The Game
Rule 1: The Game
Rule 2: Match Play
Rule 3: Stroke Play
Clubs and the Ball
Rule 4: Clubs
Rule 5: The Ball
Players Responsibilities
Rule 6: The Player
Rule 7: Practice
Rule 8: Advice;
Indicating Line of Play
Rule 9: Information
as to Strokes Taken
Order of Play
Rule 10: Order of
Play
Teeing Ground
Rule 11: Teeing
Ground

Playing the Ball
Rule 12: Searching
for and Identifying Ball
Rule 13: Ball Played
as It Lies
Rule 14: Striking
the Ball
Rule 15: Wrong Ball;
Substituted Ball
The Putting Green
Rule 16: The Putting
Green
Rule 17: The
Flagstick
Ball Moved, Deflected or Stopped
Rule 18: Ball at
Rest Moved
Rule 19: Ball in
Motion, Deflected or Stopped
Relief Situations and Procedures
Rule 20: Lifting,
Dropping and Placing; Playing from Wrong Place
Rule 21: Cleaning
Ball
Rule 22: Ball
Interfering with or Assisting Play
Rule 23: Loose
Impediments
Rule 24:
Obstructions
Rule 25: Abnormal
Ground Conditions, Embedded Ball and Wrong Putting Green
Rule 26: Water
Hazards (Including Lateral Water Hazards)
Rule 27: Ball Lost
or Out of Bounds; Provisional Ball
Rule 28: Ball
Unplayable
Other Forms of Play
Rule 29: Threesomes
and Foursomes
Rule 30: Three-Ball,
Best Ball and Four-Ball Match Play
Rule 31: Four-Ball
Stroke Play
Rule 32: Bogey, Par
and Stableford Competitions
Administration
Rule 33: The
Committee
Rule 34: Disputes
and Decisions