Limit on qty of balls carried during tournament?

[PuttPutt]

There is not really any limit of the golf balls you can have in your bag. But if you run out of balls in b/w, you can not turn in a score card, and you are disqualified. LOL

[goblue107501]

Correct on the first count, probably not on the second. The "one-ball rule" (that you use a single make and model ball for the entire round) is a condition of competition that's used at US (and perhaps elsewhere) professional events, and perhaps at some high-level tournaments, but is not a general Rule of Golf. If the OP's handicap is even approximately correct and this is a "small tournament," my guess would be that there's no such condition in place.

True, one ball rule probably wouldn't be in place, but if there was even a doubt, having all the same ball would take care of any potential problems. e.g. Carry all you want and as long as they are the same, you will never get into trouble no matter what. Just trying to make it easy on him.

And on the Tin Cup reference, it could be that when Romeo mentions that is the last ball in the bag, he knew the playing partner didn't have the same type of ball. That is how I always took that line. You can borrow balls, but it would have to have been the same ball he was playing.

[treebound]

I will have to see if I can find a link to that event with the measurement device rule, it was one of the Wisconsin amateur events, possibly a WSGA one. Finding that did confirm to me to know the specific event rules so I never get DQ'd due to an obscure technicality should I ever have the opportunity to qualify for and enter a tournament.

Edit: found it

http://wsga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/ws...6-b863636861bc

It would probably be to everyone's benefit to read this rule if they plan to enter any events. I don't know where the WSGA got the wording but I can easily see other events adopting similar wording.

I'd cut and paste it in here but that is painfull with a phone browser.

[Fatphil]

I caddied doubles in the 70's with the old leather bags but the heaviest thing was the damn balls. If you had some tool carrying 30 balls when we were up ahead watching the drives we'd bury 10 of em in a bunker. Of course go back and get them in the afternoon.

[2bGood]

From my read, the OP is attending Chamber tournement. My guess is this a fun scramble with very few rules, you can probably buy muligans before you go out. Not to worry on the ball count.

[Ignorant]

I will have to see if I can find a link to that event with the measurement device rule, it was one of the Wisconsin amateur events, possibly a WSGA one. Finding that did confirm to me to know the specific event rules so I never get DQ'd due to an obscure technicality should I ever have the opportunity to qualify for and enter a tournament.

In essence that Local Rule says that a distance measuring device capable of measuring other things apart from distance is not allowed

to be used and a player using that kind of a device is disqualified, even if those illegal properties are not in use. It does NOT say that a player is DQ'd for carrying such a device.