Author Topic: Rule# 5 (Read 300 times)

Sixpence · « **on:** October 07, 2005, 12:35:28 PM »

What is rule #5?

Hangtime · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2005, 12:45:09 PM »

It's in the Forum Rules.. first thread, top of the o'club thread listings.. permanantly. It is not in braile, so to miss it, you'd have to be blind.

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Holden McGroin · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2005, 12:46:58 PM »

5-1. General
The ball the player uses must conform to requirements specified in Appendix III.

Note: The Committee may require, in the conditions of a competition (Rule 33-1), that the ball the player plays must be named on the current List of Conforming Golf Balls issued by the United States Golf Association.

5-2. Foreign Material
Foreign material must not be applied to a ball for the purpose of changing its playing characteristics.

PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 5-1 or -2:
Disqualification.

5-3. Ball Unfit for Play
A ball is unfit for play if it is visibly cut, cracked or out of shape. A ball is not unfit for play solely because mud or other materials adhere to it, its surface is scratched or scraped or its paint is damaged or discolored.

If a player has reason to believe his ball has become unfit for play during play of the hole being played, he may lift the ball without penalty to determine whether it is unfit.

Before lifting the ball, the player must announce his intention to his opponent in match play or his marker or a fellow-competitor in stroke play and mark the position of the ball. He may then lift and examine it provided that he gives his opponent, marker or fellow-competitor an opportunity to examine the ball and observe the lifting and replacement. The ball must not be cleaned when lifted under Rule 5-3.

If the player fails to comply with all or any part of this procedure, he incurs a penalty of one stroke.

If it is determined that the ball has become unfit for play during play of the hole being played, the player may substitute another ball, placing it on the spot where the original ball lay. Otherwise, the original ball must be replaced. If a player substitutes a ball when not permitted and he makes a stroke at the wrongly substituted ball, he incurs the general penalty for a breach of Rule 5-3, but there is no additional penalty under this Rule or Rule 15-1.

If a ball breaks into pieces as a result of a stroke, the stroke is canceled and the player must play a ball without penalty as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was played (see Rule 20-5).

*PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 5-3:
Match play — Loss of hole; Stroke play — Two strokes.

*If a player incurs the general penalty for breach of Rule 5-3, there is no additional penalty under this Rule.
Note: If the opponent, marker or fellow-competitor wishes to dispute a claim of unfitness, he must do so before the player plays another ball.
(Cleaning ball lifted from putting green or under any other Rule — see Rule 21.)

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2005, 12:57:44 PM »

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Sixpence · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2005, 01:05:08 PM »

ok, so "Are you one of those guys who walks the moral high when it comes to Iraq, then makes weekly trips to walmart?" is breaking rule #5?

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #5 on:** October 07, 2005, 01:08:45 PM »

Not unless you clean your ball on the fairway.

Sixpence · « **Reply #6 on:** October 07, 2005, 01:11:49 PM »

5-3. Ball Unfit for Play
A ball is unfit for play if it is visibly cut, cracked or out of shape. A ball is not unfit for play solely because mud or other materials adhere to it, its surface is scratched or scraped or its paint is damaged or discolored.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #7 on:** October 07, 2005, 01:20:36 PM »

This is not a discussion for the board. Email is preferred.