RULES OF GOLF 2019

 

 

1 - SEARCH TIME - reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes      Rule 18.2(1) page 111

 

2 - BALL MOVED DURING SEARCH - replace, no penalty      Rule 7.4 page 48

 

3 - EMBEDDED BALL - free relief anywhere through the green      Rule 16.3a,16.3b page 100-101

 

4 - MEASURING A DROP - use longest club (except putter) DEF Club-length page 137

 

5 - DROPPING - drop from knee height rather than shoulder       Rule 14.3b(2) page 79-81 

 

6 - TAKING STANCE ON WRONG GREEN - is not permitted      Rule 13.1f page 70-71

 

7 - BALL UNINTENTIALLY HITS PLAYER OR EQUIPMENT - no penalty       Rule 11.1a page 62

 

8 - DOUBLE HIT - no penalty, now only counts as the 1 stroke      Rule 10.1a page 56

 

9 - TOUCHING SAND IN A BUNKER INCIDENTALLY - is permitted      Rule 12.2b page 67

 

10 - LOOSE IMPEDIMENTS - can be moved anywhere, including penalty areas/bunkers 

       Rule 17.1b page 104, Rule 12.2a page 66

 

11 - DROPPING A BALL OUT OF THE BUNKER - 2 penalty strokes       Rule 19.3 page 119

 

12 - WATER HAZARDS - now called “penalty areas”       DEF Penalty Area page 145

 

13 - TOUCHING GROUND IN PENALTY AREA - no penalty       Rule 17.1b see full rules page 104

 

14 - BALL MOVES ON GREEN AFTER BEING MARKED - replace without penalty      Rule 13.1 page70

 

15 - BALL ACCIDENTALLY MOVED ON PUTTING GREEN - replace, no penalty       Rule 13.1d page70

 

16 - ALL DAMAGE TO GREEN - can now be repaired        Rule 13.1c page 68-69

 

17 - POSITIONING A CLUB FOR ALIGNMENT - is not permitted       Rule 10.2b(3) page 59

 

18 - CADDIE ASSISTING WITH ALIGNMENT - is now not permitted       Rule 10.2b(4) page 59

 

19 - PUTTING WITH FLAG STICK IN THE HOLE - is now permitted       Rule 13.2a page 72

 

20 - BALL WEDGED AGAINST FLAG STICK AND SIDE OF HOLE - is deemed as holed      Rule 13.2c Page 73

 

PACE OF PLAY – Rule 5.6b page 37