By Jeffrey S. Kuhn
"The cry for the simplification of the foundations of golfing is a stock-in-trade of the journalist through the wintry weather months. Countless phrases at the topic were poured out to an ever-tolerant public, yet nonetheless the long-sought simplification doesn't come."—Henry Longhurst, 1937The hopes of well known author and golfer Henry Longhurst—and thousands of golfers earlier than and after him—have eventually been learned. within the ideas of golfing in simple English, Bryan A. Garner, American English language and utilization specialist, and Jeffrey S. Kuhn, volunteer USGA ideas legit, have translated the knotty principles with the encouragement and permission of the USA golfing organization. the result's a latest, readable model that provides, for the 1st time, transparent counsel to either amateurs and professionals.Based on a 338-word set of 13 ideas written in 1744, the professional ideas have grown, over and a part centuries, to 40,000 phrases. quite a few members and a fancy revision method have rendered those ideas so opaque and stylistically inconsistent significant other volume—the 600-page judgements at the principles of Golf—has been released to aid golfers navigate them.Both attorneys and avid golfers, Kuhn and Garner famous the problems that the language of the foundations of golfing created, specifically in a recreation that expects gamers to name consequences on themselves. by way of remodeling the foundations line via line, note by means of be aware, they've got produced an available source that no golfer—from the duffer to the pro—should be with out.
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49). 1 teeing the ball. When you put a ball in play from the teeing ground, your ball must be placed on a tee, on the ground, on an irregularity of ground created by you, or on sand or some other natural substance. You may remove dew, frost, or water from the teeing ground. You may stand outside the teeing ground to play a ball within it. 1, you’re disqualified. 2 tee-markers. Before you make your first stroke with any ball from the teeing ground, the tee-markers 28 ■ r u l e 1 1 are considered to be fixed.
Damage that occurred before the round may be repaired during the round if the playing characteristics aren’t changed and play isn’t delayed excessively. (2) Penalty. 2(a), you’re disqualified. (b) Damage in Normal Course of Play (1) General Rule. If, during a stipulated round, your club is damaged in the normal course of play, you may: (a) use the club for the rest of the stipulated round; (b) repair the club as long as doing so does not delay play excessively; or (c) replace the damaged club with any club, but only if three conditions are met: the club must be unfit for play; the replacement club must not have been selected for play by someone else playing the course; and replacement must not delay play excessively.
Otherwise, the original ball must be re-placed. 3(c). (5) An opponent, scorer, or fellow-competitor who disputes a claim of unfitness must do so before you play another ball. (b) Penalty. 3 by improperly substituting a ball, you lose the hole in match play or receive a two-stroke penalty in stroke play. 3, no additional penalty for procedural violations is applied. 4 broken ball. 5). rule 6. 0 defined terms. 46). 1 rules. You and your caddie are responsible for knowing the rules and conditions of competition.