The Jamaica Golf Association

A player starts his downswing and his clubhead is deflected by a branch of a tree.  The player has not made a stroke.

A ball is holed when any part of it is below the level of the lip of the hole

A player’s ball lies on top of a towel through the green. The player may remove the towel and drop the ball as near as possible to the spot where the ball lay on the towel, but not nearer the hole.

Stakes and lines used to define a water hazard may be yellow.

The flagstick may be non-circular in cross-section

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 club is not unfit for play solely because the lie or loft has been been altered.

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.

A player may only remove a loose impediment when his ball lies in a hazard.

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.

If a ball, when not in play, is knocked off a tee by the player in addressing it, it may be re-teed without penalty.

A player is entitled to discontinue play if he believes there is danger from an electrical storm

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

The Committee may define a lateral water hazard as a water hazard

In stroke play, if a competitor returns a card with the correct scores for each hole but the total is incorrect, he shall be disqualified

A player may use standard binoculars in order to see the flagstick.

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

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

A player may play a ball moving in water in a water hazard but he cannot wait for an advantage.

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 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 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?

A player may remove a movable obstruction at any time

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.

A ball is embedded in an orange lying under an orange tree.  What is the ruling?

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.

An immovable artificial object which is situated out of bounds is an obstruction.

In stroke play, a player playing from the teeing ground misses the ball completely. He pushes his tee farther into the ground and plays.  What is the ruling?

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.

In match play a player obtained a ruling from a member of the Committee and proceeded to play on the basis of that ruling, which involved dropping the ball at and playing from a wrong place.  The Committee member then learns that he made an incorrect ruling.  What is the ruling?