67 Rule 6 » If two or more players have the same score at a hole, they should play in the same order as at the previous teeing area. » The honour is based on gross scores, even in a handicap competition. • After All Players Have Started a Hole. » The ball that is farthest from the hole should be played first. » If two or more balls are the same distance from the hole or their relative distances are not known, the ball to be played first should be decided by agreement or by using a random method. There is no penalty if a player plays out of turn, except that if two or more players agree to play out of turn to give one of them an advantage and one of them then plays out of turn, each player who made the agreement gets the general penalty (two penalty strokes). (2) Playing Out of Turn in a Safe and Responsible Way (“Ready Golf”). Players are both allowed and encouraged to play out of turn in a safe and responsible way, such as when: • Two or more players agree to do so for convenience or to save time, • A player’s ball comes to rest a very short distance from the hole and the player wishes to hole out, or • An individual player is ready and able to play before another player whose turn it is to play under the normal order of play in (1), so long as in playing out of turn the player does not endanger, distract or interfere with any other player. But if the player whose turn it is to play under (1) is ready and able to play and indicates that they want to play first, other players should generally wait until that player has played. A player should not play out of turn to gain an advantage over other players. 6.4c When Player Will Play Provisional Ball or Another Ball from Teeing Area The order of play in this case is for all other players in the group to make their first stroke on the hole before the player plays the provisional ball or another ball from the teeing area. If more than one player will play a provisional ball or another ball from the teeing area, the order of play is the same order as before. For a provisional ball or another ball played out of turn, see Rules 6.4a(2) and 6.4b.
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