GOLF RULES, ETIQUETTE,

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GOLF RULES, ETIQUETTE, EQUIPMENT
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USGA GOLF RULES

• MATCH PLAY
• WIN OR LOSE THE HOLE
• MEDAL PLAY
• TOTAL STROKES

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STROKE PLAY

• ON THE TEE
• MUST TEE BETWEEN OR BEHIND TEE MARKERS
• IF THE BALL FALLS OFF THE TEE, WHEN NOT IN PLAY,
  IT IS NOT A STROKE
• WHEN DOES IT COST A STROKE?
• A WIFF IS A STROKE

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ON THE FAIRWAY OR IN THE ROUGH

• YOU MUST PLAY THE BALL WHERE IT LIES
• YOU CANNOT IMPROVE YOUR LIE BY MOVING, BREAKING,
  OR BENDING GROWING VEGETATION (2 STROKES OR LOSS
  OF HOLE)
• YOU CAN MOVE LOOSE NATURAL OBJECTS WITHOUT
  PENALTY BUT IF YOU MOVE THE BALL (1 STROKE)

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FAIRWAY/ROUGH (CONTINUED)

• IF YOU PLAY THE WRONG BALL (2 STROKES OR LOSS OF
  HOLE)
• PLAY OUT HOLE WITH CORRECT BALL
• LOST BALL
• 5 MINUTES AND/OR PLAY THRU
• DROP (PROVISIONAL BALL)FROM SPOT LAST PLAYED (1
  STROKE)
• MAY BE RETEED IF LOST FROM THE TEE SHOT (HITTING
  3)

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RULES FOR HAZARDS
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WATER HAZARDS

• IF YOUR BALL LANDS IN WATER
• IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A SHOT GO FOR IT LUCKY
  (CANT GROUND CLUB)
• PLAY A PROVISIONAL BALL FROM THE SPOT LAST PLAYED
  (1 STROKE)
• DROP BEHIND THE HAZARD (1 STROKE)
• LATERAL WATER HAZARD
• PLAY FROM LAST SPOT OR
• DROP WITHIN 2 CLUB LENGTHS OF HAZARD MARGIN

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SAND BUNKERS

• CANNOT GROUND CLUB (2 STROKES)
• IF BALL IS COMPLETELY BURIED OR COVERED
• YOU CAN REMOVE ENOUGH OF THE IMPEDIMENT TO SEE
  THE BALL

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CASUAL WATER, GROUND UNDER REPAIR, OR....

• OTHER THAN A HAZARD OR THE GREEN
• ONE CLUB LENGTH RELIEF
• NO CLOSER TO THE HOLE
• NO PENALTY

• IN A HAZARD
• PLAY IT AS IT LIES
• LIFT WITHOUT PENALTY AND DROP IN THE HAZARD NO
  CLOSER TO THE HOLE
• LIFT AND DROP OUTSIDE THE HAZARD PENALTY 1 STROKE

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CASUAL WATER, GROUND UNDER REPAIR, OR....

• ON THE GREEN
• LIFT WITHOUT PENALTY AND PLACE TO GET MOST RELIEF
  POSSIBLE NO CLOSER TO THE HOLE
• LOST BALL
• NO PENALTY FOR LOST BALL IN THIS SITUATION

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RELIEF FROM OBSTRUCTION

• MOVABLE OBSTRUCTION
• IF THE BALL DOES NOT LIE IN OR ON THE OBSTRUCTION
  MOVE THE OBSTRUCTION
• BALL LIES IN OR ON OBSTRUCTION, LIFT AND PLACE

• IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTION
• ONE CLUB LENGTH RELIEF

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RULES ON THE GREEN
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ON THE GREEN

• IF YOU HIT THE FLAGSTICK WHILE PUTTING (2 STROKES
  OR LOSS OF HOLE)
• HITTING THE FLAGSTICK WHEN IT LIES ON THE GREEN
  (2 STROKES, PLAY IT WHERE IT LIES LOSS OF HOLE)
• HITTING AN ATTENDED STICK OR THE ATTENDEE (SAME
  AS PREVIOUS)

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ON THE GREEN (CONT.)

