Rules Column - 2017 archives
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| December 10, 2017 - Quiz on hole no. 2 |
| December 3, 2017 - Answers to the simulation with hole 1 |
| November 26, 2017 - Playing scenarios |
| November 19, 2017 - Ben Crane: 8 penalty strokes after only one hole |
| November 5, 2017 - Rules official disqualifying himself |
| October 29, 2017 - Why you should never compete in Match Play |
| October 22, 2017 - Distance-measuring device: yes but… |
| October 15, 2017 - Ball in motion deflected by a leaf: Why a penalty of 4 strokes? |
| October 8, 2017 - Presidents Cup: 2 significant rulings |
| October 1, 2017 - Giving wrong information on the rules |
| September 24, 2017 - Garcia and the knowledge of the Rules |
| September 17, 2017 - The player is responsible for the caddie’s actions |
| September 14, 2017 - The causes of slow play in interclubs |
| September 3, 2017 - Interclubs competitions and pace of play |
| August 20, 2017 - Unplayable ball |
| August 13, 2017 - Concession of a putt in match play |
| August 6, 2017 - Relief without penalty in a bunker |
| July 30, 2017 - The Caddie: Responsability and obligations |
| July 16, 2017 - Motorised cart in a tournament |
| July 2, 2017 - Managing the clubs in our bag |
| June 25, 2017 - Penalties in match play (2) |
| June 18, 2017 - Penalties in match play |
| June 11, 2017 - Score card: acceptable mistake or disqualification |
| June 4, 2017 - A player too honest, another one not enough… |
| May 28, 2017 - Penality for using the toilets! |
| May 21, 2017 - Knowing the rules in competition |
| May 14, 2017 - Slow play in golf a real plague |
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May 7, 2017 - Start of the season and temporary greens
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April 30, 2017 - New rule about video
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| April 23, 2017 - Sergio, the Masters and the ruling at the 13th hole |
| April 16, 2017 - Lexi Thompson and the score card: 2 strokes penalty or disqualification? |
| April 9, 2017 - Lexi Thompson and the couch potatoe referees |
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April 2, 2017 - Ball at rest moved on the green
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| March 26, 2017 - My ball is lost: what are my options? |
| March 19, 2017 - Immovable obstruction: Mickelson and the knowledge of the rules |
| March 12, 2017 - New Rules of Golf: for the Pro or the Amateur? |
| March 5, 2017 - When taking relief: can we change from long grass to short grass? |
| February 26, 2017 - Preferred lies on the PGA TOUR |
| February 19, 2017 - Origines rules of golf: rule #5 (water hazard) |
| February 12, 2017 - Ball in a tree: unplayable or lost ball? |
| February 5, 2017 - Origines rules of golf: rule #4 (loose impediments) |
| January 29, 2017 - The origins of the rules of golf |
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