USGA R&A Announce Changes to Rules of Golf for 2012-2015

 When you sign a scorecard, the only numbers that need to be correct are your course handicap (if applicable) and your scores on individual holes. If you total your round's score incorrectly, there's no penalty. It's the committee's responsibility to tally them (and apply the handicap). RULE 33-5 • If you sign for a higher score than you actually had on a specific hole, there is no penalty, but you have to keep that score. If you sign for a lower score than you really made on a hole, you'll be disqualified. RULE 6-6D • A marker...

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Rules: The Right Way To Score

 When you sign a scorecard, the only numbers that need to be correct are your course handicap (if applicable) and your scores on individual holes. If you total your round's score incorrectly, there's no penalty. It's the committee's responsibility to tally them (and apply the handicap). RULE 33-5 • If you sign for a higher score than you actually had on a specific hole, there is no penalty, but you have to keep that score. If you sign for a lower score than you really made on a hole, you'll be disqualified. RULE 6-6D • A marker...

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Golf Rules

Amateur GolferAn "amateur golfer," whether he plays competitively or recreationally, is one who plays golf for the challenge it presents, not as a profession and not for financial gain.CommitteeThe "Committee" is the appropriate Committee of the Governing Body.Golf Skill Or ReputationIt is a matter for the Governing Body to decide whether a particular amateur golfer has "golf skill or reputation".Generally, an amateur golfer is only considered to...

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Rules of Golf for Amateur Status

 The Game General - The Game of Golf consists of playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules. Exerting Influence on Movement of Ball or Altering Physical Conditions - (ii) alter physical conditions with the intent of affecting the playing of a hole.     Exceptions:  An action expressly permitted or expressly prohibited by another Rule is subject to that other Rule, not Rule 1-2.  An action taken for the...

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