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My ball landed in a patch of dirt where there’s no grass – do I get relief? Before determining whether free relief is allowed, you must first understand whether the area where your ball came to rest ...

Play the course as you find it and play the ball as it lies. Play by the Rules and in the spirit of the game. You are responsible for applying your own penalties if you breach a Rule, so that you ...

Number of strokes the Score Differential is lower than a player’s Handicap Index in effect when the round was played ...

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Integrated Turfgrass Management 2017-17-627 Satellite-Based Estimation of Actual Evapotranspiration of Golf Course Cool Season Turf Utah State University Integrated Turfgrass Management 2021-03-727 ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 23 covers Four-Ball (played either in match play or stroke play), where you and your partner compete as a side with each of you playing a separate ball. Your side’s score for a ...

Playing either as an individual or with a partner as part of a side, and Scoring either by gross scores (no handicap strokes applied) or net scores (handicap strokes applied). Most of the Rules apply ...

(*or minus any handicap stroke(s) that a plus handicap player gives back on that hole.) (See Diagram 3.1b.) Finishing positions and prize winners, and Number of strokes given or received for different ...