• TOUCHING THE GROUND ON YOUR LINE OF PUTT (2
  STROKES OR HOLE) EXCEPT
• TO REPAIR BALL MARK
• CLEAN BALL
• REMOVE LOOSE IMPEDIMENT, ETC....
• IF YOUR BALL LANDS ON THE WRONG GREEN (1 CLUB
  LENGTH RELIEF, NO PENALTY)

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ON THE GREEN (CONT.)

• OPPONENTS BALL IN THE LINE OF YOUR PUTT
• ASK THAT IT BE MARKED LIFTED
• MARKER MAY BE PLACED 1 OR MORE PUTTERHEAD-LENGTHS
  TO THE SIDE
• STROKE PLAY THE PLAYER IN THE LINE CAN PUT FIRST

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ON THE GREEN (CONT.)

• HITTING ANOTHER PLAYERS BALL
• REPLACE IT
• STROKE PLAY 2 STROKE PENALTY
• MATCH PLAY NO PENALTY
• IN MATCH PLAY YOU CAN CONCEDE THE HOLE/MATCH
  BEFORE ITS CONCLUSION
• IN STROKE PLAY EVERY PLAYER MUST HOLE OUT ON
  EVERY HOLE

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HANDICAPS
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THE HANDICAP SYSTEM

• PAR FOR THE COURSE
• THE TOTAL OF THE PAR VALUES FOR ALL HOLES
• THE COURSE RATING
• A MEASURE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF THE COURSE
• JUST BECAUSE A HOLE IS A PAR 5 DOESNT MEAN IT
  PLAYS TO THAT SCORE

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HANDICAPPING CONT.

• THE AVERAGE SCORE ON A PAR 5 MAY ACTUALLY BE A
  4.6----AND ON SOME PAR 3 THE HOLE MAY PLAY LIKE A
  3.4
• THE COURSE RATING IS
• THE TOTAL OF THE AVERAGE SCORES FOR ALL THE HOLES
• SLOPE RATING
• BETWEEN 100 AND 140 HIGHER IS MORE DIFFICULT

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HOW TO ESTABLISH A HANDICAP

• EVERY TIME AN 18-HOLE ROUND IS COMPLETED (OR
  COMBINING 9S) IT IS ENTERED INTO THE COMPUTER
• WHEN 20 SCORES ARE ENTERED, THE COMPUTER
  CALCULATES
• BEST 10 OF 20 SCORES ARE AVERAGED THE HANDICAP
  IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AVG. AND THE COURSE
  RATING 87 - 72 15

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SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

• HOW MANY STROKES DOES A 10 HANDICAPPER GIVE TO A
  16 HANDICAPPER TO CREATE A FAIR GAME?
• 6 STROKES ALL RIGHT!_at_!!

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HANDICAP SCORING

• SCRATCH GOLFERS HAVE NO HANDICAP
• A 2-HANDICAP GOLFER SHOULD AVERAGE 2 SHOTS MORE
  PER ROUND THAN A SCRATCH GOLFER
• A 18-HANDICAPPER WOULD AVERAGE 18 MORE SHOTS THAN
  A SCRATCH GOLFER

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HOW THE HANDICAP WORKS

• IN STROKE PLAY , PLAYERS HANDICAPS ARE
  SUBSTRACTED FROM THEIR GROSS SCORES
• SCRATCH PLAYER SHOOTS A 78
• 78 - 0 78
• 2-HANDICAPPER SHOOTS A 79
• 79 - 2 77
• 18-HANDICAPPER SHOOTS A 90
• 90 - 18 72
• WHO WINS?

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ENJOY THE GAME!

• BE PATIENT
• PRACTICE OFTEN
• READ AND LEARN
• KEEP THE GAME IN PERSPECTIVE
• HAVE FUN