Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

ZƵůĞƐ YƵŝǌ Golf will undergo ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƌƵůĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŝŶ January of 2019, but even ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŶĞǁ ƌƵůĞƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŶŽƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ many rules vary between ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂǇ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂǇ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ &ŽƵƌ ƐƵĐŚ scenarios are outlined ďĞůŽǁ͗ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϳƚŚ ŚŽůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŚĂƐ ϭϱ ŐŽůĨ ĐůƵďƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŐ͘ ^ƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂǇ͗ ĚĚ Ă ϮͲƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ ƚŽ ŚŽůĞƐ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ϭ Θ Ϯ ;ŵĂǆ ŽĨ ĨŽƵƌ ƐƚƌŽŬĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵŶĚͿ͘ DĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂǇ͗ ĚũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ state of the match by two holes. For Example, the player with too many clubs was 3 up when the breach was discovered – she would now only be 1 up. If 2 down, now 4 down, etc. KŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƌǁĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϬƚŚ ŚŽůĞ͕ ďŽƚŚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƐƚƌŽŬĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌ͛Ɛ ďĂůů͘ ^ƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂǇ͗ ϮͲƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ but do NOT count any strokes at the wrong ball. ĂĐŚ ŵƵƐƚ ƉůĂǇ ŚĞƌ ďĂůů ĨƌŽŵ ĂƐ ŶĞĂƌ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƐƉŽƚ ;ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚĞ ŝĨ ƐƉŽƚ ŶŽƚ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂďůĞͿ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ĞƌƌŽƌ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚĞĚ before teeing off on the ŶĞǆƚ ŚŽůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŝƐ disqualified. DĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂǇ͗ >ŽƐƐ ŽĨ ŚŽůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ &/Z^d ƉůĂǇĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ďĂůů͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϱƚŚ ŚŽůĞ͕ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ƐŚĂŶŬƐ ŚŝƐ ĐŚŝƉ ƐŚŽƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ŚŝƚƐ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ͛Ɛ ŐŽůĨ ďĂŐ͘ ^ƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂǇ͗ ŶŽ ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ůŝĞƐ͘ DĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂǇ͗ ŶŽ ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ͘ WůĂǇĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƚǁŽ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ͗ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ĂƐ ŝƚ ůŝĞƐ Žƌ ĐĂŶĐĞů ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉůĂǇ the shot. KŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϲƚŚ ŚŽůĞ͕ WůĂǇĞƌ ƉůĂǇƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ƚĞĞŝŶŐ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ͘ ^ƚƌŽŬĞ ƉůĂǇ͗ ϮͲƐƚƌŽŬĞ ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐƚ ƌĞƉůĂǇ from within the correct teeing ground. Do NOT count the stroke made from the wrong teeing ground. DƵƐƚ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƚĞĞ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŝƐ ĚŝƐƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ͘ DĂƚĐŚ ƉůĂǇ͗ ŶŽ ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ but Player A has the ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͘ ůůŽǁ WůĂǇĞƌ ͛Ɛ stroke to stand (regardless ŽĨ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ǁĞŶƚͿ͘ KZ͕ Player A can immediately recall the stroke and have WůĂǇĞƌ ƉůĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ the correct teeing ground. &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŽƉƟŽŶ͕ ĚŽ EKd ĐŽƵŶƚ ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ ĨƌŽŵ the wrong teeing ground. Zh> ^ s Zz &ZKD ^dZK< W> z dK D d , W> z WƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďǇ ZƵůĞƐ KĸĐŝĂů dĞƌƌǇ <ŝůĚĞĂ