RULES OF GOLF NOTES Rules Schools February 20-22, 1999 Monterey (NCGA) Rogers February 23-25, 2000 Monterey (NCGA) Rogers February 19-21, 2001 Monterey (NCGA) Rogers March 10-12, 2002 Round Hill (NCGA) Rogers February 23-26, 2003 Monterey (PGA/USGA) Graham & Hoard April 16-18, 2003 Monterey (NCGA) Rogers February 25-27, 2004 Monterey (NCGA) Instructor March 1-4, 2004 Salt Lake City (PGA/USGA) Donnelly & Alexander February 26-28, 2005 Fresno (NCGA) Instructor March 13-15, 2005 Round Hill (NCGA) Instructor March 20-22, 2005 Cathedral City (PGA/USGA) Fahleson & Burton January 8-11, 2006 Phoenix (PGA/USGA) Meeks & Startzel March 4-6, 2006 Fresno (NCGA) Instructor August 20-22, 2006 Round Hill (NCGA) Instructor February 26-March 1, 2007 Las Vegas (PGA/USGA) Morrissett & Wilson March 4-6, 2007 Rancho Cordova (NCGA) Instructor March 18-21, 2007 Round Hill (NCGA) Instructor July 15-17, 2007 Round Hill (NCGA) Instructor February 17-20, 2008 Atlanta (PGA/USGA) Blakey & Wilson March 2-4, 2008 Round Hill (NCGA) Instructor March 15-17, 2008 Rancho Cordova (NCGA) Instructor February 28 - March1, 2009 Fresno (NCGA) Instructor March 8-11, 2009 Las Vegas (PGA/USGA) Morrissett & Wilson March 22-24, 2009 Round Hill (NCGA) Instructor February 20-23, 2010 Far Hills (PGA/USGA) Morrissett & Wilson February 26-28, 2010 Fresno (NCGA) Instructor March 20-21, 2010 Camp Arnold (WJGA) Presenter February 26-March 1, 2011 Santa Cruz (USGA) Hall & Deaton March 4-6, 2011 Fresno (NCGA) Instructor August 22-24, 2011 Daly City, CA (NCGA) Instructor January 15-18,2012 San Diego Hall & Price March 4-6, 2012 Daly City (NCGA) Instructor February 20-24, 2013 Phoenix, AZ (USGA) Staebler & Deaton January 15-18. 2014 Ontario, CA (USGA) Staebler & Startzel January 30 – February 1 Dallas/Ft. Worth (USGA) Staebler & Gregory « USGA Class 2015 Jim Moriarty - Rules of Golf Notes 1/27/2015 Graphics [ ô NEW 2014 REVISED 2014 PSA PSA [ [ TIP: Changed in 2008 Definition of Pay attention “unfit for play” to note 1 + 2 = 2 Wow! Backswing doesn’t count Definition of “match” Key to lateral water Circle hazards is rcl “impracticable”. Very important decision! Exceptions Most important part of Rule There was a time when we used to go to the 26 Decisions on biggest piece. Doubt as to Procedure Jim Moriarty - Rules of Golf Notes 2 1/27/2015 What is the Ruling? As a Rules Official you need to think like a journalist. Secure all available information: 1. Identify Form of Play. • Match Play • Stroke Play • Other Forms of Play (Threesome, Foursome, Three-Ball, Best- Ball & Four-Ball Match Play; Four-Ball Stroke Play, Bogey, Par & Stableford Competitions) 2. Who is involved? 3. What happened? • Rules assume honesty • Rules assume knowledge 4. Where did the incident occur? (Teeing Ground; Through the Green; Water Hazard; Bunker; Putting Green or out of Bounds?) 5. What was the player’s intention (What was he doing and what did he want to do? Determining the player’s intentions complicates a Rules situation). • Provisional Ball • Doubt As to Procedure (Stroke Play) Rule 3-3 • Ball Unfit (Rule 5-3) • Identifying Ball (Rule 12-2) 6. What actions have already been taken? (The player has returned his scorecard or the competition has closed.) 7. Key Definitions/Terms Resolve the problem professionally: 1. Listen before you talk 2. Develop a “May I help you?” attitude 3. Know the definitions 4. Consult the Rules and Decisions Books 5. Don’t be afraid to ask for help (use your radio) The Rules of Golf are revised every four years by the Joint Rules Committee of the USGA Rules of Golf Committee and the R & A Limited (Presidential election years). The Decisions are updated every two years. The Joint Rules Committee meets every two years and every four years there is a Quadrennial Rules Conference which must be approved by the Executive Committee of both ruling bodies. The next Rules changes will be effective January 1, 2016. PGA/USGA Rules Workshops have been co-hosted since 1975. The PGA/USGA exam1 is 100 Questions: 50 closed book and 50 open-book. 1 The exam is the reversal of the flow of information. Jim Moriarty - Rules of Golf Notes 3 1/27/2015 There are 34 Rules organized into eleven (11) sections: 1. The Game Rule 1,2,3 2. Clubs & the Ball Rules 4 & 5 3. Player’s Responsibilities Rules 6,7,8,9 4. Order of Play Rule 10 5. Teeing Ground Rule 11 6. Playing the Ball Rules 12,13,14,15 7. The Putting Green Rules 16 & 17 8. Ball Moved, Deflected or Stopped Rules 18 & 19 9. Relief Situations & Procedures Rules 20-28 10. Other Forms of Play Rules 29-32 11. Administration Rules 33 & 34 