Golf Monthly

8 Rules All Golfers Break (without realising)

1 Picking your ball up to identify it without first marking its position

es, the Rules have been relaxed so you no longer have to have someone observe the lifting, but you do still have to mark the ball’s position first and you may only lift it if it is reasonably necessary to be able to identify it. Many people didn’t first mark its position before the 2019 Rules changes and still don’t now. If you need to lift your ball to be able to identify it positively, always remember to mark its position first and only clean it to the

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