Advice Rule 10.2a What Club Did You Hit?

[Rulesman]

8 hours ago, Ruler said:

And for a good reason. Excellent change.

What if there are 4 players on a par3 and players 1 and 2 have already played their shots and player 1 asks player 2 what club did he use and he responds. If players 3 and 4 hear his response is that a breach and if so, by whom?

No breach unless player 3 'intended to influence' player 3 or 4

Edited August 15, 2021 by Rulesman

[Ruler]

1 hour ago, Rulesman said:

No breach unless player 3 'intended to influence' player 3 or 4

That is how I see it as well. 

[Esox]

Given the wide disparity in lofts from old generation clubs to new clubs, players clubs to players distance clubs to super game improvement etc, Then factoring in how purely it was struck with what club speed.... what someone else hit means not a damn thing.

[Ruler]

52 minutes ago, Esox said:

Given the wide disparity in lofts from old generation clubs to new clubs, players clubs to players distance clubs to super game improvement etc, Then factoring in how purely it was struck with what club speed.... what someone else hit means not a damn thing.

I'd say sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. But the Rule must apply to both cases.

[DaveP043]

57 minutes ago, Esox said:

Given the wide disparity in lofts from old generation clubs to new clubs, players clubs to players distance clubs to super game improvement etc, Then factoring in how purely it was struck with what club speed.... what someone else hit means not a damn thing.

Whether its valuable knowledge or not, asking about another player's club before you play appears intended to influence your own choice of club.  Sharing that information after you've both played the shot can't influence either of your choices for the current shot, unless one of you is playing stroke and distance.

[Double Mocha Man]

If it's that important just go over and look in your opponent's bag to see what club is missing.  Pretty sure that is legal, but I defer to the rules experts on here.

[Ruler]

12 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

If it's that important just go over and look in your opponent's bag to see what club is missing.  Pretty sure that is legal, but I defer to the rules experts on here.

Yes, that is one way and it is allowed if done without touching anything in the other player's bag.