{"id":34,"date":"2011-11-29T03:54:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T10:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T16:07:27","slug":"rules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"Rules &#038; Etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May Rule of the month 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2)&nbsp;Accepting Player\u2019s \u201cReasonable Judgment\u201d in Determining a Location When Applying the Rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a player becomes aware of a wrong determination before the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/definitions.html#_8382be70-e833-4f60-83e6-f23f390edb19\"><em>stroke<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is made, it must be corrected (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/rule-14.html#_1490a3ac-13b0-4853-9f80-0cd847a9df6c\">Rule 14.5<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many Rules require a player to determine a spot, point, line, edge, area or other location under the Rules, such as:<ul><li>Estimating where a ball last crossed the edge of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/definitions.html#_d12c5f9a-37a4-4fe3-837b-f7602de79858\"><em>penalty area<\/em><\/a>,<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Estimating or measuring when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/definitions.html#_e48f9e95-294d-40a5-b791-5d053655139d\"><em>dropping<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or placing a ball in taking relief, or<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/definitions.html#_94a28039-9caa-417d-97e4-d5fedcfafb6a\"><em>Replacing<\/em><\/a>\u00a0a ball on its original spot (whether the spot is known or estimated).<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Determining the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/definitions.html#_8e42de73-2b60-434d-a539-6ad89d5258f7\">area of the course<\/a><\/em>\u00a0where the ball lies, including whether the ball lies on the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/definitions.html#_19dea94e-2caf-4569-bbe5-38e082845c2c\">course<\/a><\/em>, or<\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Determining whether the ball touches or is in or on an\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/definitions.html#_071c03d3-b8c4-4097-ae56-e44f35f3c78a\">abnormal course condition<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such determinations about location need to be made promptly and with care but often cannot be precise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So long as the player does what can be reasonably expected under the circumstances to make an accurate determination, the player\u2019s reasonable judgment will be accepted even if, after the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-of-golf\/definitions.html#_8382be70-e833-4f60-83e6-f23f390edb19\"><em>stroke<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is made, the determination is shown to be wrong by video evidence or other information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May Rule of the month 2026 (2)&nbsp;Accepting Player\u2019s \u201cReasonable Judgment\u201d in Determining a Location When Applying the Rules. If a player becomes aware of a wrong determination before the\u00a0stroke\u00a0is made,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/?page_id=34\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<i class=\"icon-right\"><\/i><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> of Rules &#038; Etiquette<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13641,"href":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/13641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.olgagolf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}