What are the basic Rules of Golf?
• The maximum number of clubs you can carry during one round of golf is 14. • When playing from the teeing ground the ball must be played from within 2 club lengths behind the tee markers. • If the ball falls off the tee before you have commenced your downswing (stroke), you may replace it without penalty. • Other than on the tee, if a ball moves during the address a one stroke penalty is incurred and the ball must be replaced. • If you make a swing at the ball and miss, you must count that as a stroke. • Once you have hit from the teeing ground, the ball should be played as it lies. However there are occasions where a Local Rule will allow you to tee the ball up or prefer (move) the lie a specified distance without penalty. • You must not improve the lie of the ball by pressing down the area around your ball or on your line of play. • You are not allowed to move, bend or break growing vegetation. • Except in a hazard, loose impediments such as fallen tree branches, leaves and loose st
