The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-09
ADOPT NEW RULES TO
REGULATE GOLF
The Changes Made Affect Stymie and
the Lost
Ball.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE special com
mittee of the United States Golf as
ISOLATION, sent abroad early this sum
mer to confer with rules of golf com
mittee at st. Andrews, not only set.
tied number of points which had
come up for decision, but also decided
| upon uniform code on both sides of
the Atlantic, so that the spirit and
traditions of the game will be pre-
served, 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 Sept.
of this year, with the exception of
the standard ball ruling, which will 60
into effect in May, 1921. The new
rules, in brief form, are as follows:
Professional definition: "One who
after attaining the age of is years
has carried clubs for hire, received any
consideration, either directly or indi-
rectly, 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 reinstatement for amateur status
will be considered on its own merits,
but a player may not be reinstated
more than once; and any applicant
for reinstatement must have acted so
as to come within the definition of an
amateur golfer for period of three
consecutive years, Immediately preced-
ing the date of the application, while
no one who has been a professional
for five years or more shall be eligible
for reinstatement"
An amateur is one who has not done
any of the things above mentioned de-
fning a professional and violations Of
the amateur rule include: Lending
ones name or likeness for the adser
tisement or sale of anything except
as dealer, manufacturer or inventor
thereof in the usual course of business;
or permitting ones name to be adver-
tised or published for pay as the au-
thor of books or articles on CALF of
which one is not actually the author.
Lost Ball Penalty Improved.
In future, there will be the same
penalty for lost ball, unplaysble ball
and out of bounds; in other words, the
player must go back to where he
PLAYED from and lose stroke and dis
tance and a provisional ball may be
played TO save time, in each case.
The stymie definition states that a
stymie is laid when both balls are on
the putting green and the opponents
ball lies in any position which the play
er regards as interfering with his line
to the hole, provided the balls be not
within six inches Of each other. The
rule then provides that "if the oppo-
nent lay the player a stymie, the play |
err may remove the opponents ball; the
shall then be deemed TO have |
holed in his next stroke" II the golf
er playing within the boundaries of the
putting green lays himself a stynie,
the rule does not apply.
The rule regarding the standardized
ball requires that the weight of the
ball shall be not greater than l.62
ounces and the size not less than 1.62
inches in diameter The rules of golf
committee and the executive commit
tee of the United States Golf associa-
ton will take whatever steps they
necessary to limit the power
Of the ball with regard to distance.
should any ball of greater power be
These changes in the rules will re-
luire the rewriting of several, and this
will be accomplished as soon as the
Royal and Ancient committee submit
is draft for consideration by the U. s
3. A. so that the wording will be uni
form in both countries.