Rules of Golf - January 2023 =>

184 (2) Score Entered for Each Hole. To meet the requirements in Rule 3.3b for entering hole scores on the scorecard: • If Hole Is Completed by Holing Out: » When Score Is Lower Than Maximum. The scorecard must show the actual score. » When Score Is Same as or Higher Than Maximum. The scorecard must show either no score or any score at or above the maximum. • If Hole Is Completed Without Holing Out. If the player does not hole out under the Rules, the scorecard must show either no score or any score at or above the maximum. The Committee is responsible for adjusting the player’s score to the maximum for any hole where the scorecard shows either no score or any score above the maximum and, in a handicap competition, for applying handicap strokes. 21.2c Penalties in Maximum Score All penalties that apply in stroke play apply in Maximum Score, except that a player who breaches any of these five Rules is not disqualified but gets the maximum score for the hole where the breach happened: • Failure to hole out under Rule 3.3c, • Failure to correct mistake of playing from outside the teeing area in starting a hole (see Rule 6.1b(2)), • Failure to correct mistake of playing a wrong ball (see Rule 6.3c), • Failure to correct mistake of playing from a wrong place when there is a serious breach (see Rule 14.7b), or • Failure to correct mistake of making a stroke in the wrong order (see Rule 22.3). If the player breaches any other Rule with a penalty of disqualification, the player is disqualified. After applying any penalty strokes, the player’s score for a hole cannot exceed the maximum score set by the Committee. 21.2d Exception to Rule 11.2 in Maximum Score Rule 11.2 does not apply in this situation: If a player’s ball in motion needs to be holed to score one lower than the maximum score on the hole and any person deliberately deflects or stops the ball at a time when there is no reasonable chance it can be holed, there is no penalty to that person and the player gets the maximum score on the hole. Rule 21

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