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Ask the Ref: Could I be penalised for raking a bunker?

Could this scenario where a player rakes a bunker end up with them being penalised? Women & Golf’s rules expert Sheila Waltham explains. My ball lies at one end of a bunker. Whilst waiting for another player to play their stroke, I entered the opposite end of the bunker to retrieve the rake. On […]

Ask the Ref: Can you tap down spike marks on the green?

Your playing partner taps down spike marks on the green before putting, is that allowed? Women & Golf’s rules expert Sheila Waltham explains. By Sheila Waltham During a match, Player A taps down spike marks on the putting green along the line of their putt. Is this allowed? Yes. This rule changed in 2019. A […]

Ask the Ref: What do you do in a dried up penalty area?

Women & Golf’s rules expert Sheila Waltham explains all about what happens when your ball ends up in a dried-up penalty area. If a ball lands in a dried-up penalty area, is it still deemed to be a penalty area? By definition, a Penalty Area (PA) is any body of water on the course (marked […]

Ask the Ref: What do you do if your ball lands off the green on the apron behind a sprinkler head?

Women & Golf’s rules expert Sheila Waltham explains all about what happens when your ball ends up behind a sprinkler head If my ball lands off the green on the apron behind a sprinkler head and my preferred next shot onto the green is a putt, am I allowed relief from the sprinkler head? That […]