Evening star., 1922-05-26
Defeated Golf Play Benny Leonard Going Aboa
Golf Fact. Worth Knowing
INNS BROWN

O. What Is the penalty. II any, where one
partner in a four-ball match plays the others
ball?
A. He /. disqualified for further competi.
tion ON that hole II the mistake Is discov.
cred before either player Of the other side
plays, the man whose ball was played In error
can drop another as near a. possible TO wnere
his ball originally lay and continue to play;
= stroke before the mistake Il diseoysrsd' the
side making the mistake loses the hole.
O. Do the latest rules require that stymies
be played in matches in which three or four
players take part2
A. No. In q three.ball or four.ban match
any can have any on
option.
A says n ball can he lifted anywhere and teed
up back OF the place from which was Hited
with penalty Of two strokes u claims tina
where ball is lifted because It cannot be
played the player must go back to the place
from which the ball was played. count q
penalty stroke and play again. Which Is right
A. Under U. 8. @. A. rules . ball lifted
from an unplayable lie must be taken back to
the approximate point from which 1t was
played and played again with penalty stroke
n match play. In medal play 1t may be tssd
with penalty Of two strokes. a. a claims.
O. What is the rue with reference to a
ball that stops in pile Of snnd or humus or
the like placed near a putting green!
olub.lensth from such sand or humus without
penalty.
Q. Is there any difference in the penalties
for a player or his caddie stopping his ball
and in moving 1t while 1t lies stillt
A. Yes; in the first case, loss Of the hole,
and in the second, loss of a stroke in match
play. In medal play tho penalties are the
same. one stroke. unless the ball be stopped
by the caddie standing At the hole when IT
was played from twenty yards or less from the
hole.
Q. Is there any rule requiring that 4 match
at gof be played over eighteen holes or more
N tournament play!
Of one round of the course. However. eighteen
holes il the prevailing length Of matches Yet
there Is no reason why q club that has only
nine.hole course should not stage matches
If nine holes. if 1t SO desires In tournament
play.
a pile of haw bushes that had been cut in the
edge of the rough and were lying there to BE-
carted away. Did have the right to lift and
drop the ball without penalty?
A. II these had been cut BY the green.
keeper in improving maintaining the course
and were clearly meant to be moved away.
they could be considered as distractions left
there by the sreenkeeper. and under such oon:
Q1tlonS tRo OAli COulu Dc bo0 1u0 oAoHVSN
without penalty. Otherwise tho case would
have to be treated as an unplayabls lie.
O. Does the reinstatement of the stymie
rule mean that stymies are TO be played in q
medal qualifying round:
A. No. In medal play, the player whose
ball is farther away from the hole on the
putting green always has the right to have
another ball either lifted or played.
O. Has a four-ball match the right to de
.nap nd IN through twOball mltchs
A. u single match. that is two players
playing two balls, fails to keep its place, the
match that follows it has Z right to &c
through. whethu: it is a single. three-ball OF
four.ball match
O. What is the penalty in medal play. If q
player picks up stick or stone or the like
more than q club-length from his ball through
the fairway:
A. Tho loss of two strokes.
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