Rule 12 214 Definitions Abnormal Course Condition Any of these four defined conditions: • Animal Hole, • Ground Under Repair, • Immovable Obstruction, or • Temporary Water. Advice 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: • Choosing a club, • Making a stroke, or • Deciding how to play during a hole or round. But advice does not include public information, such as: • The location of things on the course such as the hole, the putting green, the fairway, penalty areas, bunkers, or another player’s ball, • The distance from one point to another, • Wind direction, or • The Rules. Animal Any living member of the animal kingdom (other than humans), including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates (such as worms, insects, spiders and crustaceans). Animal Hole Any hole dug in the ground by an animal, except for holes dug by animals that are also defined as loose impediments (such as worms or insects). The term animal hole includes: • The loose material the animal dug out of the hole, • Any worn-down track or trail leading into the hole, and • Any area on the ground pushed up or altered as a result of the animal digging the hole underground. An animal hole does not include animal footprints that are not part of a worn down track or trail leading into an animal hole.
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