The rule for an unplayable lie and the recognition of stroke play as a form of play in addition to match play (1759 St. Andrews). The rules on outside agencies and plugged balls (1773 Edinburgh ...

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Call it the Paul Mitzel update. Or the Akshay Bhatia one. Or the Korn Ferry sixsome update. Any of those could work. Each refers to incidents in which a player or the player’s caddie claimed to have ...