The Rules of Golf in Plain English, Second Edition

Preface......Page 10
1.2 Primary Rules......Page 24
2.1 scoring and winning the match......Page 25
2.4 claims......Page 26
2.5 information about strokes taken......Page 27
3.2 penalties......Page 29
3.4 player’s doubt about procedures......Page 30
4.1 original design and changes......Page 31
4.2 damaged clubs: allowable repair and replacement......Page 32
4.3 fourteen-club maximum......Page 33
5.2 foreign-material restriction......Page 34
5.4 broken ball.......Page 35
6.2 handicap.......Page 36
6.4 caddie......Page 37
6.5 ball.......Page 38
6.7 undue delay and slow play......Page 39
6.8 stopping play and resuming play......Page 40
7.1 before and between rounds......Page 43
7.3 during suspended play.......Page 44
8.2 indicating line of play......Page 45
8.4 penalty.......Page 46
10.1 match play......Page 47
10.2 stroke play......Page 48
11.2 tee-markers.......Page 50
11.5 playing from wrong teeing ground.......Page 51
12.1 searching for ball and seeing ball......Page 52
12.2 identifying ball......Page 53
13.0 defined terms.......Page 54
13.2 improving lie, stance, or swing, or line of play through the green......Page 55
13.4 ball in hazard......Page 56
14.0 defined terms.......Page 57
14.3 artificial devices and unusual equipment......Page 58
14.5 playing a moving ball......Page 59
15.0 defined terms.......Page 60
15.2 wrong ball in match play......Page 61
15.3 wrong ball in stroke play......Page 62
16.1 general......Page 63
16.2 ball overhanging hole......Page 64
17.1 flagstick attended, held up, or removed......Page 65
17.3 ball striking flagstick or attendant......Page 66
18.0 defined terms.......Page 67
18.2 ball moved by the player, partner, caddie,or equipment......Page 68
18.7 procedures and penalties......Page 70
19.1 by outside agency......Page 71
19.2 by player, partner, caddie, or equipment......Page 72
19.3 by opponent, caddie, or equipment in match play......Page 73
19.5 by another ball......Page 74
20.1 marking and lifting the ball......Page 75
20.2 dropping and redropping the ball......Page 76
20.3 placing or returning the ball......Page 78
20.6 lifting ball incorrectly substituted, dropped, or placed.......Page 81
20.7 playing from wrong place......Page 82
21.1 general rule.......Page 83
22.1 general rule.......Page 84
23.0 defined terms.......Page 85
23.4 penalty.......Page 86
24.1 movable obstructions......Page 87
24.2 immovable obstructions......Page 88
24.3 ball not found in an obstruction......Page 90
25.1 abnormal ground condition......Page 92
25.2 ball not found in abnormal groundcondition......Page 95
25.5 penalty.......Page 96
26.1 ball in a water hazard......Page 97
26.2 ball played from within a water hazard......Page 98
27.1 ball lost or out of bounds......Page 100
27.2 provisional ball......Page 101
28.1 general rule and options......Page 103
29.0 defined terms.......Page 104
29.3 incorrect order in stroke play......Page 105
30.2 three-ball match play......Page 106
30.3 best-ball and four-ball match play......Page 107
31.1 general format......Page 109
31.6 side penalized.......Page 110
31.7 disqualification penalties......Page 111
32.1 definition and conditions.......Page 112
32.2 disqualification penalties......Page 114
33.0 defined terms.......Page 115
33.1 authority and restrictions......Page 116
33.2 course responsibilities......Page 117
33.5 decision for ties.......Page 118
33.6 scorecard responsibilities......Page 119
34.1 time limits for claims and penalties......Page 120
34.3 committee’s decision and appeal......Page 121
35.2 addressing the ball.......Page 122
35.5 ball unfit for play.......Page 123
35.7 caddie......Page 124
35.12 competitor......Page 125
35.16 forecaddie.......Page 126
35.18 forms of stroke play......Page 127
35.19 ground under repair......Page 128
35.25 lateral water hazard......Page 129
35.28 loose impediment......Page 130
35.30 move.......Page 131
35.33 obstruction......Page 132
35.34 out of bounds......Page 133
35.40 referee......Page 134
35.46 stroke.......Page 135
35.51 water hazard......Page 136
35.53 wrong putting green.......Page 137
appendix 1. Penalty Summary Chart......Page 138
appendix 2. Golf Etiquette......Page 142
index......Page 146