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  Mid-WA Senior Golf

  

Some of the new rules of golf
for 2019 from the USGA


Ball Moved During Search
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  No penalty for accidentally moving your ball during search.


No Penalty for Moving Ball on the Putting Green
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 No penalty for accidentally moving your ball or ball-marker on the putting green.


Replacing Ball When Original Spot is Not Known
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 When the original location of your ball is not known, replace it on its estimated spot.


Ball in Motion Accidentally Deflected
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  No penalty if your ball in motion is accidentally deflected by you, your equipment, or your caddie.


Measuring the Size of the Relief Area Where a Ball Must Be Dropped and Played
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Your relief area for dropping a ball is a fixed size of either one or two club-lengths using the longest club in your bag, other than your putter.


New Procedure for Dropping a Ball
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 Your ball must be let go from knee height and fall through the air without touching any part of your body or equipment.


Fixed Distances to be Used for Measuring
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 A fixed distance of the longest club in your bag, other than your putter, is used for measuring.


Time For Search Before Ball is Lost
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Your ball is lost if not found in three minutes (rather than the previous five minutes).


Substitution of Ball Always Allowed When Taking Relief
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You may always substitute a ball when taking relief.


Procedure for Taking Lateral Relief
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In taking lateral relief, drop within two club-lengths of where your ball entered the penalty area. The size of a club-length is always measured using the longest club in your bag, other than your putter.



Procedure for Taking Back-on-the-Line Relief
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One of your options for relief from either a red or yellow penalty area is called back-on-the-line relief.


When to Replace a Ball That Moves on the Putting Green
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 After your ball has been lifted and replaced, if it then moves, always replace it on its original spot even if it was       blown by the wind or moved for no clear reason.


Repairing Damage on the Putting Green
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Repair of almost any damage is allowed on the putting green (including spike marks and animal damage).


Touching Line of Play on a Putting Green
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No penalty for touching your line of play on the putting green so long as doing so does not improve the conditions for your stroke.


Ball Played From Green Hits Unattended Flagstick in Hole
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No penalty if your ball played from the putting green (or anywhere else) hits the unattended flagstick in the hole.


Touching Loose Impediments or Ground in a Penalty Area
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No penalty for moving loose impediments, touching the ground, or grounding your club in a penalty area.


Elimination of Opposite Side Relief for Red Penalty Areas
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Relief from a red penalty area no longer allowed on the opposite side from where the ball last entered the penalty area.


Moving or Touching Loose Impediments or Touching Sand in a Bunker
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Relaxed Rules relating to loose impediments and touching the ground in a bunker.


Unplayable Ball in Bunker
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Relief allowed outside a bunker for an unplayable ball for two penalty strokes.

Adding Clubs to Replace a Club Damaged During Round
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You are not allowed to replace a damaged club during a round if you were responsible for the damage.


Use of Distance-Measuring Devices
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The use of DMDs is allowed unless a Local Rule has been adopted prohibiting their use.


Encouraging Prompt Pace of Play
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It is recommended that you play “ready golf” and make each stroke in no more than 40 seconds.


Maximum Score Form of Stroke Play
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A new “Maximum Score” form of stroke play is recognized, where your score for a hole is capped at a max score.


Elimination of Requirement to Announce Player's Intent to Lift a Ball
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When you have good reason to mark and lift your ball, you are no longer required to first announce your intention.


Reasonable Judgment in Estimating and Measuring
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A player’s reasonable judgment will not be second-guessed based on later evidence. 


Local Rule: Alternative to Stroke and Distance
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A new Local Rule provides an alternative to stroke-and-distance relief for a ball that is lost outside a penalty area or out of bounds.


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