Finding A Rule

[Region3]

A few times on the course now I've been asked to look up a rule, and a lot of the time I can remember having seen it at one time or another, but most of the time I'll be damned if I can find it!

I look in the section that I think sounds logical for it to be in but in the end (when I get back on my computer) I find it somewhere else.

So to the rules 'experts', do you remember rule numbers off the top of your head or is there a more logical way of deciding where a rule will be?

 

[duncan mackie]

It is pretty logical in that the rules deal with situations in the order you would expect to find them - consider the groupings first, then the sub sections.

The Game

Rule 1
The Game

Rule 2
Match Play

Rule 3
Stroke Play

Clubs and the Ball

Rule 4
Clubs

Rule 5
The Ball

Player's Responsibilities

Rule 6
The Player

Rule 7
Practice

Rule 8
Advice; Indicating Line of Play

Rule 9
Information as to Strokes Taken

Order of Play

Rule 10
Order of Play

Teeing Ground

Rule 11
Teeing Ground

Playing the Ball

Rule 12
Searching for and Identifying Ball

Rule 13
Ball Played as It Lies

Rule 14
Striking the Ball

Rule 15
Substituted Ball; Wrong Ball

The Putting Green

Rule 16
The Putting Green

Rule 17
The Flagstick

Ball Moved, Deflected or Stopped

Rule 18
Ball at Rest Moved

Rule 19
Ball in Motion Deflected or Stopped

Relief Situations and Procedure

Rule 20
Lifting, Dropping and Placing; Playing from Wrong Place

Rule 21
Cleaning Ball

Rule 22
Ball Assisting or Interfering with Play

Rule 23
Loose Impediments

Rule 24
Obstructions

Rule 25
Abnormal Ground Conditions, Embedded Ball and Wrong Putting Green

Rule 26
Water Hazards (Including Lateral Water Hazards)

Rule 27
Ball Lost or Out of Bounds; Provisional Ball

Rule 28
Ball Unplayable

Other Forms of Play

Rule 29
Threesomes and Foursomes

Rule 30
Three-Ball, Best-Ball and Four-Ball Match Play

Rule 31
Four-Ball Stroke Play

Rule 32
Bogey, Par and Stableford Competitions

Administration

Rule 33
The Committee

Rule 34
Disputes and Decisions

Appendices

Appendix I
Local Rules; Conditions of the Competition

Appendix II
Design of Clubs

Appendix III
The Ball

 

[Foxholer]

I used to use the index, but that as a pain.

Then they changed the order to be a bit like playing the first hole - prelim, Teeing, Playing, Green - and that made it easier.

I remember the number of a few of the others 23, 24, 26-28.

Anyone with th Rules App or Access to T'internet on a phone can search a bit.

The difficulty of use is one of the major reasons for o many myths and accidental breaches imo, but it's hard to see any way around it - apart from that Rules App.

 

[Region3]

I used to use the index, but that as a pain.

Then they changed the order to be a bit like playing the first hole - prelim, Teeing, Playing, Green - and that made it easier.

I remember the number of a few of the others 23, 24, 26-28.

Anyone with th Rules App or Access to T'internet on a phone can search a bit.

The difficulty of use is one of the major reasons for o many myths and accidental breaches imo, but it's hard to see any way around it - apart from that Rules App.

Ashamed to say I have the rules app and still struggle

 

[Foxholer]

Ashamed to say I have the rules app and still struggle

Maybe it's not as good as I envisaged. I'm not a Smartphone User.

There is a little bit of pressure involved in the search when you are in on of those situations of course.

 

[bladeplayer]

It is pretty logical in that the rules deal with situations in the order you would expect to find them - consider the groupings first, then the sub sections.

The Game

Rule 1
The Game

Rule 2
Match Play

Rule 3
Stroke Play

Clubs and the Ball

Rule 4
Clubs

Rule 5
The Ball

Player's Responsibilities

Rule 6
The Player

Rule 7
Practice

Rule 8
Advice; Indicating Line of Play

Rule 9
Information as to Strokes Taken

Order of Play

Rule 10
Order of Play

Teeing Ground

Rule 11
Teeing Ground

Playing the Ball

Rule 12
Searching for and Identifying Ball

Rule 13
Ball Played as It Lies

Rule 14
Striking the Ball

Rule 15
Substituted Ball; Wrong Ball

The Putting Green

Rule 16
The Putting Green

Rule 17
The Flagstick

Ball Moved, Deflected or Stopped

Rule 18
Ball at Rest Moved

Rule 19
Ball in Motion Deflected or Stopped

Relief Situations and Procedure

Rule 20
Lifting, Dropping and Placing; Playing from Wrong Place

Rule 21
Cleaning Ball

Rule 22
Ball Assisting or Interfering with Play

Rule 23
Loose Impediments

Rule 24
Obstructions

Rule 25
Abnormal Ground Conditions, Embedded Ball and Wrong Putting Green

Rule 26
Water Hazards (Including Lateral Water Hazards)

Rule 27
Ball Lost or Out of Bounds; Provisional Ball

Rule 28
Ball Unplayable

Other Forms of Play

Rule 29
Threesomes and Foursomes

Rule 30
Three-Ball, Best-Ball and Four-Ball Match Play

Rule 31
Four-Ball Stroke Play

Rule 32
Bogey, Par and Stableford Competitions

Administration

Rule 33
The Committee

Rule 34
Disputes and Decisions

Appendices

Appendix I
Local Rules; Conditions of the Competition

Appendix II
Design of Clubs

Appendix III
The Ball

AAAAH now i have it & it was that simple all along..


Sorry Duncan just kidding , must admit to being the same as Gary regarding this............

 

[SGC001]

As has been indicated rules are basically set up in an order, but the other way is to learn to identify key words to enable you to use the index effectively. I don't know of any tricks for the key words, it's kind of an experience thing as far as I'm aware.

 

[chrisd]

I carry a rule book in my bag and can refer to it at a moments notice - the only problem is that I don't often carry a pair of glasses!