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An obstruction is either a movable obstruction or an immovable obstruction, although the Committee may define a movable obstruction to...

You are correct. In the circumstance you describe, the ball is in the general area and free relief would be available under Rule 16.1b...

Four-Ball Someone's got to say it 😱😏 (With acknowledgement to rulefan.)

Definition of Teeing area "The area the player must play from in starting the hole they are playing. The teeing area is a rectangle...

The reminder in post #5, above, is worth reiterating, too.

Yes. Rule 6.2. The teeing area Rules apply whenever a player is required or allowed to play a ball from the teeing area. This includes...

The robotic mower might be a remote possibility, but the same principle would apply if the ball played from the putting green hit any...

It makes no difference whether the mower is stationary or moving. In this scenario, all that matters is that the ball is on the putting...

There is no conflict. It is just written in a way that can be hard for the casual observer to follow. The first sentence provides...

It would be nice to say that 11.1b(2) is as plain as day, but this is one that the authors have over-complicated. I have made my own...

To my mind, the single reason for the change is consistency. if you were required to mark you ball before taking this kind of relief...

It seems a while since I have contributed so, just to be pernickity, the modernised Rules were introduced in January 2019, not 2020...

9.4b Exception 1 says you don't get a penalty if you lift the ball when proceeding under a rule that allows the ball to be lifted...

Not an insurmountable problem, which they already deal with in other aspects. For example: The hole must be 4 ¼ inches (108 mm) in...

What if we rotated the paper by 90 degrees around its z axis, rather than its x or y axis? (terminology which would also be dependendent...