Sue Warner, Rules & Etiquette, March 2009
To
keep play moving, putt now and score later.
After completing a hole, move ahead to the next tee box before writing
down your score.
The
responsibility for playing the proper ball rests with the player. Each player should put an identification
mark on her ball.
The
use of cell phones on the golf course can be a distraction to the other players
and should be limited to emergency calls only.
Help
your playing partners by watching the flight of their balls, especially off the
tee. Using a visual marker, such as a
tree or bush, to remember where the ball landed will help your group find the
ball quickly.
You
may not ground your club or touch any part of the bunker with your club during
set up or back swing. This is a
2-stroke penalty.
WHO’S
AWAY? The player who is farthest from
the hole has the right to play first – even if that player is on the green and
someone else is off the green.
Players
should play at a good pace. It is the
group’s responsibility to keep up with the group in front, not ahead of the
group behind them.
When
a player’s ball is in a hazard (sand trap), a stone lying in or touching the
hazard may not be moved.
A
player must hole out with the same ball that she played from the tee box unless
the ball is lost or out of bounds.
(This means no substituting an old ball to get over the water!)
“Gimme”
putts are not free! They are to be
counted as a stroke, the same as if the player actually struck the ball. Also, “gimme” putts cannot be used during a
tournament.
If
a ball lands in casual water (such as a puddle from rain or the sprinkler
system) a player may move the ball (no closer to the hole) without
penalty.
A ball is considered
lost when it is not found by anyone within five minutes of searching. The
penalty for lost ball is a stroke plus distance. If you choose to hit a
second ball close to where you lost the first it is a two stroke penalty.
If you go back to the
original place the ball was struck, it is a one stroke penalty.If you drop
a ball and hit from the place you thought it was lost then the distance becomes
one stroke, therefore, if you do this it is a two stroke penalty.Hope this
answers your question.
"To
speed pace of play, after hitting one ball into the water, you may carry the
ball across and drop on the other side of the hazard. Example, if you are
lying 2, and your third shot goes in the water, count 3 in, 4 out, plus 1 to
carry over. After dropping on the other side of the hazard you are lying
5, hitting 6. You may try to hit over a second time dropping a ball
behind point of entry, but after two balls in the water, you must carry
over."
A ball barely touching the green is on the
green.
You cannot repair a divot in the fairway or rough
if it is in your line of play.
A ball is considered
lost when it is not found by anyone within five minutes of searching. The
penalty for lost ball is a stroke plus distance. If you choose to hit a
second ball close to where you lost the first it is a two stroke penalty"
To
keep things moving, putt now, score later.
After completing a hole, move ahead to the next tee box before writing
down your score.
If your ball is accidentally moved on the green by another player’s ball you
must replace it to its original position. Rule 18-5 The other player plays her ball where it came to rest. Rule 19-5
Unplayable
Lie: If a player deems her ball to be
unplayable, one option is to drop a ball within two clubs length of the spot
where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole, with one-stroke penalty. Rule 28
Help
your playing partners by watching the flight of their balls, especially off the
tee. Using a visual marker such as a
tree or bush to remember where the ball landed will help your group find the
ball quickly.
A
player must have no more than 14 clubs in her bag during a round of golf. Rule 4-4
Whoever
finishes putting first should pick up the flag stick and be ready to put it
back in the cub when the last person has holed her put.
If
your chip shot should fall short of the hole after it hits a club of another
player who left it lying half on and half off the green, neither player incurs
a penalty. It’s your responsibility to
check for any obstructions. You must
play your ball where it came to rest.
Rule 19-4
If
your ball comes to rest in the fairway in mud or casual water, you may take
relief by locating the nearest unsaturated turn and drop, without penalty, one
club-length. Rule25/2
Immovable
obstruction/Rule 24-2: Definition: anything artificial that is in bounds and is
not easily moved. Examples: Cart paths, electric power boxes,
maintenance sheds, ball washer, etc. If
your ball is on the obstruction, or stance or swing are interfered with, you
may take a drop, without penalty, within one club length of the nearest point
of relief.
If
a player’s club strikes the ball more than once in the course of a stroke, the
player must count the stroke and add a penalty stroke, making two strokes in
all.
Water
in bunker: Without penalty, drop the
ball in the bunker or under penalty of one stroke, drop the ball outside the
bunker, in line where the ball lay.
Rule 25.1
Boundries: if any part of your ball touches a hazard
line, it’s in the hazard. Same goes for
the putting green and teeing area. But,
a ball must be completely out-of-bounds or it’s still in bounds.
WHO'S AWAY? The player farthest from the hole has
the right to play first--even if that player is on the green and someone else
is off the green
Doris Jenkins Rules &
Etiquette 2006
Question:
If
there are several twosomes behind you, does a foursome have the right away?
Also
should one put the score down at the NEXT hole to keep the movement going?
Answer:
I talked to Pat at LaFortune and he said the two
twosomes should make a foursome.
But in the
event that you do have more than one twosome behind you, as long as you
keep
moving, you should not have to let them play through. If you let more
than one
twosome play through, you would be so far behind
that it would not be practical.
Yes,
put the score down at the NEXT hole to keep the movement going.
#1. Be on Time (arrive 30 minutes early).
#2.
If a ball, when not in play, falls off a tee or is knocked off the tee by the
player addressing it,
it may be
re-teed without penalty. However, if a stroke is made at the ball, the
stroke counts.
#3. If a competitor makes a stroke or strokes
at the wrong ball (that is not in a hazard) he incurs a penalty of two strokes.
#4. Record your score at the next hole - move
away from the green to allow players behind you to hit.
Reminders
Used on Pairings sheet:
Doris Jenkins reminds
us if we lose a ball, we drop another ball and take a one stroke penalty.
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