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1 2 The Player Strikes the ball twice during the course of a stroke Through the green, a player touches a loose impediment near his ball and his ball moves A player's ball overhangs the lip of a hole A player's club is damaged in the normal course of play In stroke play, a player leaves the 18th green without holing out A player wishes to identify his ball which is in a bad lie in the rough A player concedes the match to his opponent A player has interference from a fixed sprinkler head

Rule Number
14-4 Striking the ball 18-2 Ball at rest moved 16-2 Putting Green 4-3Clubs 3-2Stroke Play 12-2Identifying Ball

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2-4Match Play 24-2 Immovable Obstruction 25-3 Wrong Putting Green 25-1Abnormal Ground Condition 6-8Player

To play his next stroke, a player will have to stand on the wrong putting green A player's ball is lost in a burrowing animal hole

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Play is suspended by the committee while the players are between play of two holes A player plays a practice stroke from a bunker after completing play of the 7th hole A player plays from in front of the tee-marker A player plays a stroke at a ball moving in a stream

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7-2 Practice During round 11-4Teeing Ground 14-6 Ball moving in water 8-2Advice

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On the putting green, a player touches the putting green in pointing out a line for putting The Committee prohibits the use of golf carts under a condition of competition In four ball stroke play, partners decide that it would be best for the player nearer the hole to play first A player plays his ball from a water hazard and hits it out of bounds A player plays the wrong ball from a bunker in match play Prior to putting on the green the player's caddie points out line of putt The Committee decide, due to exceptional circumstances, to waive the penalty of disqualification

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33-1 Committee General 31-5Order of Play

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26-2Water Hazard Played Within 15-3Wrong Ball 8-2 Advice

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33-1Committee Waiving Rule

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Player accidentally steps on and moves opponent's ball when searching for his own ball A player practise chipping near the teeing ground before his opponent plays his first stroke. A player plays a provisional ball from teeing ground before his opponent plays his first stroke

18-3 Ball at rest moved 7-2 PracticeDuring Round 10-3 Order of Play

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Rule Number
Player claims relief from pile of grass cuttings abandoned and left in the rough. In stroke play a player tees up his provisional ball in a different position on the tee from which his first ball was played A player touches a twig lying in the sand with his club on his back swing when playing from a bunker Player replaces ball moved in the act of lifting rake resting near his ball in a bunker A Player's ball is lost in a water hazard. 251Abnormal Ground Condition 20-5Lifting, Dropping, Placing

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13-4 Ball played as it lies

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24-1 Movable obstruction

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26-1Relief for ball in Water Hazard 272Provisional ball 13-2 Improving Lie

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A Player announces that he will play a provisional ball A player breaks a small branch which is interfering with his back swing A player hits his ball out of bounds A player in stroke play plays from the wrong teeing ground A player declared his ball unplayable

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27-1Out of Bounds 11-5Teeing ground

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28 Ball Unplayable

through the green 36 A player declares his ball unplayable in a water hazard A player plays out of turn in a match play 28Ball Unplayable

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10-1Order of play Match Play 5-3Ball unfit for play

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A player ball breaks into pieces as a result of a stroke A player removes a blade of grass adhering to his ball A player's caddie shelters him from the rain with an umbrella while he plays a stroke In foursome match play, a player plays when his partner should have played A player moves sand and soil from the apron of the green The caddie moved the position of the ball

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23Loose Impediments

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14-2 Assistance

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29-2 Threesomes Foursomes

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13-2 I

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1-2Exerting Influence on Ball 4-2Foreign Material

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A player spat on the face of his club and did not wipe the saliva off before playing his next stroke. A player starts in the group arranged by the committee but sees his friends and decided to join them A competitor who had the highest score on the previous hole teed off first at the next teeing ground There was reasonable evidence that the ball was lost in the obstruction

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6-3Player. Time of Starting & Groups

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10-2Order of Play Stroke Play

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24-3 Obstructions Ball Lost

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A player asked his opponent the number of strokes he had taken at the last hole In a stroke play a player decided to play first rather than lift his ball as requested by the other player. A player and opponent or fellow competitor agree to repair spike marks on one another's line of putt

92Information Match Play

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22-2Ball interfering with Play

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1-3Agreement to Waive Rules

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51 A player's ball was embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground of a closely-mown area through the green A player marked the position of the ball before he lifted it under the Rules In a match play the player makes a stroke from the wrong place.

