by MaryJean Kidd | Oct 19, 2022 | Rules Corner |
Written by Joyce McCann – 18ers Rules Chair Since the Rules of Golf take up 326 pages, excluding 40 additional pages of Definitions, one might think there would be no need for Local Rules. But, no. Sixty-four pages at the end of the Rules of Golf are devoted to...
by MaryJean Kidd | Oct 17, 2022 | Rules Corner |
The Do’s and Don’ts of Giving and Getting Advice During a Round of Golf (Corrected for 2023 Rules) By Joyce McCann, 18er Rules Chair Several rules of golf deal with the do’s and don’ts of giving or gaining different types of information during a round of golf...
by MaryJean Kidd | Jul 10, 2022 | Rules Corner |
by Joyce McCann – 18ers Rules Chair A golf course is divided into 5 areas: Teeing areas, Putting greens, Penalty areas, Bunkers, and everything else, which is called the General area. Then, of course, there’s Out of Bounds, but that’s not part of the Course....
by MaryJean Kidd | Jun 9, 2022 | Rules Corner, Womens 18 - News Archive 2022 |
by Joyce McCann – Rules Chair You can have a partner in either Match Play or Stroke Play (Rule 23). In Match Play, you and your partner (called a “Side”) play against another Side of two opponents. This happens, for example, in East Bay Team Play. In Stroke...
by MaryJean Kidd | May 18, 2022 | Rules Corner |
by Joyce McCann – Rules Chair Answer these 3 questions correctly, and you can pat yourself on the back! Two of the 3 options for taking relief from a Penalty Area marked with red or yellow stakes are the same. What are the two options? What is the third relief...
by MaryJean Kidd | Apr 16, 2022 | Rules Corner |
by Joyce McCann – Rules Chair What do a gopher hole, a water puddle, a cart path, and the hillside on Dollar #15 have in common? By Joyce McCann, 18er Rules Chair And the answer is ……. All of these seemingly quite different things are called Abnormal Course...
