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Rule 29

Threesomes and Foursomes

 

Definitions

All defined terms are in italics and are listed alphabetically in the Definitions section – see pages 2235.

29-1. General

In a threesome or a foursome, during any stipulated round the partners must play alternately from the teeing grounds and alternately during the play of each hole. Penalty strokes do not affect the order of play.

29-2. Match Play

If a player plays when his partner should have played, his side loses the hole.

29-3. Stroke Play

If the partners make a stroke or strokes in incorrect order, such stroke or strokes are canceled and the side incurs a penalty of two strokes. The side must correct the error by playing a ball in correct order as nearly as possible at the spot from which it first played in incorrect order (see Rule 20-5). If the side makes a stroke on the next teeing ground without first correcting the error or, in the case of the last hole of the round, leaves the putting green without declaring its intention to correct the error, the side is disqualified.

Rules

29-1 General
29-2 Match Play
29-3 Stroke Play

Decisions

29/1 Changing Partners After Driving from First Tee
29/2 Mixed Foursome in Which Different Tees Used by Men and Women; Tee Shot Out of Bounds
29/3 Player in Foursome Match Practices Putts on Previous Green After Partner Has Driven from Next Tee
29/4 Dropping Ball in Foursome Competition
29/5 Hitting Sand in Bunker with Club After Failing to Extricate Ball; Foursome Match
29/6 Signing of Score Card in Foursome Stroke Play
29-1/1 Ball Played from Outside Teeing Ground in Foursome Match
29-1/2 Competitor Plays from Outside Teeing Ground in Foursome Stroke Play; Partner Replays Stroke
29-1/3 Who Plays Provisional Ball in Foursome
29-1/4 Provisional Ball Played by Wrong Member of Side in Foursome
29-1/4.5 Play of Provisional Ball in Foursomes When Partner Has Already Gone Ahead
29-1/5 Order of Play If Player Accidentally Moves Ball After Address
29-1/6 Player Misses Ball Accidentally When Making Stroke
29-1/7 Player Misses Ball Purposely So Partner Would Play Ball Over Water
29-1/8 Order of Play in Foursome Stroke Play When Wrong Ball Played
29-1/9 Both Player and Partner Drive at Same Tee in Foursome Play
29-2/1 Wrong Partners Drive for Both Sides in Foursome Match
29-2/2 Side Drives for Three Holes in Wrong Order and Then Claim Is Made