Rule 5 - Playing the Round (2023)
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English - January 24, 2023 20:32 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBGolf Sports rules golf usga Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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(Effective January 2023) Rule 5 covers how to play a round - such as where and when a player may practise on the course before or during a round, when a round starts and ends and what happens when play has to stop or resume. Players are expected to:
Start each round on time, and Play continuously and at a promt pace during each hole until the round is completed.When it is a player's turn to play, it is recommended that they make the stroke in no more than 40 seconds, and usually more quickly than that.