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I’m not sure that’s an “IG mess”, more likely to be the person / committee that set up those options.

OK, thanks for the clarification, I’m keen to get a good knowledge of the rules.

So “There is no penalty if the caddie was inadvertently standing in the restricted area” could / would be applied to this situation?

It was the 9th hole. https://thespun.com/golf/cam-young-accused-of-rules-violation-during-final-round-of-the-masters

On the putting green, sorry I should have been more specific, MLR E-4(b).

At the risk of going off on a tangent and thread creep, what about MLR E-4, relief from aeration holes?

Thanks, I know, I was trying to point out that under E5 the player gets relief by playing the ball from the fairway, regardless of what may be between the OOB and fairway, it could be penal rough, a copse of trees, a “waste area” or a penalty area. I wasn’t suggesting it was a 1 shot penalty...

I disagree. And it’s a 1 shot penalty for OOB, rule 18.2b. So you’re saying a “bomber” who cannot keep the ball within the confines of the course, can go down to the estimated point over 280 yards from where they played and get a drop onto the fairway. And that should be the norm? At my course 8...

Not sure what you mean by that. I was still on crutches two weeks after my total knee replacement. My consultant said it would be around 16 weeks before returning to golf.

Just to clarify, IG support individual bogey comps, but not four-ball bogey.

Agree, luckily we only have one a year and that’s a mid week competition that I usually avoid. But we also have a 4 Ball Par /Bogey competition on one weekend, so rare that IG do not support it, and we have to do the handicapping and results manually.

So someone checks that for all GP cards entered via a terminal, they are physically submitted and signed by a marker? Or just some random checks as and when, if at all. What about using a terminal at an away club for a GP score? How is that attested, by taking the physical scorecard back to the...

All cards for handicapping require attestation don’t they?

I think some of us know that, others think you can bend, raise and adjust the mat to stop the ball rolling.

Certainly something to be considered in line with rule 4.3a and this thread title does start with “Creating a ramp….” which perhaps indicates a use that is not normal?