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And, "for well intentioned players", that approximated score would not factor into their handicap (other than to take a spot in the last...

Heat transfers faster through water (and wet cloth) than through dry cloth.

That's an assumption that everyone is "trying their best" and nobody is trying to inflate their handicap (which some groups are being...

Of course, in principle.

So handicap records already include "assigned" or estimated hole scores. And the assumption is that nobody picks up when they could...

My first complete set of new clubs was Sam Snead Blue Ridge.

What hole score (number of strokes) is used for handicap purposes when a player 'blobs' a hole in Stableford?

I just bought a Taylormade Spider Tour X putter. It's my first new putter in over twenty years. It replaces an Odyssey White Hot Tour...

It depends. If a Local Rule for lift, clean and place, or lift, clean and replace has been implemented by the Committee in charge of...

Just an addendum, the player must declare, before playing a ball, the ball that he wishes to score with. If not so declared, the first...

Yes, but if the ball was at rest and falls off, it cannot be replaced (moved by natural forces, play it as it lies).

Does your boss and company think it works for them?

Good conclusion - in golf, playing by the Rules makes it "fair".

You were right that you could lift the ball out of the hole; you can decide your ball is unplayable for any reason anywhere on the...

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