At
this point, the entries in each section will be:
Interpretations
Gender
In this book reference to one gender implies
reference to both.
Defined components and conditions: water hazards,
out-of-bounds, GUR, immovable obstructions (where
marked by the Committee)
A course component or condition should be
marked by stakes and/or lines.
Where stakes alone are used, the stakes
identify the nature of the condition and the margin of the condition is
determined as follows:
(a) For GUR, water hazards and immovable obstructions, by the
nearest outside points of the stakes at ground level. The stakes are,
therefore, in the condition;
(b) For out-of bounds, by the nearest inside points of the
stakes at ground level. The stakes are, therefore, out-of-bounds.
When both stakes and lines are used, the
stakes identify the condition and, in the absence of a line, also define the
margin as specified above, and the lines, where applied, define the condition
margin. The line is, therefore, in the
condition.
A ball is in the condition or out-of-bounds
when all of it lies in the condition or out-of-bounds.
Stakes used to identify or to define the
margin of a component or condition are obstructions.
Searching for the ball
In searching a player may touch
or bend long grass, rushes, bushes, or the like, but only to the extent necessary
to find or identify the ball, provided that this does not improve the lie of
the ball, the area of his intended stance or swing or his line of play. He may
also touch or move sand or loose impediments with
a club, his hand or otherwise.
PROCEDURES
Lifting a ball to examine or identify
It is good etiquette and practice to advise
an opponent or fellow-competitor prior to lifting the ball in any
circumstance. However, there are
circumstances where following procedure applies:
Before lifting the ball, the player must
announce his intention to his opponent in match play or his marker or a
fellow-competitor in stroke play and mark the position of the ball. He may then
lift and examine it, provided that he gives his opponent, marker or
fellow-competitor an opportunity to examine the ball and observe the lifting
and replacement.
Playing from the place last played
When playing from the place at which the
original ball was last played, the player must (except on the tee) place a ball
at the nearest point, not nearer to the hole, to the position (or estimated
position where appropriate) from which the original ball was played which
avoids damage to the lie created by the playing of that ball.
If the ball was originally played from the
tee, a ball may be played from anywhere on the tee and may be re-teed.
Taking relief
When relief is to be taken in accordance with
a Rule, a ball must be placed at the nearest point of relief which avoids
interference by the condition to the player’s stance or intended swing, or to
the lie of the ball. The point of relief must be on the part of the course
where it is known, or there is conclusive evidence, that the ball came to rest,
or where the reference point for relief is situated.
To gain optimum advantage from such an
application there needs to be maximum consistency in the treatment of similar
situations.
An example of this application appears in
Rule 24, posted on the next page.
The adoption of such an approach will require
further modification to some revised rules already posted.
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