The Jamaica Golf Association

A player cannot take his stance properly on the tee because one of the tee markers obstructs his left foot. He moves the tee marker a couple of inches and plays his stroke. There is no penalty.

A player may remove leaves and sand in the area that he is to drop a ball on the fairway.

In stroke play, a player’s ball lies in a bunker. He cannot decide which club to use so he takes his wedge and his sand wedge into the bunker to assess the shot. He decides that he needs his sand wedge and he lays his wedge down in the bunker. The player is penalised two strokes for touching the ground in a bunker.

Grass covered ground bordering or within a bunker is not part of the bunker

In match play, a player takes a practice swing in a water hazard without grounding his club, but his club touches some long grass.  Is there a penalty?

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.

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

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.

A player must not play a ball that lies on the fringe of a wrong putting green.

A player may play a ball lying through the green with his stance on a wrong putting green.

The position of a ball must be marked with a ball marker, a small coin or other similar object

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.

In a four-ball match play competition, who may a player ask for advice?

A player may play a ball lying through the green with his stance on a wrong putting green

In match play, a player plays a stroke at a ball with his stance on a wrong putting green.  What is the penalty?

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

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 club is not unfit for play solely because the clubhead is scratched.

A player is entitled to free relief from a burrowing animal hole in a water hazard

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.

A player may remove a movable obstruction at any time

In stroke play, a player’s ball lies in a bunker. The player takes his stance and is just about to ground his club when the ball moves. The player incurs a one stroke penalty.

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.

In match play, a player marks the position of his ball on the putting green, lifts the ball and sets it aside.  By mistake, he putts the ball from the spot at which he set it aside.  What is the ruling?

In stroke play, a competitor concedes his fellow-competitor a short putt and knocks the ball away.  The fellow-competitor lifts his ball and plays from the next tee.  What is the ruling?

In stroke play, A played from outside the teeing ground and his ball came to rest out of bounds. He decides to play another ball from within the teeing ground.  What is the ruling?

In stroke play, a competitor's ball lies on the putting green.  Before playing his next stroke he taps down spike marks in the vicinity of the hole but not on his line of putt.  What is the ruling?

The player is responsible for the addition of scores and the application of his handicap recorded on his score card

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.

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?