Would it have been advice?

[wookie]

At RCP on Tuesday I picked up a two shot penalty for playing my tee shot to the right of the tee markers and no one in the group noticed til after the shot had been played.

Would it have been classed as advice to tell me before playing shot as obviously it would have directly influenced my score but equally would have just been stating a fact?

 

[Colin L]

Not only is it ok to tell another player he is about to breach a rule, it is normal courtesy. Information about the rules, including that kind of warning, is not advice in terms of Rule 8-1.

 

[Maninblack4612]

I did this twice in competition one year and, each time, was playing with the same person who said nothing until I hit the shot because he thought it was against the rules.

 

[Smiffy]

No one in the group noticed til after the shot had been played.

That old chestnut!!

 

[wookie]

That old chestnut!!

I did wonder

 

[delc]

At RCP on Tuesday I picked up a two shot penalty for playing my tee shot to the right of the tee markers and no one in the group noticed til after the shot had been played.

Would it have been classed as advice to tell me before playing shot as obviously it would have directly influenced my score but equally would have just been stating a fact?

Suggest you look up the definition of 'Advice' in the Rules book. Basically asking for or giving information about the rules or matters of public information (e.g. distance to the hole) is not advice.

 

[rosecott]

I don't believe it. Del coming up with the answer only an hour or so after it had already been given.

 

[delc]

I don't believe it. Del coming up with the answer only an hour or so after it had already been given.

You have to read the definitions rather than Rule 8-1 to find out the actual meaning of 'advice'!

 

[rulefan]

You have to read the definitions rather than Rule 8-1 to find out the actual meaning of 'advice'!

:thup: