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The
Putting Green
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Rule
17
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The
Flagstick
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Definition
The flagstick is a movable
straight indicator, with or without bunting or other material
attached, centred in the hole to show its position. It shall be
circular in cross-section.
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17-1. Flagstick Attended, Removed
or Held Up
Before and during the stroke,
the player may have the flagstick
attended, removed or held up to indicate the position of the hole.
This may be done only on the authority
of the player before he plays his stroke.
If, prior to the stroke, the flagstick is attended, removed or held
up by anyone with the player's knowledge and no objection is made,
the player shall be deemed to have
authorised it. If anyone attends or holds up the flagstick or stands
near the hole while a stroke is being played, he shall be deemed
to be attending the flagstick until the
ball comes to rest.
17-2. Unauthorised Attendance
a. Match Play
In match play, an opponent or his caddie
shall not. withou1 the authority or prior knowledge
of the player. attend, remove or hold up the flagstick
while the player is making a stroke
or
his ball is in motion.
b. Stroke Play
In stroke play, if a fellow-competitor
or his caddie attends, removes
or holds up the
flagstick without the competitor's
authority or prior knowledge while the competitor is making
a stroke or his ball is in motion,
the fellow- competitor shall incur the penalty
for breach of this
Rule. If such circumstances, if the competitor's ball strikes the
flagstick, the person attending
it or anything carried by him, the competitor incurs no penalty
and the ball shall be played as it lies, except that, if the stroke
was played from the putting green,
the stroke shall be canceled, the ball replaced and the stroke replayed.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 17-1 or -2:
Match play -Loss of hole
Stroke play -Two strokes.
17 -3. Ball Striking Flagstick or
Attendant
The player's ball shall not strike:
a. The flagstick when attended,
removed or held up by the player, his partner
or either of
their caddies, or by another
person with the player's authority or prior knowledge; or
b. The player's caddie, his
partner or his partner's caddie when attending the flagstick,
or
another person attending the flagstick with the player's authority
or prior knowledge or anything carried by any such nerson: or
c. The flagstick in the hole,
unattended. when the ball has been played from the putting
green.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 17-3:
Match play -Loss of hole
Stroke play -Two strokes and the ball shall be played as
it lies.
17-4. Ball Resting Against Flagstick
If the ball rests against the flagstick
when it is in the hole, the player or another person
authorised by him may move or remove the flagstick and if the ball
falls into the hole, the player
shall be deemed to have holed out with his last stroke; otherwise
the ball, if moved, shall be
placed on the lip of the hole, without penalty. |
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