Hensby Receives Ten Penalty Strokes

[Rulesman]

4 hours ago, sjduffers said:

I agree that one is a general rule applying to all golfers and the other is a local rule applying to high level competitions only. Is that it?

The latter may be used by any committee for any level of competition. There was a time when the newly introduced local rule was used by committees who wanted to elevate the status of their comp. I think that idea bit the dust a while back..

[sjduffers]

Just now, Rulesman said:

The latter may be used by any committee for any level of competition. There was a time when the newly introduced local rule was used by committees who wanted to elevate the status of their comp. I think that idea bit the dust a while back..

That, and to boost sales of, say, ProV1? You gotta make sure you have enough of the same ball type in your bag before starting a round, you know... 🙂