"Change 267 Years in Making: A Tweak in the Rules of Golf"

Great to see Adam Schupak's story on the latest rules tweaks and the evolution of golf's rules making it to A1 of the New York Times. 

Why so many rules for a game whose basic principle is to play the course as you find it and not touch the ball until you lift it from the hole?

“We could issue a more simple rule book, but I’m afraid it would fail the fairness test, and what good would that do?” Mr. Rickman said.