Golf Rules and Regulations

You are normally not allowed to remove any loose impediments from a bunker, however there is usually a local rule that states you may move stones without penalty, although you may not remove leaves. Check local rules on scorecard or pro shop before you tee off.

If its a team of four 1/10 of combined handicap should be used so it follows that over nine hole 1/20 of combined handicap is the answer.

There would be a bucket of wet sand at the tee. The player would take a small amount, build it into a little volcano, and hit off of that.

If you are playing in a strokeplay competition, unfortunately you keep going until you hole out. If you pick up, you have a non-return, and therefore cannot have a gross score. Keep in mind however, if you are on a par 4 and make a 10, say your handicap does not give you a shot on that hole, the score will count effectively as a 6, depending on how well the rest of your round went you could actually buffer or even get cut.

If you are playing in a stableford competition, you have the option to pick up when you will get no point. But do not pick up, if you still want to return a gross score. You will get no points if you go one over your allowed score for the hole, your allowed score takes your handicap into account, so you need to know which holes you get shots on.

You take a free drop, one club length from the nearest point of relief, which would be the edge of the green no nearer the hole.

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No, this is because clubs with two striking faces are banned. So no, it cannot be used even if classed as two clubs. There is an exception to this rule, and that is putters with two striking faces.

No.

During a Pro Am there are two sets of tees. Ones which the pros play off, these would be the tournament tees. The other set is the Amateur tees, from which the amateurs play off, these are usually quite far forward as much as 150 yards in front of the pro tees!

You may only have 14 clubs in your bag during one round of competition golf. The penalty for more than 14 is a 2 shot penalty per hole the extra club was carried, in 2009 this rule was ammended so the maximum penalty was 4 shots, although if you have already signed your score card and then notice your mistake you will be disqualified for signing for an incorrect score.

On the first tee box, honors used to be determined by flipping a tee and seeing where it pointed after landing to select golfing order. This would have to be done at least 3 times in a foursome. Today, there's a new device called the Starter Coin that golfers flip once to decide who tees off 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last all in one flip.

You can have any as long as the maximum is 14 clubs or else you will have a penalty.

You may not move the markers on your tee box for your tee shot. This would result in a 2 stroke penalty. However if after your tee shot, your ball lies near a marker you may move it and replace it in the same location after your stroke.

This depends completely on the decression of the golf club. They may have no age limit on them, or they may have it at 18. However there is also the more likely option that there will be a handicap limit, which you have to have attained to play off them.

This is known as casual water. You are allowed to take relief, you do so as follows, drop the ball anywhere in the bunker, no nearer the hole. You do so unless the course manager has designated the bunker Ground Under Repair, in which case you get a free drop out of the bunker.

No, you do not need their permission, there are plenty of people review products on their website. Realistically if you emailed a big club manufacturer about this, I doubt they would get back to you. Most companies would love a review done on their products...unless it is bad.

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Yes, you may do this, but set it down gently and out of the way, just in case someone accuses you of testing the surface.

Yes, do it if you want.

If you are playing a given hole, and another player from a different group plays your ball, you must identify it and play it from as close as possible to where they hit it from. This means if they have hit it 200 yards up the fairway you must go get it. If someone runs onto the course and picks up your ball and you see them take it, if you don't get it back you are allowed to drop another one, as close as possible to where they took it from. However, if you hit a shot and someone takes your ball, but you or anyone else saw them take it, you must declare it a lost ball, this means going back to where you played the original shot from, and you are given a one stoke penalty.

It may be left in the hole to indicate the holes position but tended, it must be removed immediately the ball has been struck

Well, the lowest score is always the leader. If someone is at -5, another is at -4, and a third is at -1, then the guy that has -5 is winning.

Yes, you are permitted to use the back of your putter.

Player responsible for accepting markers scores and his own ,if score is lower than correct...disquilified.....if score is higher it stands

By count back i.e. Best inward half, if still drawn, last 6, then 3.

Yes you can, as long as you do not cause an unnecessary delay in play. You can't go in and have a pint and watch the match then restart playing though.

They must correct their mistake, by replaying the hole, from the correct tee box before they tee off on the next hole. If they fail to do so, they are disqualified. Two shot penalty also for teeing off on the wrong tee box.