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OK, that makes sense to me. Thank you. I wanted to find the answer in the Rules of Golf, but it seemed a bit ambiguous....

Rulie, does that mean we have to adopt a local rule E-8.1, and institute a No Play Zone for the duration of the work, ensuring that players MUST take relief, not choose whether or not they want to take relief? Obviously we do not want them playing from this area?

We are doing some work on the edges of several greens. Some areas will be returfed, and will therefore be marked as gur. If a ball comes to rest in one of those areas, the player must take free relief, in the closest area of relief, no nearer the hole. This may mean off the green. But do...

Thank you rulefan. That makes complete sense to me - anything else would be inconsistent. I don't understand why the R&A/USGA rules are written ambiguously for the PA position, when it is crystal clear for OOB (with supporting diagrams.)

Hi all, i wonder if you can help me. When a ball is in a penalty area - according to Rule 17.1a - a ball is in a penalty area when any part of the ball lies on or touches the ground (or anything else) inside the edge of the penalty area. A ball is out of bounds (Rule 18.2a) when all of the...

Thank you, appreciate your input. Our course is a relatively short (but not 'easy') course 5.100 metres for men, 4,500 metres for ladies. On most holes, there is little difference between mens and ladies tees.. and on the hole that has the biggest difference in terms of length, it is index 4...

Our club is currently considering moving from having a separate mens index and separate ladies index, to instead just having one index (ie removing the ladies index). Are there any issues with doing that?