Purpose of Rule: Rule 24 covers team competitions (played in either match play or stroke play), where multiple players or sides compete as a team with the results of their rounds or matches combined to produce an overall team score.
A “team” is a group of players who play as individuals or as sidesSide: Two or more partners competing as a single unit in a round in match play or stroke play.(...Continued) to compete against other teams.
Their play in the team event may also be part of another competition (such as individual stroke playStroke Play: A form of play where a player or side competes against all other players or sides in the competition.(...Continued)) that takes place at the same time.
Rules 1-23 apply in a team competition, as modified by these specific Rules.
The CommitteeCommittee: The person or group in charge of the competition or the course. decides the form of play, how a team’s overall score is to be calculated and other Terms of the Competition, such as:
In match playMatch Play: A form of play where a player or side plays directly against an opponent or opposing side in a head-to-head match of one or more rounds:(...Continued), the number of points awarded for winning or tying a match.
In stroke playStroke Play: A form of play where a player or side competes against all other players or sides in the competition.(...Continued), the number of scores to count in each team’s total score.
Whether the competition may end in a tie and, if not, how the tie will be decided.
Each team may name a team captain to lead the team and make decisions for it, such as which players on the team will play in which roundsRound: 18 or fewer holes played in the order set by the Committee. or matches, in what order they will play and who will play together as partnersPartner: A player who competes together with another player as a side, in either match play or stroke play..
The team captain may be a player in the competition.
The CommitteeCommittee: The person or group in charge of the competition or the course. may adopt a Local Rule allowing each team to name one person (an “advice giver”) who may give adviceAdvice: Any verbal comment or action (such as showing what club was just used to make a stroke) that is intended to influence a player in:(...Continued) and other help as allowed in Rule 10.2b to players on the team during a roundRound: 18 or fewer holes played in the order set by the Committee. and who may be asked for adviceAdvice: Any verbal comment or action (such as showing what club was just used to make a stroke) that is intended to influence a player in:(...Continued) by players on the team:
The advice giver may be the team captain, a team coach or other person (including a team member playing in the competition).
The advice giver must be identified to the CommitteeCommittee: The person or group in charge of the competition or the course. before giving adviceAdvice: Any verbal comment or action (such as showing what club was just used to make a stroke) that is intended to influence a player in:(...Continued).
The CommitteeCommittee: The person or group in charge of the competition or the course. may allow a team’s advice giver to change during a roundRound: 18 or fewer holes played in the order set by the Committee. or during the competition.
If a team’s advice giver is a player on the team, they are not allowed to act in that role while playing a roundRound: 18 or fewer holes played in the order set by the Committee. in the competition.
While playing a roundRound: 18 or fewer holes played in the order set by the Committee., the advice giver is treated like any other playing team member for purposes of the restrictions on adviceAdvice: Any verbal comment or action (such as showing what club was just used to make a stroke) that is intended to influence a player in:(...Continued) and other help in Rule 10.2.
Except when playing together as partnersPartner: A player who competes together with another player as a side, in either match play or stroke play. on a sideSide: Two or more partners competing as a single unit in a round in match play or stroke play.(...Continued):
A player must not ask for adviceAdvice: Any verbal comment or action (such as showing what club was just used to make a stroke) that is intended to influence a player in:(...Continued) from or give adviceAdvice: Any verbal comment or action (such as showing what club was just used to make a stroke) that is intended to influence a player in:(...Continued) to a member of their team playing on the courseCourse: The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee:(...Continued).
This applies whether the team member is playing in the same group as the player or in another group on the courseCourse: The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee:(...Continued).
Penalty for Breach of Rule 24.4: General PenaltyGeneral Penalty: Loss of hole in match play or two penalty strokes in stroke play. Under Rule 10.2.