Rule Number
25-2Embedded Ball

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20-1Lifting & Marking 20-7Playing from Wrong Place 6-7Undue Delay Slow Play 7-1Practice Before & Between Rounds 22-1Ball Assisting Play 31-3 4Ball S.P Max 14 Clubs 4-4 Clubs. Max 14 clubs 31-6 4 Ball SP Wrong Ball 4-1Clubs.Form & Makes of Clubs 2.3Match Play. Winner of Match 20-2Dropping Re Dropping 5-2 The Ball Foreign

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A player must play without undue delay and in accordance with any pace of play guidelines that the Committee may establish. On any day of a Match Play competition a player may practice on the competition course before a round. A player may lift his ball or have any other ball lifted if he considers that a ball might assist any other player The maximum of Fourteen Clubs in a Four Ball stroke Play

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A player must not start a stipulated round with more than fourteen clubs In four ball stroke play a competitor incurs a penalty of two strokes if he plays the wrong ball A player must play with a club that conforms with the Rules as set forth in Appendix II in the Rule Book. A match is won when one side leads by a number of holes greater than the number remaining to be played A ball to be dropped under the Rules must be dropped by the player himself. Foreign material applied to the ball for the purpose of changing

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its playing characteristics 64 In stroke play the marker should check the score with the competitor and record it. A player asked a fellow competitor what club to use for his next shot A ball incorrectly substituted, dropped or placed in a wrong place or otherwise not in accordance with the Rules In a Match Play dispute arises between the players Four Ball Stroke Play. A player joins his partner after four holes. A player's ball in play is again in play when dropped or placed

Material 6-6Player. Scoring in Stroke Play 8-1Advice

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20-6Lifting ball incorrectly 2-5Match Play Doubts as to

procedure

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31-2Represention of side 20-4Ball dropped or placed in play 1-4 3-4 Stroke Play

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Points not covered by the Rules A competitor refuses to comply with a Rule affecting the rights of another competitor. A player may be assisted by a caddie, but is limited to only one caddie at any one time. In Stroke Play a player who has incurred a penalty should inform his marker as soon as possible The committee must establish the times of starting and in stroke play, arrange the groups in which competitors must play In match play the hole is halved if each side holes out in the same number of strokes

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6-4 Player Caddie

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9-3Information Stroke play 33-3Committee Times of starting 2-2Match Play Halved Hole

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Question
76 A player must declare his correct handicap before a match and in a stroke play must ensure it is recorded on his score card. Score card. Committees' responsibility

Rule Number
6-2Player Handicap

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33-5Committee Score Card 6-5Player Ball 21 Cleaning Ball

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A player is responsible for playing the proper ball at all times If a player cleans his ball during play of a hole except as provided in this Rule, he incurs a penalty of one stroke and the ball if lifted, must be replaced In a foursome if the partners makes a stroke or strokes in incorrect order, such strokes or strokes are cancelled and the side incurs a penalty of two strokes Best -Ball and Four -Ball Match Play

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29-3 ThreesomeFoursomes Stroke Play 30-3

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The committee is responsible for Defining Bounds and Margin of the course A player may stand outside the teeing ground to play a ball within it While a player is preparing to play from near the putting green, his opponent of fellow-competitor attends the Flagstick without the player's authority The player measures to determine whether he must re-drop under Rule 20-2c[vi] and in doing so accidentally causes the ball to move A player is entitled to place his feet firmly in taking his stance but he must not build a stance If a player substitutes a ball when not permitted to do so under the Rules, that substituted ball is not the wrong ball, it becomes the ball in play If a ball in play and at rest is moved by another ball in motion after a stroke, the moved ball must be replaced A player uses his club to search for a ball covered by sand in a bunker In stroke play the ball in motion is accidentally deflected by the fellow competitor. A player wraps a towel around the grip of his club to assist him in gripping the club A player's ball in motion is stopped by a ball in play resting on the fairway A player moved the tee-markers because he was afraid that they may interfere with his swing A player plays a stroke on the putting green and, while the ball is still in motion it is picked up and carried away by a dog. A player knocks his ball off the tee when addressing it and a 'clown' in the audience shouts 'one' The ball must be fairly struck at with the head of the club and must not be pushed, scraped or spooned. A player,s ball resting on the fairway is picked up and taken away by a seagull A player's ball starts moving during his backswing and he strikes the ball while it is still moving A player's ball is resting against the Flagstick, but is not holed because all of is not below the level of the lip of the hole. While the flagstick was being attended, a player's ball struck the

33-2 The Committee the Course 11-1 Teeing Ground

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17-2 Flagstick. Unauthorised Attendance 18-6Ball Moved in Measuring 13-3 Ball Played as it Lies.
Building Stance

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15-2 Substituted Ball

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18-5Ball Moved .By another Ball 12-1 Playing the ball. Search for ball 19-4 Ball in Motion
Deflected by Competitor

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14-3 Striking the ball.

Artificial Device

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19-5Deflected.By another Ball 11-2Teeing Ground.

Teeing Markers

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19-1Deflected. Outside Agency 11-3Teeing Ground Falling off Tee 14-1Striking the ball. Fairly struck at. 18-1Ball Moved. Outside Agency 14-5Striking the Ball
Play moving ball

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17-4Flagstick. Resting against FS 17-3Flagstick.

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flag attached to the flagstick 101 While a player is preparing to play from near the putting green his opponent or fellow competitor attend the flagstick without the player's authority

Striking FS 17-2 Flagstick.

Unauthorised Attendance