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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Free Relief or not.This is a red herring and not a consideration under the Rules. The reference point and relief area must be in the general area and not...
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Free Relief or not.You use the (electrical) term impedance but the Rules express it differently. The key words are "clearly unreasonable". There is no...
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Free Relief or not.Under the circumstances described here, the player should have an expectation of free relief from the fence.
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Drop zones in ridiculously generous places."GUR" is a term used and defined in the Rules of Golf. Salfordlad was lamenting the use of the undefined words "out of play".
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Default Penalty Area Marking.Very true, but it is not clear to me what that has to do with the original question in #1.
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Default Penalty Area Marking.I am not sure how you missed this in the Definition of Penalty Area: If the colour of a penalty area has not been marked or indicated...
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Line ball up when pick and place?.Test drops are not permitted. See Clarification 14.4/2. It refers to not being in the spirit of the game to test how a dropped ball...
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Line ball up when pick and place?.Others have said it correctly (of course) but, for completeness, the text of Clarification 14.2c/1 relevant to this question is: Ball...
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Line ball up when pick and place?.Just to flesh that out a little. There are some limitations when determining that spot where the ball will stay at rest. It is the...
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Greensomes wrong ball.No. If the sole purpose in hitting the ball back is as a courtesy to the other player then - no - it doesn't constitute testing the...
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Greensomes wrong ball.No. Rule 5.5a. And posts 18, 19 and 25.
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Greensomes wrong ball.Detailed rules for Greensomes are not provided to this level of granularity in the Rules of Golf, although there is some conceptual...
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SSteven Rules replied to the thread Backstopping - Enforcing a Player to Mark Their Ball.In the OP, it was a stroke play (stableford) competition. The entire field must be protected, rather than just being about what a and b...
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SSteven Rules reacted to backwoodsman's post in the thread Backstopping - Enforcing a Player to Mark Their Ball with
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My reading of 15.3a does not have the ambiguity you percieve. My reading is that if the player believes that the ball will be an... -
SSteven Rules replied to the thread Backstopping - Enforcing a Player to Mark Their Ball.15.3a should be read this way: The player may take the following actions.....require the other player to mark the spot and lift the...