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[rulie]

Can I open a gate to play a shot?

Scenario - ball rests up against OOB line on edge of course, right up against the fence - but on closer inspection the section of the fence is actually a gate. Am I permitted to open the gate in order to stand OOB and play my shot? The ball was 100% in play.

Was only a bounce game but interested to know nonetheless.

No, you may not open the gate. The fence defining OOB is fixed. Opening it would be a breach of Rule 13-2. Covered by Decision 27/18.