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The winner of the Amateur Championship will join recipients of the Mark H McCormack Medal in receiving a qualifying exemption for the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women’s Open...

Elite professional golfers play for huge prize funds every week and some golfers become phenomenally wealthy as a result, but what about amateur golfers? On those rare occasions that you play well and win a prize, what can you accept? What do the new 2012 Rules of Amateur Status say about prizes?

Portrush and Carnoustie have been chosen as future venues for the Amateur Championship...

Australian Turfgrass Agronomist John Neylan shared his years of experience with Thailand's golf course owners and managers during a recent visit to the flood hit country...

Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) number one Lydia Ko has become the youngest ever winner of a professional tour event.

The first Rules school as part of a joint programme by The R&A and the Indian Golf Union (IGU) has been held in one of the world's fastest growing golfing nations...

Golf Australia's Therese Ritter blogs about the recent Australian Amateur Championships in Melbourne

Colombia has become the latest country to benefit from The R&A’s Working for Golf programme.

The redesigned official website of The Open Championship has been unveiled with a host of new features that will offer the best possible online coverage of golf’s oldest Major.

More than 40 golfing enthusiasts took part in Myanmar’s first ever R&A Level 1 Introductory Rules School early last month.

The R&A has announced the appointment of Johnnie Cole-Hamilton as its new Executive Director – Championships as part of a wider management reorganisation.

The foundation set up by 1999 Open Champion Paul Lawrie has been announced as the new sponsor of the Scottish Boys Championship...

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex.

David Rickman, The R&A’s Director of Rules and Equipment Standards, explains the process involved in reviewing the Rules of Golf.

Womens' WAGR number 20 Lauren Taylor has been named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2011.

The Afghanistan Golf Federation overcame more adversity than perhaps any other organisation in the game before finally gaining affiliate status in June 2010.

Former newspaper editor and respected golf writer Alan Booth, who worked at The Open Championship for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 96.

A film chronicling the past year at The R&A will premiere on Sky Sports on Wednesday, 21 December.

Legendary golf writer Jock MacVicar has been presented with a Scottish PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of a career spanning more than 50 years.