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New year. new rules.

When the United States Golf Association (USGA) ON THE GREEN | Players can now repair almost any damage on the green
speaks, players listen. So when the Association and get no penalties for touching the line of the putt or accidentally moving their
announced their new Rules of Golf for 2019, ball. And the flag? It’s your choice whether to putt with it in or out of the hole—
everyone from scratch golfers to weekend warriors no more “once it’s out, it’s out” rule.
anxiously anticipated how these new rules would
affect their game. ACCIDENTS HAPPEN | Penalties have been removed for accidental deflections
of a ball in motion or unintentionally double-hitting a ball (because nobody’s perfect).
Well, here’s the good news—Matthew Schulze, PICKING UP THE PACE | Many of the new rules have been written to
our Director of Golf, says you don’t need to worry. advance the pace of play—including reduced time to find a lost ball, the ability to
“The new rules have been designed to relax play out of turn (excluding match play) and allowing more areas to be marked as
requirements and reduce penalties. This positive penalty areas.
impact will be felt the most on challenging courses,
like our own River Course.” Schulze sums it up best, saying, “Ultimately, the new Rules of Golf have been
simplified so they’re less intimidating and make the game more accessible—
Let’s take a deeper dive into a few of the biggest gains. and more fun—for all players.”

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