You are on the fourth hole of a match. You hit your driver off the tee and the head of the driver falls off the shaft. The club is unplayable. At the fifth tee are you allowed to use a driver from one of the other players in your foursome? NO
Rule 4.1b(2) No Sharing of Clubs
A player is limited to those clubs they started with.
• The player must not make a stroke with a club being used by anyone else who is playing on the course (even if the other player is playing in a different group or competition).
• When the player becomes aware that they have breached this Rule by making a stroke with another player’s club, the player must take that club out of play before making another stroke.
If a club taken out of play is another player’s club, that other player may continue to use the club.
Penalty for Breach of Rule 4.1b: The penalty applies based on when the player becomes aware of the breach:
• Player Becomes Aware of Breach While Playing the Hole. The penalty is applied at the end of the hole being played. In match play, the player must complete the hole, apply the result of the hole to the match score and then apply the penalty to adjust the match score.
• Player Becomes Aware of Breach Between Two Holes. The penalty is applied as of the end of the hole just completed, not the next hole.
Penalty in Match Play – Match Score Revised by Deducting Hole, Maximum of Two Holes:
• This is a match adjustment penalty – it is not the same as a loss of hole penalty.
• At the end of the hole being played or just completed, the match score is revised by deducting one hole for each hole where a breach happened, with a maximum deduction of two holes in the round.
Penalty in Stroke Play – Two Penalty Strokes, Maximum of Four Strokes: The player gets the general penalty (two penalty strokes) for each hole where a breach happened, with a maximum of four penalty strokes in the round (adding two penalty strokes at each of the first two holes where a breach happened).
Here is this month’s golf etiquette tip: The driver of the cart must be aware of the low areas on the course, especially during the rainy season. Please avoid these wet low areas.
