Rules of Golf

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1. How Can You Tell If You Can Drop "No Closer to Hole"?

   By chspeed, October 1, 2022
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   • DaveP043
   • October 3, 2022

3. What's Your Call on This? 1 2

   By Vinsk, September 25, 2022
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   • iacas
   • September 30, 2022

4. Accidental Picked up Ball in Medal Play

   By Manx995, September 29, 2022
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   • DaveP043
   • September 29, 2022

5. Ball Striking Equipment

   By GloriaDG, September 18, 2022
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   • DaveP043
   • September 27, 2022

6. Should Divots Be Considered Ground Under Repair? 1 2 3 4 65

   By Foursum Golf, November 8, 2013
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   • DrvFrShow
   • September 22, 2022

7. Wrong Ball - Learn From My Errors 1 2

   By bkuehn1952, August 10, 2022
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   • Wade Patton
   • September 10, 2022

8. Moving an Immovable Obstruction

   By Dick Kusleika, September 7, 2022
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   • Dick Kusleika
   • September 8, 2022

9. How to Hit Longer Drives by Cheating

   By ChetlovesMer, September 1, 2022
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   • Brown E
   • September 5, 2022

10. Hazard Question

    By darthweasel, August 17, 2022
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    • DaveP043
    • August 18, 2022

11. Cam Smith's Day-Later Penalty 1 2

    By iacas, August 15, 2022   

    • cam smith
    • penalty
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    • WillieT
    • August 16, 2022

12. Common Rules Violations (That Are Hard to Call) 1 2

    By reidsou, July 26, 2021
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    • billchao
    • August 5, 2022

13. How to Read First Exception to Rule 9.4b - Ball Moved or Touched

    By reidsou, July 15, 2022   

    • ball moved touched rule
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    • StuM
    • July 28, 2022

14. Local Rule E-5 Drop Area on a Dogleg

    By Dick Kusleika, April 19, 2022   

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    • drop
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    • billchao
    • July 25, 2022

15. Late Posting Affected Handicap and Match Result

    By reidsou, July 4, 2022   

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    • reidsou
    • July 4, 2022

16. Greenskeeper Changed Pin Location Mid Hole

    By Friz, June 27, 2022
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    • bkuehn1952
    • July 4, 2022

17. Sprinkler Interrupts Swing - Free Redo?

    By FlappyGilmore, June 22, 2022
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    • ChetlovesMer
    • June 27, 2022

18. Local Rule for Embedded Ball That Is Lost Is 'Not Authorized'

    By reidsou, June 14, 2022   

    • embedded lost local rule
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    • ColinL
    • June 27, 2022

19. Club as Alignment Aid?

    By DrvFrShow, June 20, 2022
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    • colin007
    • June 20, 2022

20. Playing by the Rules 1 2

    By Mkgrady, May 25, 2022
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    • reidsou
    • June 18, 2022

21. Concrete Drainage Ditch

    By CTor46, June 13, 2022
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    • iacas
    • June 16, 2022

22. Embedded Balls in the Lip or Wall of a Bunker 1 2

    By gbogey, January 21, 2019   

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    • iacas
    • June 16, 2022

23. Removing Morning Dew on the Greens

    By RonK, May 26, 2022
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    • WillieT
    • June 7, 2022

24. Dogs in the bunker 1 2

    By achadha7, April 8, 2013
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    • Mark whittell
    • May 24, 2022

25. Relief From Fairway Distance Marker 1 2 3

    By Zippo, May 12, 2022
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    • Rulesman
    • May 20, 2022

26. Non-Conforming Putter Grips

    By StuM, May 19, 2022
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    • iacas
    • May 19, 2022