rulefan
Tour Winner
HmmmConfusingly, the next section below that in 13.2b(1) implies a person doesn't actually have to be holding the flagstick to be deemed to be attending it:
The player is treated as having authorized the flagstick to be attended if:
- The player’s caddie is holding the flagstick in, above or next to the hole or is standing right next to the hole when the stroke is made, even if the player is not aware the caddie is doing so,
- The player asks any other person to attend the flagstick and that person does so, or
- The player sees any other person holding the flagstick in, above or next to the hole or standing right next to the hole, and the player makes the stroke without asking that person to move away or to leave the flagstick in the hole.