PNGA Rules of Golf Six Week Course

 

Dates:  February 10 – March 19

 

Location:  Held Virtually

 

Instructors:  Brent Whittaker OGA, Nate Schroeder WA Golf, Kyle Weeks IGA, Jerome Goddard BC Golf, Tim Bakker MSGA

 

Description:  The Rules of Golf Six Week Course is designed for those individuals who are looking to learn the Rules of Golf in depth and, optionally, prepare to take the USGA 80 Question Rules Exam. The Course will be broken up into twelve 2-hour sessions over a 6-week period. Sessions will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (MST) beginning on February 10th. These sessions will be held virtually via webinar.

 

Attending Via Webinar:  Before each session, every attendee will receive an email link to the webinar. The webinar will be recorded so that attendees may view or review at their leisure. Those viewing the webinar live will have the ability to ask questions during the sessions. Please note that questions will be handled differently when viewing a recorded webinar and may not be answered quickly.

 

Weekly Office Hours:  Attendees will be grouped into cohorts and, in addition to the Rules Sessions, can attend office hours. Each cohort will have a Rules Expert assigned to them. The Rules Expert will help the attendees by providing answers to the sample Rules Questions given during each session and providing additional Rules learning.

 

 

 

Course Syllabus:
 

Session #1 - Tuesday, February 10, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Introductions 

Rule 1 – The Game, Player Conduct and the Rules 

 

Session #2 – Thursday, February 12, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 2 – The Course 

Rule 3 – The Competition  

Rule 4 – Players Equipment 
 

Session #3 – Tuesday, February 17, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 7 – Ball Search: Finding and Identifying Ball 

Rule 8 – Course Played as it is Found 
 

Session #4 – Thursday, February 19, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 5 – Playing the Round 

Rule 6 – Playing a Hole 
 

Session #5 – Tuesday, February 24, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 14.4 & Rule 6.3 – Status of the Ball 
 

Session #6 – Thursday, February 26, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 14 – Procedures for Ball: Marking, Lifting and Cleaning; Replacing on Spot: Dropping in Relief Area: Playing from Wrong Place 
 

Session #7 – Tuesday, March 3, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 9 – Ball Played as it Lies; Ball at Rest Lifted or Moved 

Rule 10 – Preparing for and Making a Stroke; Advice and Help: Caddies 

Rule 11 – Ball in Motion Accidently Hits Person, Animal or Object; Deliberate actions to Affect Ball in Motion 
 

Session #8 – Thursday, March 5, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 12 – Bunkers 

Rule 13 – Putting Greens 
 

Session #9 – Tuesday, March 10, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 15 – Relief from Loose Impediments and Movable Obstructions (including Ball or Ball-Marker Helping or Interfering with Play) 

Rule 16 – Relief from Abnormal Ground Conditions (including Immovable Obstructions), Dangerous Animal Condition, Embedded Ball 
 

Session #10 – Thursday, March 12, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 17 – Penalty Areas 

Rule 18 – Stroke-and-Distance Relief; Ball Lost or Out of Bounds 

Rule 19 – Unplayable Ball 
 

Session #11 – Tuesday, March 17, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Other forms of Play – Rule 21, 22, 23 and 24 
 

Session #12 – Thursday, March 19, 5:30pm – 7:30pm: 

Rule 20 – Resolving Issues During a Round; Rulings by Referee and Committee 

Rule 25 – Modifications for Players with Disabilities 

 

 

Optional USGA 80 Question Exam:  For MSGA participants that want to take the online 80-question exam please click on the link https://rules.usga.org/rules-exams to register.