Rule of the Week – 19th December ’23

Question: Your golf ball is on a wood chip path. Are you allowed free relief?

Last week’s answer: 

An insect is on your golf ball in play. Are you allowed to remove it if it is:-

a) Alive?

or

b) Dead and sticking to the ball?

Answer:

(a) yes- providing the ball does not move

(b) No

See definition of loose impediment

Rule of the Week – 19th December ’23

Question: Your golf ball is on a wood chip path. Are you allowed free relief?

Answer – in the New Year!

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Question: Your golf ball is on a wood chip path. Are you allowed free relief?