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RESPECTFUL REMINDERS          

Land in the bunker? Remember to tap the sand off your shoes before you walk on the green. Don't you just hate it when you have to putt through sandy footprints!

Do you have any respectful reminders ?

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RULE OF THE WEEK:

Rule of the week: Hole 2 North, drainage ditch right hand side of   fairway

If your ball is in casual water, ground under repair, or a hole made by a   burrowing animal,  you may drop your ball, without penalty within one   club length of the nearest point of relief not nearer the hole.  rule   25-1b (I)

 Ball moves when addressing it: (Rule 18-2)
 
Up until now, if the ball moved after the player addressed the ball (taking her stance and grounding her club)the player incurred 1 penalty stroke,  and the ball had to be replaced to its original position.  This rule has been changed in two aspects.  Under the new rules the ball is considered addressed as soon as the player has grounded her club in front of or behind the ball,  it is not necessary for her to have have also taken her stance.  An exception has been introduced in favor of the player.  If it is clear that it was not the player but, for example, the wind that caused the ball to move she will not incur a penalty even if she had grounded the club behind the ball.  The ball must be played from its new lie. 

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