Visual Search

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Visual Search

The purpose of this visual search is to help you the golfer, find the Rule relating to your situation within the Player's Edition more easily. It is intended to cover the most common scenarios that you might find yourself in on the golf course and so it does not cover every eventuality. The Visual Search assumes you are playing either Individual Stroke Play or Match Play.

General Area

Equipment

Out of Bounds

Ball

Teeing Area

Penalty Area

Putting Green

Bunker

General Area

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When is a ball in the general area

Unplayable ball

Searching for and identifying ball

Selected

Searching for and identifying ball

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Lost ball

Selected

Lost ball

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Provisional ball

Selected

Provisional ball

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Loose impediments

Movable obstruction such as a rake or towel

Selected

Movable obstruction such as a rake or towel

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Immovable obstruction such as cart part or sprinkler head

Selected

Immovable obstruction such as cart part or sprinkler head

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Animal hole or ground under repair or temporary water

Selected

Animal hole or ground under repair or temporary water

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Embedded ball

Selected

Embedded ball

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Wrong green

Improving area near ball

Selected

Improving area near ball

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Two balls close together

Selected

Two balls close together

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Equipment

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Conforming and damaged clubs

Selected

Conforming and damaged clubs

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Maximum of 14 clubs

Selected

Maximum of 14 clubs

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Ball allowed in play of round

Selected

Ball allowed in play of round

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Ball breaks into pieces

Ball cut or cracked

Selected

Ball cut or cracked

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Equipment - allowed and prohibited

Equipment used for medical reasons

Out of Bounds

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When ball is out of bounds

What to do when ball is out of bounds

Ball

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Balls allowed in play of round

Selected

Balls allowed in play of round

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Ball breaks into pieces

Ball cut or cracked

Selected

Ball cut or cracked

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Helping with play on the putting green

Interfering with play - anywhere

Cleaning Ball

Ball at rest moved or lifted

Selected

Ball at rest moved or lifted

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Ball in motion deflected

Selected

Ball in motion deflected

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When ball may be changed

Wrong Ball

Teeing Area

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Ball May be Teed

Ball played from outside teeing area

Moving tee-makers

When ball is in teeing area

Penalty Area

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When is a ball in penalty area

Searching for and identifying ball

Selected

Searching for and identifying ball

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Play the ball as it lies - touching ground

When relief may be taken - knowledge or virtual certainty

Relief options from yellow penalty area

Relief options from red penalty area

Loose impediments

Movable obstruction such as a bag or towel

Selected

Movable obstruction such as a bag or towel

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No relief from immovable obstruction or ground repair or animal hole

No relief for an embedded ball

Ball at rest moved or lifted

Selected

Ball at rest moved or lifted

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Ball played from penalty area comes to rest in same or another penalty area

Selected

Ball played from penalty area comes to rest in same or another penalty area

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Ball played form penalty area is lost or out of bounds or unplayable outside penalty area

Improving area near the ball

Selected

Improving area near the ball

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Ball in motion deflected

Selected

Ball in motion deflected

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No play zone in penalty area

Putting Green

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When ball is on putting green

Touching putting green

Selected

Touching putting green

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Marking lifting and cleaning ball

Flagstick

Selected

Flagstick

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Ball or ball-maker moved

Selected

Ball or ball-maker moved

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Ball in motion deflected

Selected

Ball in motion deflected

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Ball or ball-maker helping or interfering with play

Selected

Ball or ball-maker helping or interfering with play

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Immovable obstruction or temporary water

Selected

Immovable obstruction or temporary water

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Relief from wrong green

Ball overhanging hole

Making a stroke on the putting green

Selected

Making a stroke on the putting green

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Failure to hole put

Bunker

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When ball is in bunker

Ball unplayable

Touching sand - when allowed and not allowed

Searching for and identifying ball

Selected

Searching for and identifying ball

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Loose impediments

Moveable obstruction such as a rake or towel

Selected

Moveable obstruction such as a rake or towel

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Ground under repair, animal hole or temporary water

Selected

Ground under repair, animal hole or temporary water

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Two balls close together

Selected

Two balls close together

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Improving area near ball

Selected

Improving area near ball

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