What this is
GolfRules.pro is a quick rules helper for when your ball ends up somewhere strange. Photograph the lie, and it tells you the likely ruling and points you to the official rule. It is built for settling arguments on the course and getting on with your round — not for replacing the rule book.
A guide, not the match committee
This gives you a fast, sensible read and a link to the exact Rules of Golf reference. It is not an official ruling. In competition, the R&A rule it points you to is the final word, and your committee outranks any app. Treat it like a knowledgeable mate in your group: usually right, occasionally worth double-checking, never the official scorer.
It also uses AI to read your photo, and AI gets things wrong. The link to the real rule is there for exactly that reason — when it matters, read the rule.
How it works
You take or upload a photo of your ball's lie. GolfRules.pro works out what it is looking at — a bunker, an embedded ball, casual water, a penalty area — and returns the ruling that applies, with the official rule number and a link to read it in full.
Your photos
There is no login and no account. A photo you submit is stored so the app can show it back to you, and that is the extent of it. Nothing is sold and nothing is harvested. If a public feed of the strangest lies is added later, only photos you choose to share would appear there.
Who made this
GolfRules.pro was built by a golfer who got tired of standing over a weird lie arguing about whether there was free relief. It started as a way to settle those arguments quickly, and grew from there.
Tell me when it is wrong
If a ruling looks off, that is worth knowing. Those reports are the single best way to make it sharper, because they show exactly where the rules reading needs work.
Report a wrong call