Key Terms: May Optional (Rule 21) Should Recommendation (procedural) (Rule 6-5) Must Instruction (and penalty if not carried out) (Rule 15- 1) “Shall” is no longer used “A Ball” any conforming ball; you may substitute another ball (e.g. Rules 26, 27 or 28) “The Ball” The ball in play; you may not substitute (e.g. Rules 24-2 or 25-1) “Deemed” judged to be, treat as, that’s the way it is (e.g. lost ball, move or moved, ball overhanging the hole under Rule 16-2) Exceptions Except, but, otherwise, however, unless Rules Changes in 2008 The changes in the Rules for 2008 fall into two broad categories: (1) those that improve the clarity of the Rules and, (2) those that reduce the penalties in certain circumstances to ensure that they are proportionate. Some definitions were reorganized for consistency and standard construction. Standard construction has four parts: 1. Description of area/condition. 2. Definition of area/condition (margins, stakes, lines). 3. When ball is in area/condition. 4. Status of defining/identifying objects. The definitions of advice, lost ball and matches have been amended. Rules 1-2, 4-1, 12-1, 12-2, 13-4, 14-3, 15-2, 15-3, 16-1e, 18, 18-1, 19-2, 20-3a, 20-7c, 24-1, 24-3, 25-1c, 26-1, and 27-1 have been amended. Appendix IV, “Devices and Other Equipment” was added in 2014 (Definition of Tee, Gloves, Shoes, Clothing & Distance-Measuring Devices under Rule 14-3) Jim Moriarty - Rules of Golf Notes 4 1/27/2015 Six Part Structure of the Rules 1. Number & Title 2. Text 3. Exceptions 4. Penalty Statement 5. Notes 6. Cross References You can’t breach Rule 1-3 if you don’t know what you are doing. Decisions 2-1/6, 1-3/5 and 2-5/8 Rule 13-2 33-8/34 13-2/0.5 13-2/12 13-2/1 Scott Hoch video 13-2/1.1 Paul McGinley video Rule 13-3 13-3/1 13-3/2 13-3/3 13-3/5 13-4/0.5 Test the condition of the hazard. When he marks the authority to mark overrides the prohibition against testing 13-4/21 13-4/9.5 Authority trumps prohibition 13-4/38 No longer a problem because we want bunkers raked Jim Moriarty - Rules of Golf Notes 5 1/27/2015 Intentionally left blank Jim Moriarty - Rules of Golf Notes 6 1/27/2015 Definitions There are 52 definitions and these form the foundation around which the Rules of play are written. A good knowledge of the definitions is very important to the correct application of the Rules. The rules would be simple but for one word – “except”. In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 at the PGA/USGA Rules Workshops the definitions were reviewed in five groups. 1. People 2. Parts of the Course 3. Status of the Ball 4. Things 5. All Other Definitions Definitions can have six parts: 1. Area 2. How margins are defined 3. How margins operate 4. When ball is on the area 5. Status of defining objects 6. Notes Group 1 – People (10) (Folks) Side A side is a player, or two or more players who are partners. In match play, Side doesn’t include caddie each member of the opposing side is an opponent. In stroke play, members of all sides are competitors and members of different sides playing together are fellow-competitors. Competitor (and Fellow-Competitor) A competitor is a player in a stroke play competition. A fellow-competitor is any2 person with whom the competitor plays. Neither is the partner of the other. In stroke play foursome and four-ball competitions, where the context so admits, the word competitor or fellow-competitor includes his partner. (e.g. Rule 6-2b Handicap) Partner A partner is a player associated with another player3 on the same side. In threesome, foursome, best-ball or four-ball play, where the context so admits, the word “player” includes his partner or partners.4 2 Except when he is your partner. 3 Player is not defined by the Rules of Golf. See “Player”. 4 Teammates are not partners. Jim Moriarty - Rules of Golf Notes 7 1/27/2015 12 Opponent An “opponent” is a member of a side against whom the player’s side is competing in match play. Caddie Caddie: Shows up, shuts up, keeps up. A “caddie” is one who assists the player in accordance with the Rules, which may include carrying or handling the player’s clubs during play. When one caddie is employed by more than one player, he is always deemed to be the caddie of the player sharing the caddie whose ball (or whose partner’s ball) is involved, and equipment carried by him is deemed to be that player’s equipment, except when the caddie acts upon specific directions of another player (or the partner of another player sharing the caddie), (“Put the bags here”) in which case he is considered to be that other player’s caddie.