Welcome to Shaving Strokes, a GOLF.com series in which we’re sharing improvements, learnings and takeaways from amateur golfers just like you — including some of the speed bumps and challenges they ...

Knock your golf ball in the water, and it’s bad for your score. But is it bad for the ball itself? Put another way: If you fish a golf ball from the drink, how well can you expect it to perform? The ...

Dunking a ball into water inside a penalty area happens to the best of golfers. And if any portion of the ball is still above the surface, some are tempted to avoid the penalty stroke and hit it out.

While it might be at least five years before the new balls become the ones you play, you might have some questions about the balls you currently carry in your bag. For example, who among us hasn't ...