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forgotten rules of golf

On the putting green there is no penalty if while moving loose impediments the ball moves. “If a ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved in the process of lifting the ball under a Rule or marking its position, the ball or ball-marker must be replaced. There is no penalty, provided the movement of the ball or ball-marker is directly attributable to the specific act of marking the position of or lifting the ball. Otherwise, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke under this Rule or Rule 18-2a.”

If you move your ball marker on the green to get it out of the way for another player, and then you forget to put it back, it is 2 strokes penalty for palying from the wrong place. You do not need to rectify.”If a ball to be replaced is placed other than on the spot from which it was lifted or moved and the error is not corrected as provided in Rule 20-6, the player incurs the general penalty, loss of hole in match play or two strokes in stroke play, for a breach of the applicable Rule.”

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Posted by flagolfer on September 2nd, 2009 :: Filed under Rules of Golf
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fixing golf divots

Do you regularly fix divots? I play with more golfers who complain about divot marks than golfers who fix divot marks. Turf damage is easily avoided with proper repair. In the Rules of Golf Section I,  “. . . a player should ensure that any divot hole made by him and any damage to the putting green made by a ball is carefully repaired.” The simplest rule is to fill divots with sand in the south or areas with bermuda grass, and by replacing the grass everywhere else.

There is no penalty for not Fixing divots, but everyone suffers from course conditions that result from improper care.

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Posted by flagolfer on September 1st, 2009 :: Filed under Rules of Golf
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