GOLF RULES APPLIED
MASTERTON- QUERIES
'' CahV v you ;hoiiestlv::"'; and correctly answer the.- following- questions?" writes a Wairarapa golfer: —(1) What is the penalty (if any) for driving off in front of the tee (a) in medal, (b) 'pfijoogey competition, (c) in match, ■playl*-'.;, (2) Can you move, say, a sheet of' paper lying between you and tho green? If so, when? ; (3) What is tho penalty for ■hifti*tgi;th6.;pin''6r your opponent; at'.tlio piri^(a) -'iiiJinat'ch play, ;(b) bogoy,- (c) '■medal!-' ■ (4)' When tan- you totfeh Vany'-thiTig in> a.,bunker? (5) Can;'a player"prkcticG bn to-a green before going b\it in a "bogey cdmpeti-. tion? ■'■■: '■ ' :V; ]^ ' ■';■ ;.'■ '":
' The an&w.crs courtesy of the ISTew Zealand' Golf' Association' are as follows:—(1) The penalty for playing from outside the limits of tho'teeing ground are: —Medal and bogey matches: The stroke is to bo! counted/ 'and another ball teed and played from within tho limits. Match play: Tllo-bail may be ■recalled by•■ opponent, .and re-toed and played without: penalty.': (2) A shoot of paper (or any other loose im■pedinierit)'lying between'your'ball and the green' may bo lifted only if it is Within'one clubs-length of your ball. Penalty for breach of this rule: Match- play, loss! of hole; stroke and bogey play, two-strokes. (3) Penalty for hitting the pin:—Match play: If pin in the" hole', nil,-but if if has boon removed "by yoursolf,, your partner'1 (in foursome or f'otirball); or either of their caddies, penalty is loss of hole. ■ In stroke.andvbogey play,, penalty two strokes, (if ■ played from within 20 yards of pin).' Same penalty in stroke and -bogey 'for"hitting person standing at thepih"(tw6strokes)ii'. (4) Bule 25 (General ■* Rule's: of Golf):; covers this. (5) The same Tule^applies,as for stroke competitions—practice on'the greens is ijot permitted. ,;In New Zealand, how■ovor,..\s6mo clubs which have,:aftornoon competitions make a local ■ rule to the effect'that.play in the morning will not 'disqualify. .'■';■
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 25, 29 July 1933, Page 6
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305GOLF RULES APPLIED Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 25, 29 July 1933, Page 6
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