{"id":246,"date":"2013-01-29T11:57:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T19:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2023-08-02T16:36:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:36:36","slug":"rules-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/?page_id=246","title":{"rendered":"USGA Rules of Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Rules and Integrity<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Like fishermen, golfers get a bad rap for the outlandish,\u00a0exaggerated\u00a0or even fictional stories they tell. \u00a0But that&#8217;s the stories they tell. \u00a0The game itself is played under the rules of golf, which all golfers are\u00a0responsible\u00a0for knowing and adhering to. \u00a0It is not golf and it is not even fun (the prime rule of golf) if it is not played by the rules and with individual integrity. \u00a0Ask yourself, How well do I know the rules? \u00a0Am I always playing by the rules? \u00a0Am I sometimes less than truthful or honest with myself and playing partners? \u00a0You may find that you are enjoying the game less and that partners no longer want you to join their foursomes if you are lacking in some or all of these aspects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This DLB Seniors webpage is designed to help you get up to speed on the Rules of Golf, test your understanding of the rules, and list some real life, on course examples. \u00a0If you have some examples that help illustrate the rules, please email them to me at dlbsrmensclub@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>click here:\u00a0 <strong><a class=\"maxbutton-16 maxbutton maxbutton-usga-rules-of-golf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usga.org\/rules\/rules-and-clarifications\/rules-and-clarifications.html#!ruletype=fr&amp;section=rule&amp;rulenum=1\" data-maxbuttoncounter=\"{&quot;button_id&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.usga.org\\\/rules\\\/rules-and-clarifications\\\/rules-and-clarifications.html#!ruletype=fr&amp;amp;section=rule&amp;amp;rulenum=1&quot;,&quot;check&quot;:&quot;_lQOhEQm&quot;}\" data-maxbuttonpage=\"{&quot;id&quot;:246,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;page&quot;}\"><span class='mb-text' >USGA RULES OF GOLF<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rules and Integrity Like fishermen, golfers get a bad rap for the outlandish,\u00a0exaggerated\u00a0or even fictional stories they tell. \u00a0But that&#8217;s the stories they tell. \u00a0The game itself is played under the rules of golf, which all golfers are\u00a0responsible\u00a0for knowing and adhering to. \u00a0It is not golf and it is not even fun (the prime rule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/front-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-246","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3635,"href":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246\/revisions\/3635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlbseniors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}