21 Rule 1 • Taking good care of the course – for example, by replacing divots, smoothing bunkers, repairing ball-marks, and not causing unnecessary damage to the course. There is no penalty under the Rules for failing to act in this way, except that the Committee may disqualify a player for acting contrary to the spirit of the game if it finds that the player has committed serious misconduct. “Serious misconduct” is player behaviour that is so far removed from what is expected in golf that the most severe sanction of removing a player from the competition is justified. Penalties other than disqualification may be imposed for player misconduct only if those penalties are adopted as part of a Code of Conduct under Rule 1.2b. 1.2b Code of Conduct The Committee may set its own standards of player conduct in a Code of Conduct adopted as a Local Rule. • The Code may include penalties for breach of its standards, such as a one-stroke penalty or the general penalty. • The Committee may also disqualify a player for serious misconduct in failing to meet the Code’s standards. See Committee Procedures, Section 5I (explaining the standards of player conduct that may be adopted). 1.3 Playing by the Rules 1.3a Meaning of “Rules”; Terms of the Competition The term “Rules” means: • Rules 1-25 and the definitions in these Rules of Golf, and • Any “Local Rules” the Committee adopts for the competition or the course. Players are also responsible for complying with all “Terms of the Competition” adopted by the Committee (such as entry requirements, the form and dates of play, the number of rounds and the number and order of holes in a round). See Committee Procedures, Section 5C (Local Rules) and Section 8 (Full set of authorized Model Local Rules); Section 5A (Terms of the Competition).
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