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Purpose of Rule: Rule 14 covers when and how you may mark the spot of your ball at rest and lift and clean your ball and how to put it back into play so that your ball is played from the right place.

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Play the course as you find it and play your ball as it lies. Play by the Rules and in the spirit of the game. You are responsible for applying your own penalties if you breach a Rule, so that you ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 8 covers a central principle of the game: “play the course as you find it.” When your ball comes to rest, you normally have to accept the conditions affecting the stroke and not ...

5.2 Practising on Course Before or Between Rounds 5.2b/1 – Meaning of “Completing Play of His or Her Final Round for That Day” in Stroke Play In stroke play, a player has completed his or her final ...

New additions will normally be updated on a quarterly basis each January, April, July, and October and the next quarterly update will be in early January 2025. Note: The revised version of MLR G-9 ...

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Purpose of Rule: Rule 16 covers when and how you may take free relief by playing a ball from a different place, such as when you have interference by an abnormal course condition or a dangerous animal ...

Purpose of Rule: This Rule allows you to do things on the putting green that are normally not allowed off the putting green, such as being allowed to mark, lift, clean and replace your ball and to ...

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