34-1
Claims and Penalties
a. Match Play
In match play if a claim in lodge with the Committee
under Rule 2-5, a decision should be given as soon as possible so
that the state of the match play, if necessary, be adjusted.
If a claim is nt made within the time limit provideed by Rule 2-5,
it shall not be considered unless it is based on fact previously
unknow to the player making the claim and the player making the
claim had been given wrong information ( Rule 6-2a and 9) by an
opponent. In any case, no later claim shall be considered after
the result of the match has been officially announced, unless the
Committee is satisfied that the opponent knew he was giving wrong
information.
There is no time limit on applying the disqualification penalty
for a breach of Rule 1-3.
b. Stroke Play
Except as provided below, in stroke play, no penalty shall be rescinded,
modified or imposed after the bompetition has closed. a competition
is deemed to have closed when the result has
been officially announced or, in stroke play qualifying fooloowed
by match play, when the player has tted poff in his first match.
Exceptions:A penalty of disqualification
shall be rescinded, modified or imposed after the competition has
colsed if a competitor:
(i) was in breach of Rule 1-3 ( Agreement to waive Rules);
or
(ii) returned a score card and on which he had recorded a
handicap which, before the
competition closed, he knew was higher than that to which he was
entitled, and this affected
the number of strokes recieved ( Rule 6-2b); or
(iii) returned a score for any hole lower than actually taken
( Rule 6-6d) for any reason other
than failure to include a penalty which, before the competition
closed, he did not know he had
incurred; or
(iv) knew, before the competition closed, that he had been
in breach of any other Rule for
which the prescribed penalty is disqualification.
34-2 Referee's ecision
A referee has been appointed
by the committee, his decsion
shall be final.
34-3 Committee's Decision
In the absence of a referee,
any dispute or doutful point on the Rules shall be refered to the
Committee, whose decision shall
be final.
If the committee cannot come to a decision, it shall refer the dispute
or doubful point to the Rules of golf Committee of the Royal and
Ancient Golf Club of St. andrews, whose decision shall be final.
If the dispute or doubful point has not been refered to the Rules
of Golf Committee, the player
or players have the right to refer an agreed statement through the
Secretaryc of the Club of
the Rules of Golf Committee for an oponion as to the correctness
of the decision given. The
reply will be sent to the Secretary of the Club or Clubs concerned.
If play is conducted other than in accordance with the Rules of
Golf, the Rules of Golf
Committee will not give a decision on any question.
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