And I share a locker with Arnold Palmer. So it was a very special moment there." He might have recognized one other thing in that locker room – his 60-degree [...]

The R&A and the United States Golf Association today announced the publication of the 2016 edition of the Rules of Golf that takes effect on Jan. 1, 2016. The new Rules book is the culmination of the normal four-year review cycle and is a collaborative work by The R&A and the USGA that applies worldwide to all golfers. Among the most significant of the changes in the 2016 edition of the Rules are the following: Withdrawal of Rule on Ball Moving After Address - Rule 18-2b (Ball Moving after Address) has been withdrawn. This means that if a ball at rest [...]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 AT 10:59 PM http://www.geoffshackelford.com/homepage/2015/9/17/great-places-in-the-game-stadium-golf-center.html I usually like to file these on my own based on a visit, but I just so enjoyed Tod Leonard's summary of a place I've always heard is a community gem, that we'll entrust the San Diego Union-Tribune golf writer to tell us the Stadium Golf Center story. From Leonard's piece on this range, home to a whole lot of lessons and characters and a passion for the game that has introduced so many San Diegoans to golf. Nearly all of the staff and instructors go back to those Stardust days, and [...]

By Tod Leonard | 6 a.m. Sept. 15, 2015 For 20 years popular practice facility has welcomed beginners to pros Barry Mahlberg and his buddies started out as range rats at the old Stardust Country Club in Mission Valley, where some of them were hitting balls and others were picking them up just to get playing privileges. They all shared a love for golf, but they were truly young men at the time, still finding their way in life. They had no idea where the game would take them. They just knew they’d like to make a living doing it, one [...]