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I’ve said it before and will say it again, just make R&A level 1 part of the eligibility criteria for winning prize money, similar to x...
Dec 19, 2025
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It is highly unlikely that it was a provisional ball because 'someone' in the group - other than Player A - would have known about it...
Dec 13, 2025
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There are lots of possibilities here and we need a bit more information to provide a definitive ruling. In particular, when playing the...
Dec 12, 2025
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Cash prizes for 2's
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I think your delineation of handicap comp vs scratch comp is close to the mark. Again from the Guidance Notes: A competition is a...
Dec 9, 2025
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From the R&A and USGA Rules of Amateur Status Guidance Notes Meaning of Prize Money For the purposes of Rule 3, prize money may come...
Dec 7, 2025
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I think the question turns on an interpretation of whether this sort of side competition for cash prizes is actually considered to be...
Dec 6, 2025
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For those playing along at home, note that it is the Rules of Amateur Status not the Rules of Golf.
Dec 6, 2025
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Both these individual statements are correct in isolation from each other but, according to the Rules of Amateur Status, you cannot play...
Dec 6, 2025
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Rules of Amateur Status Rule 3 - Prizes 3a Scratch Competitions An amateur playing in a scratch competition is allowed to accept any...
Dec 6, 2025
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Methinks you are being unduly distracted by the colloquial - and totally meaningless - terminology 'bunkers out of play'. Designating...
Dec 5, 2025
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Generally speaking, the onus is on the player receiving the club not to breach the 14 club limit. There are also restrictions on players...
Nov 25, 2025
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You're welcome. Another possibility is 4.1b(2) - borrowing a club. Neither that or 10.2 is, of course, unique to the situation of...
Nov 25, 2025
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When taking relief from an abnormal course condition, when the original spot of the ball is on the putting green, the ball is placed...
Nov 23, 2025
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Under what Rule?
Nov 23, 2025
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From a Rules and etiquette perspective it is no different from standing behind another player in a singles stroke play round. There is...
Nov 23, 2025
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