Purpose. Rule 5.2 covers practising on the course before or between rounds during a competition:
There are many different considerations about whether to allow practice on the course, such as fairness to the players, possible interference with set-up of the course and maintenance activities, the amount of time before or between rounds, or when players are encouraged to play on the course outside the competition.
For these or other reasons, a Committee can choose to adopt a Local Rule that modifies these default provisions by either allowing or prohibiting such practice entirely or by limiting when, where or how such practice may take place.
Model Local Rule I-1.1
"Rule 5.2a is modified in this way:
A player must not practise on the competition course before or between rounds.
[Or, if players are allowed to practise in limited ways: Describe those limits and when, where and how a player may practise on the course.]
Penalty for Breach of this Local Rule:
Penalty for first breach: General Penalty (applied to the player's first hole).
Penalty for second breach: Disqualification."
Model Local Rule I-1.2
"Rule 5.2b is modified in this way:
A player may practise on the competition course before or between rounds.
[Or, if players are allowed to practise in limited ways: Describe those limits and when, where and how a player may practise on the course.]
[Or, if players are prohibited from practising on the course both before and between rounds: "A player must not practise on the competition course before or between rounds."]
Purpose. Rule 5.5b allows a player, between the play of two holes, to practise putting or chipping on or near the putting green of the hole just completed. But if this may affect pace of play or for other reasons, the Committee can choose to prohibit such practice.
Model Local Rule I-2
“Rule 5.5b is modified in this way:
Between the play of two holes, a player must not:
Penalty for Breach of Local Rule: General Penalty.”
The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee:
The course is made up of the five defined areas of the course.
The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee:
The course is made up of the five defined areas of the course.
The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee:
The course is made up of the five defined areas of the course.
The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee:
The course is made up of the five defined areas of the course.
The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee:
The course is made up of the five defined areas of the course.
The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee:
The course is made up of the five defined areas of the course.
The forward movement of the club made to strike the ball.
But a stroke has not been made if the player:
When the Rules refer to "playing a ball," it means the same as making a stroke.
The player's score for a hole or a round is described as a number of "strokes" or "strokes taken," which means both all strokes made and any penalty strokes (see Rule 3.1c).
Interpretation Stroke/1 - Determining If a Stroke Was Made
If a player starts the downswing with a club intending to strike the ball, his or her action counts as a stroke when:
The player's action does not count as a stroke in each of following situations:
The area on the hole the player is playing that:
The putting green for a hole contains the hole into which the player tries to play a ball. The putting green is one of the five defined areas of the course. The putting greens for all other holes (which the player is not playing at the time) are wrong greens and part of the general area.
The edge of a putting green is defined by where it can be seen that the specially prepared area starts (such as where the grass has been distinctly cut to show the edge), unless the Committee defines the edge in a different way (such as by using a line or dots).
If a double green is used for two different holes:
But the Committee may define an edge that divides the double green into two different putting greens, so that when a player is playing one of the holes, the part of the double green for the other hole is a wrong green.
The area on the hole the player is playing that:
The putting green for a hole contains the hole into which the player tries to play a ball. The putting green is one of the five defined areas of the course. The putting greens for all other holes (which the player is not playing at the time) are wrong greens and part of the general area.
The edge of a putting green is defined by where it can be seen that the specially prepared area starts (such as where the grass has been distinctly cut to show the edge), unless the Committee defines the edge in a different way (such as by using a line or dots).
If a double green is used for two different holes:
But the Committee may define an edge that divides the double green into two different putting greens, so that when a player is playing one of the holes, the part of the double green for the other hole is a wrong green.
The area on the hole the player is playing that:
The putting green for a hole contains the hole into which the player tries to play a ball. The putting green is one of the five defined areas of the course. The putting greens for all other holes (which the player is not playing at the time) are wrong greens and part of the general area.
The edge of a putting green is defined by where it can be seen that the specially prepared area starts (such as where the grass has been distinctly cut to show the edge), unless the Committee defines the edge in a different way (such as by using a line or dots).
If a double green is used for two different holes:
But the Committee may define an edge that divides the double green into two different putting greens, so that when a player is playing one of the holes, the part of the double green for the other hole is a wrong green.