Friday, February 18, 2011

Golf Rules

Welcome to the Rules of Golf on About.com. The golf rules below are the Official Rules of Golf, and appear here courtesy of the United States Golf Association. These golf rules are used with permission of the USGA, and may not be duplicated or reprinted without the express permission of the USGA.
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Maintaining the Official Rules of Golf is a joint effort by the USGA and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. Now, on to the golf rules:

How to Use the Rule Book
Etiquette - Behavior on the Course
Official Definitions from the Rules of Golf

The Game
Rule 1: The Game
Rule 2: Match Play
Rule 3: Stroke Play

Clubs and the Ball
Rule 4: Clubs
Rule 5: The Ball

Players Responsibilities
Rule 6: The Player
Rule 7: Practice
Rule 8: Advice; Indicating Line of Play
Rule 9: Information as to Strokes Taken

Order of Play
Rule 10: Order of Play

Teeing Ground
Rule 11: Teeing Ground

Playing the Ball
Rule 12: Searching for and Identifying Ball
Rule 13: Ball Played as It Lies
Rule 14: Striking the Ball
Rule 15: Wrong Ball; Substituted Ball

The Putting Green
Rule 16: The Putting Green
Rule 17: The Flagstick

Ball Moved, Deflected or Stopped
Rule 18: Ball at Rest Moved
Rule 19: Ball in Motion, Deflected or Stopped

Relief Situations and Procedures
Rule 20: Lifting, Dropping and Placing; Playing from Wrong Place
Rule 21: Cleaning Ball
Rule 22: Ball Interfering with or Assisting Play
Rule 23: Loose Impediments
Rule 24: Obstructions
Rule 25: Abnormal Ground Conditions, Embedded Ball and Wrong Putting Green
Rule 26: Water Hazards (Including Lateral Water Hazards)
Rule 27: Ball Lost or Out of Bounds; Provisional Ball
Rule 28: Ball Unplayable

Other Forms of Play
Rule 29: Threesomes and Foursomes
Rule 30: Three-Ball, Best Ball and Four-Ball Match Play
Rule 31: Four-Ball Stroke Play
Rule 32: Bogey, Par and Stableford Competitions

Administration
Rule 33: The Committee
Rule 34: Disputes and Decisions

Rules of Amateur Status
USGA Policy on Gambling

Note: The golf rules reprinted here do not include the Appendices from the Official Rules of Golf. For the Appendices, please visit the USGA Web site and enter the Rules of Golf Section. The Rules of Golf may also be found on the R&A Web site.


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