1936-37

GOLF.
Ball Unfit for Play.
If a ball be so damaged as to be unfit for play, the player may
change it on intimating to his fellow competitor or marker his
intention to do so. Mud adhering to a ball shall not be considered
as making it unfit for play.
Penalty—Two Strokes.
Stroke Rule 13.
Play Within 20 Yards of Hole.
Ball Striking Flag-Stick, etc.
1. When a competitor's ball lying within twenty yards of the
hole is played and strikes, or is stopped by, the flag-stick or the
person standing at the hole, the penalty shall be two strokes.
Ball Striking Fellow-Competitor's Ball.
2. When both balls are on the Putting Green, if a competitor's
ball strike the ball of the player with whom he is competing, the
competitor shall incur a penalty of two strokes, and the ball which
was struck shall be at once replaced, see Stroke Rule 10.
Nearer Ball may be Lifted.
3. The competitor whose ball is the farther from the hole may
have the ball which is. nearer to the hole lifted or played at the
option of its owner. If the latter refuse to comply with this Rule
when requested to do so, he shall be disqualified.
Ball Nearer Hole of Assistance to Player.
4. If the competitor whose ball is the nearer to the hole consider
that his ball might be of assistance to the player with whom he is
competing, he should lift it or play first.
Ball Lifted when Player's Ball in Motion.
5. If the competitor whose ball is the nearer to the hole lift his
ball while the player's ball is in motion, he shall incur a penalty of
two strokes.
Ball Lifted before Holed Out.
6. If a competitor -or his caddie pick up his ball from the
Putting Green before it is holed out (except as provided for above),
he shall, before he has struck off from the next Teeing Ground. or,
in the case of the last hole of the round, before he has left the
Putting Green, be permitted to replace the ball under penalty
of two strokes.
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