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An AI generated image of a camera being used to locate a golf ball in a bush | Source: ChatGPT

Can I use my phone camera to identify my ball?

Footprints and a golf ball in an unraked bunker | Source: Adobe Stock raking a bunker rules

Can I rake a bunker while my ball is still in it?

match play golf format

Why are there different rules for stroke play and match play?

Can you leave loose impediments in place as a backstop | Source: Adobe Stock

Can I leave loose impediments in place as a backstop?

Main image: An AI generated picture of a fairway mat with an alignment line running down the centre | Source: ChatGPT

Can my fairway mat have lines on it?

A golf ball caught inside tree branches | Source: Adobe Stock

Can I knock my ball out of a tree?

A golfer marking a ball on a green | Source: Supplied marking a golf ball rules

Can I mark my playing partner’s ball on the green – even if I haven’t asked them?

A golf ball in a horrible lie | Source: Adobe Stock

Why do people cheat at golf?

identify your golf ball HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA - APRIL 14: A detail view of the ball as Emiliano Grillo of Argentina putts on the ninth green during the first round of the RBC Heritage at Harbor Town Golf Links on April 14, 2022 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The wind blew my ball as I was hitting a putt – can I take it again?

A golf towel | Source: Adobe Stock

Can I wrap a towel around me to protect myself in a bush?

A golf ball lying in long grass | Source: Adobe Stock

You find your ball by standing on it – is that a two-shot penalty?

A golf ball about to disappear into the hole | Source: Getty Images golf hole rules

Is there a limit to how deep a hole can be?

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Can you leave loose impediments in place as a backstop | Source: Adobe Stock

Can I leave loose impediments in place as a backstop?

Footprints and a golf ball in an unraked bunker | Source: Adobe Stock raking a bunker rules

Can I rake a bunker while my ball is still in it?

A golfer marking a ball on a green | Source: Supplied marking a golf ball rules

Can I mark my playing partner’s ball on the green – even if I haven’t asked them?

A golf ball lying in long grass | Source: Adobe Stock

You find your ball by standing on it – is that a two-shot penalty?

identify your golf ball HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA - APRIL 14: A detail view of the ball as Emiliano Grillo of Argentina putts on the ninth green during the first round of the RBC Heritage at Harbor Town Golf Links on April 14, 2022 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The wind blew my ball as I was hitting a putt – can I take it again?

vaseline on golf driver

Will this slippery golf hack get you into a load of rules trouble?

A golf towel | Source: Adobe Stock

Can I wrap a towel around me to protect myself in a bush?

MALELANE, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 05: Golf balls are seen on the practice facilitates prior to the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club on December 05, 2023 in Malelane, South Africa. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images)

Can I get away with playing a ball that was out of bounds?

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Why can we only carry up to 14 clubs?

A golf ball in a horrible lie | Source: Adobe Stock

Why do people cheat at golf?

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