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PGA TOUR

Golf

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Season2026 PGA TOUR Player Handbook and Tournament Regulations

CategoryIndividual Sports

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NCAA

Golf

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Season2025-26 NCAA Golf Rules Book (Rules of Golf base + NCAA team match-play format, fall+spring season, NCAA Championship match play)

CategoryIndividual Sports

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Format

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PGA TOUR

A standard PGA TOUR event is a 72-hole individual stroke-play competition played over four rounds on consecutive days (Thursday through Sunday for a typical week). The player who completes the 72 holes in the fewest total strokes is the champion.

NCAA

Regular-season tournaments: typically 54-72 hole stroke play; team scoring; Conference championship: same stroke-play format, with conference-defined scoring; NCAA Championship: 4-day stroke play (72 holes) reduces to top 8 teams + top individuals; the top 8 teams advance to match play bracket

Pace of Play

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PGA TOUR

The PGA TOUR enforces a Pace of Play Policy. Groups are expected to keep position on the course; a group out of position may be put "on the clock."; When a group is being timed, each player is allotted a maximum time to play a stroke (with an extra allowance for the first to play). Exceeding the ...

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NCAA

NCAA pace-of-play policy similar to USGA: each group has a timing par; bad-time accumulation triggers stroke penalties

Section 2: Equipment

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PGA TOUR

The PGA TOUR Anti-Doping Program prohibits listed performance-enhancing substances and methods. Players are responsible for what is in their bodies and may be tested in and out of competition; the program is part of the integrity framework that surrounds equipment and play.

NCAA

Conforming clubs (USGA/R&A list); Conforming golf balls (USGA/R&A list); 14-club limit per stipulated round (Rule 4.1b)

Section 3: Playing Area

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PGA TOUR

A PGA TOUR event is contested over an 18-hole golf course, almost always set up to a par of 70, 71, or 72. Total yardage for a TOUR set-up commonly falls in the range of roughly 7,100 to 7,600 yards, varying by course, elevation, and conditions.

NCAA

Tournament course set up by NCAA Championship Committee with the host club; Daily hole locations published before each round; OB by white stakes/lines; penalty areas yellow/red; GUR white lines

Section 5: Rules of Play

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PGA TOUR

A standard PGA TOUR event is a 72-hole individual stroke-play competition played over four rounds on consecutive days (Thursday through Sunday for a typical week). The player who completes the 72 holes in the fewest total strokes is the champion.

NCAA

Regular-season tournaments: typically 54-72 hole stroke play; team scoring; Conference championship: same stroke-play format, with conference-defined scoring; NCAA Championship: 4-day stroke play (72 holes) reduces to top 8 teams + top individuals; the top 8 teams advance to match play bracket

Section 6: Scoring

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PGA TOUR

The score for each hole is the number of strokes taken plus any penalty strokes; the round score is the total for 18 holes, and the championship score is the total for all rounds played.; Scores are commonly expressed relative to par (for example, "10 under par").; In stroke play, a marker (typic...

NCAA

Stroke play: lowest cumulative score wins individual; team score = sum of best 4 of 5 individual scores per round; Match play: holes won determines match outcome; team match = best of 5 individual matches; Tiebreakers: aggregate strokes; sudden-death playoff at championship

Section 8: Safety Considerations

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PGA TOUR

The competition committee monitors weather, particularly lightning, throughout tournament week using on-site meteorology.; When a dangerous situation exists, the committee sounds the immediate-suspension signal and players must stop play at once, even mid-hole. A separate signal is used for a nor...

NCAA

Lightning detection halts outdoor play; 30-30 rule supplemented by professional detection. WBGT-based heat thresholds; mandatory water/cooling stations on course.

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