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30 Days of 2019 Rules Changes: Day 14 – Moving or Touching Loose Impediments or Touching Sand in a Bunker

by Doug Howell | Dec 15, 2018 | General Rules

In 2018, there are (or were) a number of actions a player must not do when their ball is in a bunker but which are permitted elsewhere on the course. With exceptions (which always seem to make the rules more complex) the player must not: Test the condition of the...

30 Days of 2019 Rules Changes – Day 3, Putting with the Flagstick in the Hole

by Doug Howell | Dec 4, 2018 | General Rules

Technically, this rules change governs any time a ball is played from the putting green and strikes an unattended flagstick in the hole. There are occasions, for example, when a player has to chip from the putting green. But, most often, players are putting from the...
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