1936-37

GOLF.
Rule 32.
Removal of Flag
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Stick.
1. Either side is entitled to have the flag-stick removed at any
time, but a player may always have the position of the hole
indicated to him; if a player's ball strike the flag-stick, which is
held by or has been removed by himself, or his partner, or by
either of their caddies, his side shall lose the hole; if the player's
ball strike the flag stick which is held by or has been removed by
an opponent or his caddie, the opponent's side shall lose the hole.
If a player or a caddie holds or removes the flag-stick when a
stroke is being played, such player or caddie shall be deemed to
continue to hold the flag-stick until the ball comes to rest.
If the ball rest against the flag-stick which is in the hole, the
player shall be entitled to remove the flag-stick, and, if the ball
fall into the hole, the player shall be deemed to have holed out
at his last stroke.
Displacing and Replacing of Balls.
2. If the player's ball knock the opponent's ball into the hole,
the opponent shall be deemed to have holed out at his last stroke.
If the player's ball move the opponent's ball, the opponent, if he
choose, may replace it, but this must be done before another stroke
is played by either side.
If the player's ball stop on the spot formerly occupied by the
opponent's ball, and the opponent declare his intention to replace
his ball, the player shall first play another stroke, after which the
opponent shall replace his ball.
Ball on Lip of Hole.
3. When the player has holed out and the opponent's ball has
come to rest, the player may knock away the opponent's ball,
conceding the half if holing at the odd, and claiming the hole if
holing at the like.
If the player does not knock away the opponent's ball, and it
fall into the hole, the opponent shall be deemed to have holed out
at his last stroke.
If the opponent's ball has not been knocked away, the opponent
shall play any subsequent stroke without delay.
Rule 33.
Penalty of Loss of Hole Qualified by Half Previously Gained.
When a player has holed out and his opponent has been left
with a stroke for the half, nothing that the player who has holed
out can do shall deprive him of the half which he has already
gained, but if the player thereafter incur any penalty under the
Rules of Golf he shall concede the half of the hole to his opponent.
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