19 Things You Can Do on a Golf Course without Penalty
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1. Have a flagstick attended even when your ball is in a bunker, or on
the apron of the green - Rule 17-1.
2. Look into someone's golf bag to identify which club they are using
for their stroke - Decision 8-1/10.
3. Use the back, or the toe, of the clubhead to strike the ball
- Decision 14-1/1.
4. Ask anyone the distance from any point A to any point B
- Definition of Advice.
5. Ground your club on a bridge situated in a water hazard
- Decision 13-4/30.
6. Lay a club, or clubs, in a bunker before you make a stroke at
your ball lying in that bunker - Exception 1(b) to Rule 13-4.
7. Wrap a towel or handkerchief around the grip to assist in gripping
your club on a wet day - Rule 14-3c.
8. Replace your ball where it was, under penalty of one stroke, when
you have just putted past the hole and into a bunker - Rule 27-1a.
9. Use the toe of your putter to mark your ball - Decision 20-1/16
(But don't do it!).
10. Take free relief from material piled for removal and holes made by a
greenkeeper, even if not so marked - Definition of GUR.
11. Make a putt with one hand while holding the flagstick with the
other - Decision 17-1/5.
12. Put another ball in play without attempting to search for the original
ball - Rule 27-1.
13. Deem your ball unplayable in any circumstance, anywhere on the
course other than in a water hazard - Rule 28.
14. Play a ball out of ground under repair (unless there is a Local Rule
that says that you must take relief) - Rule 25-1b.
15. Explain a Rule to a fellow competitor to stop him incurring a penalty
- Definition of Advice.
16. Move anything artificial if it can be moved without unreasonable effort,
without unduly delaying play and without causing damage - Definition of Obstruction.
17. Clean a ball by rubbing it on the putting green - Decision 16-1d/5.
18. Hold an umbrella over your head as you make a stroke - Decision 14-2/2.
19. Draw a ring around the circumference of your golf ball and then use it
to line up your tee shot or putts. Rule 12-2.
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