Rules Experiment- Testers Wanted

[newtogolf]

I agree that some golfers don't care about the current rules and wouldn't bother to learn mine but I also think there are other golfers who think they are playing by the rules, but don't know them as well as they think.  For these type of players, simpler rules would lead to more compliance.

There's always the potential to misinterpret rules but in order to misinterpret you have to know them.  I'd be curious to see what percentage of golfers actually read "The Rules of Golf" and how many carry a copy in their golf bag yet still find them too difficult to comply with.

During a normal round of golf I'm not usually presented with circumstances that fall outside my knowledge of the basic rules.  I carry a copy of the rules in my bag and also have an electronic version on my phone.  It's not very hard to check when the rare situation occurs to find out what the appropriate penalty and actions are.

Simplification on it's own doesn't lead to greater compliance, stopping at a red light seems pretty simple to me, yet people still don't seem to comply.