By Tom Maled

Hi Golfers!

 Hi Golfers!There have been some rule changes for the 2008-09 Season and I wanted to let you know what they are!1.                               

ADVICE – amended to allow the exchange of information on distance, as it is not considered “advice.”2.                               

 LOST BALL – Amended to clarify substituted ball issues and to include the concept of “stroke and 3.    Distance” see corresponding changes to rules 18-1, 24-3, 25-1c, 26 and 27-14.                                MATCHES – Definition withdrawn and replaced by two new Definitions, “Forms of Match-Play”

5.      and “Forms of Stroke Play.”6.                               

 RULE 1-2. EXERTING INFLUENCE ON BALL – Note added to clarify what constitutes a serious breach7.                                 of rule 1-2.8.                               

RULE 4-1. FORM AND MAKE OF CLUBS – Amended to reduce the penalty for carrying, but 9.                                not using, a non-conforming club or a club in breach of Rule 4-2, from disqualification to the same as carrying 10.                             more than 14 clubs.11.                            

 RULE 12-1. SEARCHING FOR BALL; SEEING BALL – Amended to include searching for a ball in an obstruction. 12.                            

RULE 12-2. IDENTIFYING BALL – Amended to allow a player to lift his ball for identification in 13.                             a  hazard (see corresponding change to rule 15-3, removing the exemption from penalty for playing a wrong ball14.                              in a hazard.15.                            

RULE 18-1. BALL AT REST MOVED; By Outside Agency – note added to clarify the procedure when a ball16.                              might have been moved by an outside agency.17.                            

RULE 19-2. BALL IN MOTION DEFLECTED OR STOPPED BY PLAYER, PARTNER, 18.                           

  CADDIE OR EQUIPMENT – Amended to reduce the penalty in both match play and stroke play to one stroke.19.                          

 RULES24-3.            Ball In Obstruction Not Found;

25-1C. Ball In Abnormal Ground Condition Not Found;

26-1.        Water Hazards (INCLUDING LATERAL WATER HAZARDS);

27-1.        Stroke And Distance; Ball Out Of Bounds; Ball Not Found     Within Five MinutesThe Term “Reasonable Evidence” Has Been Replaced By “Known Or Virtually Certain” When Determining Whether A Ball That Has Not Been Found May Be Treated As Lost In An Obstruction (RULE 24-3), An Abnormal Ground Condition (RULE 25-1), Or A Water Hazard (RULE 26-1). See Corresponding Change To Definition Of “Lost Ball” And Rule 18-1.These are some of the changes and the answers can be found in the new 2008-2009 rule book page #3.  

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