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Some comments for someone admittedly new to the Rules, recognizing that everyone's Rules journey starts somewhere: 14.3c(2) does talk...

Only to you and others not familiar with the Rules of golf. Take it up with your national authority.

No, take it up with the Committee that permitted use of mats in the first place, or your national authority.

Perhaps some posters should read Rule 14.2 and 14.3c(2), since those outline the procedure(s) that are contained in MLR E-12. Doing...

The Players is my favourite tournament of the year, bar none. It doesn't make it a major, it stands alone, imo, as the next most...

The comp Committee needs to make the ruling based on the Rules and the player's actions and intent. The referee is part of that Committee.

Ah, "asking for a friend"? Well, imo, he's wrong on all three counts. It's not his interpretation of MLR E-12 that matters, it's the...

A questioning technique that I was taught to help identify the root cause of an issue was to ask "Why?" five times. And further advice...

You didn't answer the questions? :) And your answers will be required to form the referee's outcome.

Let me ask a couple questions - why are you doing that? Is it to stop the ball from rolling off the mat if you didn't do it? If so...

A yes or no to what?

Have a look at MLR E-12, on the R&A website ( or in the other thread about mats).

We implemented it and had sent by email and displayed in the Clubhouse.

Out of curiosity, how many clubs actually implement MLR E-12? Or do clubs use some other invented local rule?

That makes perfect sense!