October 1st, 2008 by Phil Reich PGA Golf Art

162 Index

Dropped Ball. See also Through the Green

in play [Rule 20-4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

lifting ball wrongly dropped [Rule 20-6]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

near a specific spot [Rule 20-2b] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

player must drop [Rule 20-2a]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

playing dropped ball from wrong place [Rule 20-7]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

re-dropping [Rule 20-2c] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

rolling

out of bounds, into a hazard, nearer hole, etc. [Rule 20-2c]. . . . . . 62

to position, with interference by the condition from

which relief taken [Rule 20-2c] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

touching person or equipment of a player [Rule 20-2a] . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Dropping Zones

general [App. I] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Embedded Ball

local rule [App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 107

relief [Rule 25-2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Enforcement — amateur status [Rule 8-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Environmentally-Sensitive Areas

committee decision on [App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

local rule [App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

E quipment. See also Ball; List of Conforming Driver Heads, List of

Conforming Golf Balls

acceptance of [Rule 6-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

artificial devices, unusual equipment, unusual use of

equipment [Rule 14-3]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

ball moved by [Rules 18-2a, 18-3, 18-4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 57, 57

ball moved by during search in match play

[Rules 18-2a, 18-3b]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 57

definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

medical devices, use to alleviate condition [Rule 14-3 Exception 1]. . 48

moving while ball in motion [Rule 24-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

shared golf cart, status of [definition of equipment]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

use in traditionally accepted manner [Rule 14-3 Exception 2]. . . . . . . 49

Equity

deciding disputes [Rule 1-4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Expenses — receipt of [Rule 4-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Fellow-Competitor

attending the flagstick [Rule 17]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

ball in motion striking [Rule 19-4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

ball moved by [Rule 18-4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

disputing claim of unfit ball [Rule 5-3 Note 1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

doubt as to procedure [Rule 3-3]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

examining ball [Rule 5-3] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

identifying ball [Rule 12-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Flagstick

attended, removed or held up [Rule 17-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

moving attended, removal, or held up flagstick

while ball is in motion [Rule 24-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

preventing unnecessary damage [Etiquette]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

striking [Rule 17-3]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

unauthorized attendance [Rule 17-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Forecaddie

definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

definition [definition of outside agency]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Four-Ball Match Play

absent partner [Rule 30-3a]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

definition [definition of forms of match play]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

order of play [Rule 30-3b]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

penalty

applied to side [Rule 30-3d]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

disqualification of side [Rule 30-3e]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

effect of other penalties [Rule 30-3f] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Four-Ball Stroke Play

absent partner [Rule 31-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

definition [definition of forms of stroke play]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

order of play [Rule 31-4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

penalty

applied to side [Rule 31-6] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

disqualification of side [Rule 31-7]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

effect of other penalties [Rule 31-8]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

recording scores [Rule 6-6d Note 2, Rules 31-3, 31-7]. . . . . . . . . 32, 87, 88

Foursome

definition for match play [definition of forms of match play]. . . . . . . . 8

definition for stroke play [definition of forms of stroke play]. . . . . . . . 9

match play [Rule 29-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

order of play [Rule 29-1] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

stroke play [Rule 29-3]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Gambling — policy on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Game of Golf

definition [Rule 1-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

General Numerical Draw

determining places in [App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

General Penalty. See under Penalty

Golf Carts

condition prohibiting use [App. I] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

preventing unnecessary damage [Etiquette]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Golf Shoe Spikes

repairing damage by [Etiquette]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

repairing damage to putting greens [Rule 16-1c] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Golf Skill or Reputation — definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Grass

cuttings piled for removal [definition of ground under repair] . . . . . . 9

in or bordering bunker, not hazard [definition of bunker] . . . . . . . . . . 6

loose blades not adhering to ball

[definition of loose impediments] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

touching

in finding and identifying ball [Rule 12-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

with club in hazard [Rule 13-4 Note]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Green. See Putting Green

Greenkeeper

hole made by, status of [definition of ground under repair]. . . . . . . . . 9

Grip. See under Clubs

Ground Under Repair. See also Stakes

ball within moved during search [Rule 12-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

defined by committee [Rule 33-2a]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

growing thing within, status of [definition]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

local rule, dropping zones when permitted [App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

material piled for removal, status of [definition of

ground under repair] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

play prohibited local rule [App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 103

relief [Rule 25-1b]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

stakes defining, status of [definition]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Groups. See also Stroke Play

allowing to play through while searching [Etiquette]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

priority on the course [Etiquette]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Halved Hole [Rule 2-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Halved Match

committee decision of ties [Rule 33-6]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Handicap

applying, committee’s duty [Rule 33-5]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

match play [Rule 6-2a]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

player’s duties [Rule 6-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

playing off wrong

knowingly in stroke play [Rule 34-1b]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

match play [Rule 6-2a]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

stroke play [Rule 6-2b]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

stroke table [Rule 33-4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Hazards. See also Obstructions, Stakes

ball in

lifted may be dropped or placed back in [Rule 13-4]. . . . . . . . . . . . 46

rolling into, nearer hole, etc. whether re-drop required

[Rule 20-2c] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

ball played from one hazard comes to rest in another

[Rule 13-4 Exception 3]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

bunkers [definition of bunker] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

grounding club in [Rule 13-4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

identifying ball within [Rule 12-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

placing clubs in [Rule 13-4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

practice prohibited from [Rule 7-2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

previous stroke played from [Rule 20-5] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

relief from temporary obstructions [App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

searching for covered ball in [Rule 12-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

strokes in, with wrong ball [Rule 15-3] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

testing condition of [Rule 13-4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

touching ground or water in water hazard with

hand or club [Rule 13-4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

water hazards (including lateral water hazards)

ball in, relief

from abnormal ground condition prohibited

[Rule 25-1b Note 1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

from immovable obstruction prohibited

[Rule 24-2b Note 1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

options [Rule 26-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

ball in moving water within played [Rule 14-6]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

ball played provisionally, local rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 102

ball played within becomes lost or unplayable outside

hazard or is out of bounds [Rule 26-2b] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

ball played within comes to rest in same or another hazard

[Rule 26-2a] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

casual water [definition of casual water]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

dropping zone, local rule [App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 115

lateral water hazard [definition of lateral water hazard]. . . . . . . . 10

probing in water during search [Rule 12-1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

stakes defining, status of

[definition of water hazard and lateral water hazard] . . . . . 17, 10

Hole. See also Line of Play; Match Play

ball overhanging [Rule 16-2] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

conceding in match play [Rule 2-4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

damaged [Rule 33-2b]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

determining score for when second ball played in stroke play

[Rule 3-3b] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

halved [Rule 2-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

holing out

ball played from teeing ground [Rules 1-1, 15-1] . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 50

failure, stroke play [Rule 3-2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ma de by burrowing animal [definition of burrowing animal] . . . . . . . 6

made by burrowing animal, reptile or bird

[definition of abnormal ground condition]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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made by greenkeeper [definition of ground under repair] . . . . . . . . . . 9

new holes for competition [Rule 33-2b, App. I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 122

nu mber in a stipulated round [definition of stipulated round] . . . . . 16

replacing flagstick in [Etiquette]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

testing putting green surface during play of [Rule 16-1d] . . . . . . . . . . 53

time allowed to complete [Rule 6-7 Note 2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

winner of [Rule 2-1] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

wrong score [Rule 6-6d]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31