Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-09
CANNOT PICK LIE
IN TOURNAMENT,
HOLDS COMMITTEE
Rules Adopted for Handicap
Event of Boise Golf Club
Cannot Touch Ball Dur
ing Play.

For the first time IN the history of
the Boise Golf club tournament will
contain the rule that the bah must be
played from where II lies, and cannot
be touched after leaving the tee. The
committee in charge of the tournament
TO open under the clubs auspices next
Sunday may make this ruling at a
meeting today.
The general rules approved by the
committee follow:
First-The opening round OF the
tournament will be played on Sunday,
Oct. IA. The winner Of the tourna-
ment will be awarded the Tiffany cup,
to be retained by him for period of
one year or until the second Tiffany
Cup Tournament is played, whereupon
the cup shall be delivered to the win
ner of this tournament. The name of
each player winning the cup will be
engraved on the cup thereby furnish
ing a permanent record OF the holders
of same.
Second-The tournament will be de-
cided on match play, not medal play.
That is, the number of holes won or
lost will decide the match and not the
total score for the round. In case Of
tie on the last hole an extra hole
shall be played to decide the match.
Third-All matches will be for nine
holes except the finals which will be
for eighteen holes.
Fourth-Matches are supposed TO be
played on the date set by the tourna-
ment committee. In case one player
cannot play his match on the date set
he may, II arrangements can be made
with his opponent, play the match off
at any time during the succeeding
week, but in any case it must be play
ed off before the following Saturday
night, or the played who could not
play on the date set will forfeit his
match.
Fifth-All scores shall be reported
to the tournament committee as soon
as possible after the match has been
played.
Sixth-After driving the bah from
the tee IL shall be played from the point
where it stops. 1t matters not whether
II stops behind a bunch of grass, sage
brush. in a hole, or on a side hill, the
ball must be left as it lies and the
ground shall not be smoothed off or
dug away from around it nor the grass
or sage brush shall not be removed
from in front of the ball The follow
Ing exceptions will be made to the
above rule In case the ball stops in
the large gulch between No. ! Tee and
No. / hole II may, at the payers OPP
ton, either be played from where it
lies or may be thrown out Of the gulch
to the rear and played from where it
stops. In tho latter case she player
will lose one stroke. Tho same rule
APPLIES to the gulCh in front of Nc. .
hcle. In all other cases t shall be
tlayed from whore il stops. The pen
atty for leyeling the q ound or rcmur-
ing obstacles from in front of the ball
is one stro''e.
Seven-Lost Balls: In case ball is
lost and is not found after five
minutes of search, the player losing
same shall tlke another ball, throw
it backwards over his head from the
point where it is thought the first one
stops and play it from where it stops.
No penalty will be imposed upon the
PLAYER doing 50.
Entrants in the tournament are cX-
pected to forward their 30 cent fees
to either the club secretary or mem
bers of the tournament vum"ttca on
or before next Thurs !lv.