The Jamaica Golf Association

A stipulated round is a minimum of 18 holes

In a Stableford competition, the Committee is responsible for determining the result of each hole.

A referee is an outside agency

A player’s ball lies in a runway made by a bird, he is entitled to relief without penalty.

A player moves his ball that is at rest on the fairway when making his practice swing. The stroke counts.

A player places his ball on top of a plastic bottle when teeing off at the 3rd hole. He is disqualified.

In match play, if a player’s ball in motion after a stroke is accidentally deflected by his opponent the player shall lose the hole.

Manufactured ice is casual water.

The penalty for carrying a non-conforming club is disqualification, even if it is not used.

A player records his gross scores for each hole correctly but he totals the gross scores incorrectly, recording a 72 instead of a 73. The player is disqualified.

In stroke play, if a competitor, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside the teeing ground he shall incur a penalty of two strokes and shall play the ball as it lies

In stroke play, a competitor, in lifting a ball for the purpose of identification, cleans it more than necessary for identification.  What is the penalty?

In a four-ball match play, an absent partner may join a match between holes and during the play of a hole

Player A holes out for a 4. Player B has a putt for a half. Player A tells player B that the putt is just inside the left edge. Player B does not need to take his putt as the hole is halved.

The line of putt is the line which the player wishes his ball to take after a stroke with his putter

Stakes or lines used to define a lateral water hazard must be red

If a player plays any strokes in a hazard with a wrong ball there is no penalty

In stroke play, if a competitor, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside the teeing ground he shall incur a penalty of two strokes and shall play the ball as it lies

A player has fourteen clubs in his bag. At the third hole he slices his drive out of bounds and in frustration bangs his driver on the ground, breaking the shaft in the process. The player may replace the driver.

In foursomes match play, it is player A’s turn to play his side’s 3rd stroke. By accident he moves the ball with his foot, incurring a one stroke penalty (Rule 18-2a). He replaces the ball and plays what is, in effect, the side’s 4th stroke. The side loses the hole as it player B should have played instead of player A.

A stake defining the margin of a water hazard is removed.  The hole in which the stake was previously located is a "hole made by a greenkeeper" and thus ground under repair.

A Committee may decree that ground surrounding a certain teeing ground is in bounds for tee shots and out of bounds thereafter.

In stroke play, a marker signs the competitor's score card in the space provided for the competitor's signature and the competitor then signs in the space provided for the marker's signature.  What is the ruling?

After reaching the putting green, a player places his clubs near the next tee.  An opponent's golf cart accidentally strikes the player's clubs, breaking several of them. What is the ruling?

In stroke play, a player removes a post defining out of bounds which interferes with his stance.  What is the ruling?

In stroke play, a player swings at and misses a wrong ball.  What is the ruling?

In match play, a player whose ball in a water hazard is in a playable lie but it is directly behind a stone which has broken away from the retaining wall in the hazard.   The wall is an immovable obstruction and the player removes the loose stone before playing the stroke. What is the ruling?

A and B are to play C and D in a four-ball match, however A arrives just after B, C and D have teed off at the third hole.  A is prohibited from joining the match until the fourth hole but A gives advice to B during the play of the third hole.  What is the ruling?

The penalty for agreeing to exclude the operation of any Rule is two penalty strokes in stroke play and loss of hole in match play.

Two players began a match at 10am.  After the players had played two holes, a member of the Committee arrived and advised them that the course had been closed since 9am, but no notice to this effect had been posted at the 1st tee.  What is the ruling?