NCAA

Rule 9.4b now distinguishes penalty severity by the player's awareness. If a player causes their ball at rest to move and fails to replace it before their next stroke, but was neither aware nor should reasonably have been aware that the ball had m...

In summer 2026, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors finalized an age-based eligibility model that replaces the prior "four seasons of competition within five calendar years" structure with up to five seasons of competition, eliminating sport-sp...

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

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

Conforming clubs (USGA/R&A List of Conforming Golf Clubs); Conforming golf balls (USGA/R&A List of Conforming Golf Balls); 14-club limit per stipulated round (Rule 4.1b)

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

In summer 2026, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors finalized an age-based eligibility model that replaces the prior "four seasons of competition within five calendar years" structure with up to five seasons of competition, eliminating sport-sp...

Rule 9.4b now distinguishes penalty severity by the player's awareness. If a player causes their ball at rest to move and fails to replace it before their next stroke, but was neither aware nor should reasonably have been aware that the ball had m...

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

Standard Rules of Golf penalties (1 stroke, 2 strokes, loss of hole, DQ); Updated: a ball moved at rest and not replaced before the next stroke draws a 1-stroke penalty under Rule 9.4b if the player had no awareness of the movement, or the general penalty under Rule 14.7a if the player was aware ...