When starting a hole, if you play a ball from outside the teeing areaTeeing Area: The area you must play from in starting the hole you are playing. The teeing area is a rectangle that is two ...

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Purpose of Rule: Rule 9 covers a central principle of the game: “play the ball as it lies.” If your ball comes to rest and is then moved by natural forces such as wind or water, you normally must play ...

Purpose of Rule: This Rule allows you to do things on the putting green that are normally not allowed off the putting green, such as being allowed to mark, lift, clean and replace your ball and to ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 4 covers the equipment that you may use during your round. Based on the principle that golf is a challenging game in which success should depend on your judgment, skills and ...

New additions will normally be updated on a quarterly basis each January, April, July, and October and the next quarterly update will be in early April 2025. Note: The revised version of MLR G-9 ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 14 covers when and how you may mark the spot of your ball at rest and lift and clean your ball and how to put it back into play so that your ball is played from the right place.

You must fairly strike at the ball with the head of the club such that there is only momentary contact between the club and the ball and you must not push, scrape or scoop the ball. If your club ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 7 allows you to take reasonable actions to fairly search for your ball in play after each stroke. But you must be careful, as a penalty will apply if you act excessively and ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 5 covers how to play a round – such as where and when you may practise on the course before or during your round, when your round starts and ends and what happens when play has ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 16 covers when and how you may take free relief by playing a ball from a different place, such as when you have interference by an abnormal course condition or a dangerous animal ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 23 covers Four-Ball (played either in match play or stroke play), where you and your partner compete as a side with each of you playing a separate ball. Your side’s score for a ...