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42 Rule 4 4-1. Form and Make of Clubs a. General The player’s clubs must conform with this Rule and the provisions, specifications and interpretations set forth in Appendix II. Note: The Committee may require, in the conditions of a competition (Rule 33-1), that any driver the player carries must have a clubhead, identified by model and loft, that is named on the current List of Conforming Driver Heads issued by the R&A. b. Wear and Alteration A club that conforms with the Rules when new is deemed to conform after wear through normal use. Any part of a club that has been purposely altered is regarded as new and must, in its altered state, conform with the Rules. 4-2. Playing Characteristics Changed and Foreign Material a. Playing Characteristics Changed During a stipulated round, the playing characteristics of a club must not be purposely changed by adjustment or by any other means. b. Foreign Material Foreign material must not be applied to the club face for the purpose of influencing the movement of the ball. *PENALTY FOR CARRYING, BUT NOT MAKING STROKE WITH, CLUB OR CLUBS IN BREACH OF RULE 4-1 or 4-2: Match play – At the conclusion of the hole at which the breach is discovered, the state of the match is adjusted by deducting one hole for each hole at which a breach occurred; maximum deduction per round – Two holes. Stroke play – Two strokes for each hole at which any breach occurred; maximum penalty per round – Four strokes (two strokes at each of the first two holes at which any breach occurred). Match play or stroke play – If a breach is discovered between the play of two holes, it is deemed to have been discovered during play of the next hole, and the penalty must be applied accordingly. Bogey and par competitions – See Note 1 to Rule 32-1a. Stableford competitions – See Note 1 to Rule 32-1b.
Rule 4 43 *Any club or clubs carried in breach of Rule 4-1 or 4–2 must be declared out of play by the player to his opponent in match play or his marker or a fellow-competitor in stroke play immediately upon discovery that a breach has occurred. If the player fails to do so, he is disqualified. PENALTY FOR MAKING STROKE WITH CLUB IN BREACH OF RULE 4-1 or 4-2: Disqualification. 4-3. Damaged Clubs: Repair and Replacement a. Damage in Normal Course of Play If, during a stipulated round, a player’s club is damaged in the normal course of play, he may: (i) use the club in its damaged state for the remainder of the stipulated round; or (ii) without unduly delaying play, repair it or have it repaired; or (iii) as an additional option available only if the club is unfit for play, replace the damaged club with any club. The replacement of a club must not unduly delay play (Rule 6-7) and must not be made by borrowing any club selected for play by any other person playing on the course or by assembling components carried by or for the player during the stipulated round. PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 4-3a: See Penalty Statements for Rule 4-4a or b, and Rule 4-4c. Note: A club is unfit for play if it is substantially damaged, e.g. the shaft is dented, significantly bent or breaks into pieces; the clubhead becomes loose, detached or significantly deformed; or the grip becomes loose. A club is not unfit for play solely because the club’s lie or loft has been altered, or the clubhead is scratched.
Page 1 and 2: Rules of Golf and the Rules of Amat
Page 3 and 4: Rules of Golf as approved by R&A Ru
Page 5 and 6: Contents Rule 20 3 Playing the Ball
Page 7 and 8: Foreword - To the 2012 Edition of t
Page 9 and 10: Principal Changes 7 in these circum
Page 11 and 12: the datejust ii
Page 14: A PA S S I O N AT E R I V A L R Y;
Page 17 and 18: How to Use the Rule Book How to Use
Page 19 and 20: A Quick Guide to the Rules of Golf
Page 27 and 28: Consideration for Other Players Eti
Page 29 and 30: Etiquette 21 Preventing Unnecessary
Page 31 and 32: Definitions 23 in play and Rule 11-
Page 33 and 34: Definitions 25 Note 1: A ball playe
Page 35 and 36: Definitions 27 Stakes used to defin
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Page 39 and 40: Definitions 31 When out of bounds i
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Page 43 and 44: Definitions 35 Wrong Ball A “wron
Page 45 and 46: Rule 1 / 2 37 Note 2: In stroke pla
Page 47 and 48: Rule 2 / 3 39 A claim relating to a
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Rule 24 93 24-3. Ball in Obstructio
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Rule 25 95 (ii) In a Bunker: If the
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Rule 25 / 26 97 hole. The ball when
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Rule 26 99 (b) add an additional pe
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Rule 27 101 27-2. Provisional Ball
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Other Forms of Play Rule 29 Threeso
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Rule 30 105 d. Penalty to Side A si
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Rule 31 107 If the wrong ball belon
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Rule 32 109 In handicap bogey, par
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Rule 32 111 The Committee may, in s
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Rule 33 / 34 115 33-7. Disqualifica
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Rule 34 117 If the dispute or doubt
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Appendix I 119 a. Relief for Embedd
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Appendix I 121 3. Areas of the Cour
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Appendix I 123 1. Water Hazards; Ba
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Appendix I 125 Note: The Committee
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Appendix I 127 water hazard, the pl
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Appendix I 129 Note: “Closely-mow
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Appendix I 131 The ball must be lif
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Appendix I 133 The ball may be clea
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Appendix I 135 4. Grass-covered cab
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Part C Conditions of the Competitio
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Appendix I 139 Note: If a ball of a
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Appendix I 141 The signal for suspe
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Appendix I 143 10. How to Decide Ti
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Appendix I 145 General Numerical Dr
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Appendix II 147 1. Clubs a. General
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Fig. III Back 10º Max 20º Max Fac
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Appendix II 151 Exception for Putte
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Appendix II 153 • features that e
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Appendix II 155 For traditionally s
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Appendix II 157 • The distance be
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Appendix III - The Ball Appendix II
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Appendix IV 161 A “plain” glove
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Rules of Amateur Status Amateur Sta
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Amateur Status 165 Preamble The R&A
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Rule 1 Amateurism Amateur Status 16
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Amateur Status 169 (ii) the contrac
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Amateur Status 171 b. Multiple Awar
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Amateur Status 173 e. Invitation Un
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Amateur Status 175 financial gain,
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Amateur Status 177 Rule 8 Procedure
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Amateur Status 179 e. Status While
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Amateur Status 181 Unacceptable For
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Index 183 cleaning [Rule 21] ......
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Index 185 Bogey Competitions breach
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Index 187 College Teams — expense
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Index 189 sharing of distance infor
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Index 191 Gambling — policy on ..
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Index 193 determining score for whe
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Index 195 out of bounds, used to de
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Index 197 winner of hole [Rule 2-1]
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Index 199 Out of Bounds. See also O
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Index 201 local rule [App. I] .....
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Index 203 from teeing ground [Rule
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Index 205 cancelling [Rule 10-1c] .
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Temporary Conditions, see Course Co
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The activities of The R&A through a
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