Question 1:
Is a player permitted to use the following equipment on a golf course?
a) Standard binoculars.
b) Compass.
c) Booklet containing illustrations of the holes and providing accurate distances between various identifiable points.
d) Training or swing aid.
e) Hand warmer.
Answer 1:
a) Yes, Decision 14-3/3.
b) No, Decision 14-3/4.
c) Yes, Decision 14-3/5.
d) No, Decision 14-3/10.
e) Yes, Decision 14-3/13. Although a hand warmer is an artificial device, its use to warm the hands is traditionally accepted and a player is not in breach of Rule 14-3 if he uses equipment in a traditionally accepted manner.
Note: A player may not use a hand warmer to heat a ball, Decision 14-3/13.5.
Question 2:
What are the circumstances under which a player is permitted to use a distance measuring device on the course?
Answer 2:
If the Committee has established a Local Rule allowing players to use devices that measure or gauge distance only.
