Rule 8 - Course Played as It Is Found (2023)
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English - February 01, 2023 20:16 - 52 minutes - 72 MBGolf Sports rules golf usga Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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(Effective January 2023) Rule 8 covers a central principle of the game: "play the course as you find it". When the player's ball comes to rest, they normally have to accept the conditions affecting the stroke and not improve them before playing the ball. However, a player may take certain reasonable actions even if they improve those conditions, and there are limited circumstances where conditions may be restored without penalty after they have been improved or worsened.