I attended one of these winter 2021 and passed the level 2 with flying colours, I then got invited to act as a rules official official at some county matches… I recommend it!
If the leaves have been accumulated by the Greenkeeper for the purpose of removing them, then they are treated as Ground Under Repair, from which free relief is allowed in accordance with R16.1, or alternatively under a model local rule using a drop zone in accordance with 14.3. If they haven’t...
R&A is very clear about the validity of entering the score into a computer. 5a: Setting the rules of the competition states: the Committee may request that players assist the Committee by entering their scores into a computer system at the end of the round, but a player should not be penalized...
Unless you have a Code of Conduct Policy that specifically states that a penalty will be applied, the score entry into the computer is only an aid to the committee. The definitive score is that submitted on the scorecard. You should just correct the score to agree with the submitted card, and...
This happened last week…. Rory Sabbatini DQ from The RSM Classic due to a violation of Rule 4.1. Sabbatini had a non-conforming external attachment to the face of a club he used during the round. He had tracker stickers on his club face.
England Golf state the following:
Mats (tees and fairway mats)
Acceptable Scores may be returned in Competitions and in General Play when there is a Local Rule in place requiring the compulsory use of fairway mats to protect the natural surfaces of the course, during the preferred lies period...