Contents
Preface
Rule 1. The Game
Rule 2. Match Play
Rule 3. Stroke Play
Rule 4. Clubs
Rule 5. The Ball
Rule 6. The Player’s Responsibilities
Rule 7. Practice
Rule 8. Advice and Indicating Line of Play
Rule 10. Order of Play
Rule 11. Teeing Ground
Rule 12. Searching for and Identifying Ball
Rule 13. Playing the Ball As It Lies
Rule 14. Striking the Ball; Artificial Devices
Rule 15. Substituted Ball; Wrong Ball
Rule 16. The Putting Green
Rule 17. The Flagstick
Rule 18. Movement of Ball at Rest
Rule 19. Moving Ball Deflected or Stopped
Rule 20. Procedures for Lifting, Dropping, and Placing; Playing from Wrong Place
Rule 21. Cleaning Your Ball
Rule 22. Ball Interfering with or Assisting Play
Rule 23. Loose Impediments
Rule 24. Interference and Relief from Obstructions
Rule 25. Interference and Relief from Abnormal Ground Conditions, Embedded Ball, or Wrong Putting Green
Rule 26. Water Hazards
Rule 27. Ball Lost or Out of Bounds; Provisional Ball
Rule 28. Unplayable Ball
Rule 29. Threesomes and Foursomes
Rule 30. Three-Ball, Best-Ball, and Four-Ball Match Play
Rule 31. Four-Ball Stroke Play
Rule 32. Bogey, Par, and Stableford Competitions
Rule 33. The Committee
Rule 34. Disputes and Decisions
Rule 35. Definitions
Appendix 1. Penalty Summary Chart
Appendix 2. Golf Etiquette
Index