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GOLF
SECTION III
THE GAME OF GOLF
RULE
x.
THE GAME
The game of golf consists in playing a ball from the teeing ground
into the hole by successive strokes in accordance with the rules.
Penalty for breach of Rule : Match play, Loss of hole ; Stroke
play, Disqualification.
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RULE z. THE CLUB AND THE BALL
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the United
States Golf Association reserve the right to change the Rules and
the interpretations regulating clubs and balls at any time.
x.
Legal Clubs and Balls
Players shall use clubs or balls which conform with Clauses
2
and 3 of this rule.
2.
Form and Make of Clubs.
(a)
General Characteristics.
The golf club shall be composed of a shaft and a head, and
all of the various parts shall be fixed so that the club is one unit.
The club shall not be substantially different from the traditional
and customary form and make.-
(b)
Movable Parts Prohibited.
No part of the club may be movable or separable or capable
of adjustment during a round of play.
The player or other agency shall not change the playing
characteristics of a club during a round.
(c) Shape of Head.
The length of a club head from the back of the heel to the toe
shall be greater than the breadth from the face to the back of the
head at the broadest point.
(d)
Face of Head.
Club faces shall not embody any degree of concavity on the
hitting surface and shall not bear any lines, dots or other markings
with sharp or rough edges, or any type of finish, made for the
purpose of putting additional spin on the ball.
The club shall have only one face designed for striking the ball.
However, a putter may have two faces if the loft of both faces is
practically the same.
Iron Clubs.
—The
face of an iron club shall not contain
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inset
or attachment.
Markings on the face of an iron club shall conform with Royal
and Ancient specifications (see Note to this Rule).
(e)
Shaft.
The shaft shall be fixed to the club head at the back of the heel,
either directly or by attachment to a neck or socket.