Rules of Golf - January 2023 =>

4 Contents Rule 6 – Playing a Hole 59 6.1 Starting Play of a Hole 59 6.2 Playing Ball from Teeing Area 60 6.3 Ball Used in Play of Hole 63 6.4 Order of Play When Playing Hole 65 6.5 Completing Play of a Hole 68 III. Playing the Ball (Rules 7-11) 69 Rule 7 – Ball Search: Finding and Identifying Ball 70 7.1 How to Fairly Search for Ball 70 7.2 How to Identify Ball 71 7.3 Lifting Ball to Identify It 71 7.4 Ball Accidentally Moved in Trying to Find or Identify It 72 Rule 8 – Course Played as It Is Found 73 8.1 Player’s Actions That Improve Conditions Affecting the Stroke 73 8.2 Player’s Deliberate Actions to Alter Other Physical Conditions to Affect the Player’s Own Ball at Rest or Stroke to Be Made 77 8.3 Player’s Deliberate Actions to Alter Physical Conditions to Affect Another Player’s Ball at Rest or Stroke to Be Made 78 Rule 9 – Ball Played as It Lies; Ball at Rest Lifted or Moved 79 9.1 Ball Played as It Lies 79 9.2 Deciding Whether Ball Moved and What Caused It to Move 80 9.3 Ball Moved by Natural Forces 80 9.4 Ball Lifted or Moved by Player 81 9.5 Ball Lifted or Moved by Opponent in Match Play 82 9.6 Ball Lifted or Moved by Outside Influence 83 9.7 Ball-Marker Lifted or Moved 84 Rule 10 – Preparing for and Making a Stroke; Advice and Help; Caddies 85 10.1 Making a Stroke 85 10.2 Advice and Other Help 87 10.3 Caddies 90 Rule 11 – Ball in Motion Accidentally Hits Person, Animal or Object; Deliberate Actions to Affect Ball in Motion 94 11.1 Ball in Motion Accidentally Hits Person or Outside Influence 94 11.2 Ball in Motion Deliberately Deflected or Stopped by Person 96 11.3 Deliberately Removing Objects or Altering Conditions to Affect Ball in Motion 98

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