Unsure if rule is broken

4-4a/3 Competitor Withdraws During Round and Puts His Clubs in Fellow-Competitor’s Bag
Q. In stroke play, B withdrew during a round, put his clubs in A’s bag, making the total number of clubs in the bag exceed 14, and carried A’s bag for the remainder of the round. Should A be penalized under Rule 4-4a?

A. No, provided he did not use any of B’s clubs.

4-4a/5 Fellow-Competitor’s Club Put in Competitor’s Bag by Mistake During Round Used Unintentionally by Competitor
Q. In stroke play, A and B both started with 14 clubs. They were using iron clubs of the same model. At one hole, B’s caddie inadvertently put one of B’s clubs into A’s bag. At a subsequent hole, A played a stroke with B’s club by mistake. What is the ruling?

A. Rule 4-4a states: “The player must start a stipulated round with not more than 14 clubs. He is limited to the clubs thus selected...” A complied with the first sentence and therefore incurred no penalty for carrying B’s club. However, when A played a stroke with B’s club, he did not comply with the second sentence and was subject to penalty under Rule 4-4a.


4-4a/6 Excess Club Put in Player’s Golf Bag After Player Has Counted His Clubs at 1st Tee; Error Discovered After Player Has Started Round
Q. A arrives at the 1st tee, counts his clubs and confirms that he is carrying 14. He then removes his driver from his golf bag, leaves the bag beside the tee and checks in with the starter. At this point, X, a player in another match or group, by mistake puts his putter in A’s golf bag, which was identical to X’s bag. A then drives from the 1st tee. During play of the 1st hole, A discovers that X’s club has been put in his (A’s) golf bag. Does A incur a penalty for starting the round with more than 14 clubs?

A. Yes.

27/10 Player Unable to Distinguish His Ball from Another Ball
Q. A and B hit their tee shots into the same area. Both balls were found but, because A and B were playing identical balls and neither had put an identification mark on his ball, they could not determine which ball was A’s and which was B’s. What is the ruling?

A. Since neither player could identify a ball as his ball, both balls were lost — see Definition of “Lost Ball.”
This incident underlines the advisability of the player putting an identification mark on his ball — see Rules 6-5 and 12-2.

I say burn them both at the stake for being obvious copycat ****ual deviants.

Holy *fudge*.  Don't try arguing that word over there.  You get ostracized, in the most sincere way.  I can't even ask a nearest point of relief question anymore, with this Mark of the beast Scarlet letter I'm sportin'.

Feck 'em.

LOL, was that you?  I'm probably guilty of ostracizing you to some degree.  I don't login over there these days so I can't be sure what I wrote.   

I'm a kinder, gentler guy these days.  Quitting FIGS was good for my soul.  If I'm guilty of offense, I do apologize.

But you deserve the Scarlet letter anyway 'cuz you're a *trollop*.