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PUTTING-GREEN.
Rule 28.
Removal of Loose Impediments.
1. Any loose impediment may be removed from the putting-green
by
liand or with the club, irrespective of the position of the
player's ball. If the player's ball, when on the putting-green, move
after any loose impediment lying within six inches of it has been
touched by the player, his partner, or either of their caddies, the
player shall be deemed to have caused it to move, and the penalty
shall be one stroke.'
2. In moving any loose impediment, the club must not be laid
with more than its own weight upon the ground, nor must any-
thing be pressed down either with the club or in any other way.
Touching Line of Putt.
3. The line of the putt must not be touched, except by placing
the club immediately in front of the `gall in the act of addressing
it, and as above authorised.
The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss of the hole.
Rule 29.
Direction for Putting.
1. When the player's ball is on the putting-green, the player's
caddie, his partner or his partner's caddie may, before the stroke
is played, point out a direction for putting, but in doing this they
shall not touch the ground on the proposed line of the putt. N
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mark shall be placed anywhere on the putting-green.
Shielding Ball from Wind.
2. Any player or caddie engaged in the snatch may stand at the
hole, but no player or caddie shall endeavour, by moving or other-
wise, to influence the action of the wind upon the ball.
A player is, however, always entitled to send his own caddie to
stand at the hole while lie plays his stroke.
Dither side may refuse to allow a person who is not engaged in
the match to stand at the hole.
The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss of the hole.
Rule 30.
When the player's ball lies on the putting=green he shall not play
until the opponent's. ball is at rest.
The penalty for a breach of this Rule shall be the loss of the hole.