The R&A has launched One Club, an evolution of its direct-to-consumer membership initiative designed to transform how fans and golfers around the world experience the sport year-round. Read More
Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A and Secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, is to step down at the end of 2024 after what will be nine years in the role. Read More
Titleist and Callaway, two of golf's leading ball brands have issued statements reacting to the R&A and UGSA’s proposal to curb the distances that all golfers will be able to hit the ball in future. Read More
The distance that a golf ball can fly is to be reduced under a new ruling that will come into play in 2028 for tour professionals and 2030 for all other golfers, including club amateurs. Read More
Sir Michael Bonallack, the most successful British amateur golfer of the post-war era, and one of golf’s most pre-eminent administrators, died yesterday (September 26) in St Andrews at the age of 88. Read More
The R&A has announced new global participation figures that show that there are ten million more golfers are playing the game worldwide now than they were 2016. Read More
Plans to roll back the distance that a golf ball can fly at professional and elite level amateur events have been met with strong resistance by many top players and by some leading golf ball manufacturers, but are unlikely to prevent a future split between the rules of golf for pros and those for regular club golfers in the coming years. Read More
