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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...

Let/s put that into a bit of perspective. If there are (say) 25 players in that competition with around that handicap, then suddenly...

It is also on the PGA Tour hard card.

I didn't see yours before I posted mine.

No. A "hard card" is terminology for what are "standard Local Rules" put in place for all competitions run by that organization (in...

In this context, a hard card is a cross between a set of 'standing local rules' and Terms of the Competition that applies to...

Voyager's diagram in #13 depicts it pretty well. Your diagram in #14 is on the right track but your yellow radius line needs to be...

And to be very precise, down at the magnifying glass level, it is on the very edge of the line, where the line (in this scenario)...

It's the point where the ball crossed the edge of the boundary penalty area, imo, it's on the line.

I've tried to illustrate what I think is being discussed with regards to the possibility of green-side relief, within 2 clublengths and...

The only way they could be taking relief in a spot that is closer to the hole than the reference point is by using a dropping zone...

Yes. It's fine in theory on paper, but quite another thing to measure it out in practice on the golf course.

I was going to give a quick geometry lesson on the size of the theoretical relief area on the green side of the penalty area, but I'll...

Well played, Sir! Well spotted!

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