The Jamaica Golf Association

A provisional ball always becomes the ball in play.

A player may clean his ball whenever it is lifted under a Rule that requires its replacement.

A stake defining out of bounds is a movable obstruction

In stroke play, in order to avoid standing on a fellow-competitor's line of putt, a player holes a putt on the putting green from a stance astride his line of putt.  What is the penalty?

A "stroke" includes the players backswing

A score card is a loose impediment.

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, 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.

The teeing ground is a rectangular area two club-lengths in depth, the front and sides of which are defined by the outside limits of two tee-markers

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.

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

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

In stroke play, A looks into B's bag to determine which club B used for his last stroke.   What is the ruling?

In a Stableford competition, at the par 5 2nd hole, player A gets a gross 5, net 4, for 3 Stableford points. By mistake he records a gross 5 for 4 Stableford points. The player is disqualified for recording more points than he is entitled to.

A ball is out of bounds when any part of it lies out of bounds

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

A ball lies on a practice putting green. The ball must be played as it lies.

Water hazard stakes may not be moved even if they are physically movable

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 must start a stipulated round with fourteen clubs

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?

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?

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?

In stroke play, a player swings at and misses a wrong ball.  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.

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

The penalty for agreeing to exclude the operation of any Rule is disqualification

In stroke play, a competitor who is doubtful of his rights or procedure may, without penalty, play a second ball

In stroke play, a player bends long grass near his ball so that he can see the ball when playing his stroke. He improves the lie of the ball when doing so.

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?