Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-06
CHANGES IN GOLF
! RULES ANNOUNCED
Uniform Code on Both Sides Of
the AtIantic-Profes-
sionaI Is Defined

Now Yor'.. An" G.-Thr special
committee of the United States Golf
Association. sent abroad early this
summer to confer with the rules of
golf committee Of St Andrews. not
only settled a number of points which
z had come up for decision. but also
decided upon n uniform code on both
sides of the Atlantic. so that the spirit
and traditions of the game will be
preserved. it was announced here to-
day.
Changes made in the rules affect the
stymie. the lost ball penalty. amateur
and professional definitions. the stand
ardized ball and other minor details.
All of these changes take effect Sep
tcmber l of this year. with tn" cXcrp-
tion of the standard ball ruling which
will go into effect in May. 1921. The
new rules in brief are as follows:
The Pro and Amateur Line
Professional definition cone who
after attaining the age of sixteen years
has carried clubs for hire. received any
consideration. either directly or indi q.
yectly, for playing or for teaching the
game. or for playing in a match or
tournament. or for money prize in any
tournament. Every application for re
instatement as an amateur will be con
may not be reinStatcd more than once !:
and any applicant for reinstatement
must have acted so as to come within
the definition of an amateur golfer for
a period of three consecutive years i'm
mediately preceding the date of the
application. While no one who has
been a professional for five years or
more shall be eligible for rcinstate-
ment.'
An amateur is one who has not done
any of the things above mentioned de
fning a professional, and violations OF
the amateur rules include: Lending
ones name or likeness for the adVCr-
tisement or sale Of anything except as a
dealer, manufacturer or inventor there
Of in the usual course of business. or
permitting ones name to be advertised
Er published for pay as the author
Of books or articles of which one is not
actually the author.
In the future there will be the same
henalty for lost ball, unplHyublr ball
End out of bounds. In other words. the
hlayer must go back to whore he played
from and lose stroke and distance. and
provisional ball may be played to save
time in each ease.
Use Of Stymie Defined
The stymie definition states that q
ktymie is laid when both balls are OF
the putting green and the opponent
iall lies in any position which thu
player regards as interfering with hi,
line to Che hole, provided the balls b,
rot within six inches of each other
Ehe rule then provides that "if the Op
ronent lay the player stymie, th
Jlayer may remove the opponents ball
h'he opponent shall then be deemed t.
have holed in his next stroke" If til,
golfer playing within the boundaries o
The putting green lays himself Il stymi'
fhe rule does not apply
The rule regarding the standardizct
tall requires that the weight of the bal
rhail not be greater than 1.G2 ounces
sud the size not less than .62 inches il
diameter. The rules committee of thI
fnited States Golf Association will tax,
Whatever Seps IL considers necessary t.
limit the power of the ball with regar,
Il distance, shall any ball Of greater
iower be introduced.