Additions to Definitions:
Divot
A hole left in the turf when grass and
soil have been removed by the clubhead in making a stroke or practice swing.
Stroke and Distance Penalty
At any time permitted by the rules, a player may play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played. Except where otherwise provided in the Rules, this incurs a ‘stroke and distance penalty’. That is, the stroke so played counts and an additional penalty of one stroke applies.
Tee-peg
At any time permitted by the rules, a player may play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played. Except where otherwise provided in the Rules, this incurs a ‘stroke and distance penalty’. That is, the stroke so played counts and an additional penalty of one stroke applies.
Tee-peg
A shaped plastic or wooden peg designed to
elevate the ball on the tee.
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Rule 7: Practice
7-1.
Before or Between Rounds
a. Match PlayOn any day of a match play competition, a player may practise on the competition course before a round.
b. Stroke Play
Before a round or play-off on any day of a
stroke play competition, a competitor must not practise on the competition
course or test the surface of any hazard or putting green on the course.
When two or more rounds of a stroke play
competition are to be played over consecutive days, a competitor must not
practise between those rounds on any part of a competition course remaining to
be played, or test the surface of any hazard or putting green on such course.
However, practice putting or chipping on or
near the first tee or on any practice area before starting a round or play-off is
permitted.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 7-1b or a COMPETITION CONDITION (Rule
33-1.6):
Disqualification from the competition.
7-2.
During Round
A player must not make a practice stroke
during play of a hole. A practice swing is not a practice stroke and may be
taken at any place, provided the player does not breach the Rules.
Between the play of two holes, providing there is no undue delay to play
(Rule 6-7), a player may practise putting or
chipping on or near:
(i) the putting
green of the hole last played,
(ii) any practice
putting green, or
(iii) the tee of the
next hole to be played in the round.
A practice stroke must not be made from a
hazard.
Strokes made in continuing the play of a
hole, the result of which has been decided, are not practice strokes.
Note: When play has been
suspended by the Committee, a player may, prior to resumption of play, practise
(a) as provided in this Rule, (b) anywhere other than on the competition course
and (c) as otherwise permitted by the Committee.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 7-2, a COMPETITION CONDITION (Rule
33-1.7) or COMMITTEE INSTRUCTION:
Match play – Loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes (to be
applied by the Committee to the player’s net result).
Match Play: In the event of a breach between the play of two
holes, the state of the match is adjusted by applying a penalty of one hole.
Stroke, par and Stableford competitions: Where the player commits a second breach of
this rule, he is disqualified from the competition.
"However, so long as there is no undue delay ...."
ReplyDeleteSuggested rewording
"Providing there is ...."
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".... between to play of two holes a player ..."
".... between the play of two holes a player ..."
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ReplyDeleteI hope the re-ordering of the sentence is an improvement as well.
If a divot is the hole left behind, what is word for the piece of turf that became detached to create that hole?
ReplyDeleteAnon
ReplyDeleteDoes it require a special name?
Is it not simply a 'loose impediment'?
Do you have a suggestion as to what it might be called?
Note also that the Etiquette section in the current Rule Book refers to 'Repair of divots' and that 'Players should carefully repair any divot holes made by them'.
Divot is partially or completely detached turf resulting from a stroke at a golf ball (usually). Divot hole is the area left by the divot.
ReplyDeleteAnon
ReplyDeleteI understand what you area saying.
To summarise the ‘rules’ position:
1. ‘A Quick Guide to the Rules’ refers in ‘General Points’ to ‘replacing divots’.
2. Etiquette (p20) has a heading, ‘Repair of Divots, Ball-Marks and Damage by Shoes’. This implies that the divot (the hole) is what is to be repaired.
3. This same paragraph refers, as you say, to ‘divot holes’ implying that these might be different from ‘divots’, despite the paragraph heading.
4. The paragraph (p21) headed ‘Preventing Unnecessary Damage’ refers to ‘removing divots’, which implies a reference to the turf removed.
5. Rule 13 refers to ‘replaced divots’.
6. Within the ‘Rules of Play’ there is no definition of a ‘divot’ and the words ‘partially or completely detached turf resulting from a stroke at a golf ball’ (or words to that effect) do not, as far as I am aware, appear in the Rules of Play.
7. Virtually all of the related Decisions imply that the 'divot' is the removed turf.
It might well be argued that on balance the weight favours a ‘divot’ being the turf cut from a ‘divot hole’ but the Rules are a bit confused. I would again argue that under current provisions a detached 'divot' has no status other than being a loose impediment but that it regains the status of a divot when it is partially or completely replaced in the divot hole. This means that after a player has repaired a divot hole some of the divot may be a divot and some may be a loose impediment. And it can be the case that turf which did not originate in a given divot hole may be utilised in repairing that hole.
I considered this before deciding to go with the ‘divot’ being defined as the hole and modifying Rule 13 to refer to ‘turf replaced in a divot’.
Given that a cut divot rarely holds its composition and is rarely returned to the hole as a single entity, I thought that this was the simplest and clearest approach.
I accept that you may disagree.