9-1.
General
The number of strokes a player
has taken shall include any penalty strokes incurred.
9-2. Match Play
The player who has incurred a penalty shall inform his opponent
as soon as practicable,
unless he is obviously proceeding under a Rule involving a penalty
and this has been observed by his opponent. If he fails so to inform
his opponent, he shall be deemed to have
given wrong Information, even if he was not aware that he had incurred
a penalty.
An opponent is entitled to ascertain from the player, during the
play of a hole, the number of strokes he has taken and, after play
of a hole, the number of strokes taken on the hole just
completed.
If during the play of a hole the player gives or is deemed to give
wrong information as to the number of strokes taken, he shall incur
no penalty if he corrects the mistake before his
opponent has played his next stroke. If the player fails so to correct
the wrong information, he shall lose the hole
If after play of a hole the player gives or is deemed
to give wrong information as to the number
of strokes taken on the hole just completed and this affects the
opponent's understanding of
the result of the hole, he shall incur no penalty if he corrects
his mistake before any player
plays from the next teeing ground
or, in the case of the last hole of the match, before all
players leave the putting green.
If the playey fails so to correct the wrong information, he
shall lose the hole
9-3. Stroke Play
A competitor who has incurred a
penalty should inform his marker as soon as practicable. |
