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by Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger is a PGA professional at The Landings Club in Savannah , Georgia .
Auld Lang Syne and the dearly departed rules A quiz to start off the year ...
Apparently , the title of this famous Scottish poem by Robert Burns ( pictured to the right ) means “ for the sake of old times .” “ Auld Lang Syne ” is commonly sung to herald the arrival of the New Year and is about recalling friends from the past and not letting them be forgotten . The purpose of this quiz is to remember some dearly-departed Rules and see if you can identify their counterparts in the current Rules .
1 . “ In case two or more parties meet at the hole , the party who plays first must be allowed to play their second strokes before the party who plays after them shall be allowed to strike off their first Ball .” [ from the Society of Golfers at Bruntsfield Links : 1773 ]
2 . “ If your Balls be found anywhere touching or within six inches of one another , you are to lift the first Ball until the other is played .” [ from the Leith Golfing Company : 1775 ]
3 . “ That if a ball shall be so played as to stick fast in the ground , the said ball shall be loosened by the opposite party to the owner of the ball so fastened .” [ from the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing
Society : 1802 ]
4 . “ If a ball be lost , three minutes shall be allowed to search for it , and if not found within that time , the player shall return to the place from which he took his last stroke and tee a new ball ; the stroke by which he lost his ball being counted against him .” [ from the Perth Golfing Society : 1825 ]
5 . “ Whilst a Stroke is played , none of the Party shall walk about , making any motion , or attempting to take off the Player ’ s attention by speaking or otherwise .” [ from the Blackheath Golf Club : 1828 ]
6 . “ New holes shall always be made on the day a medal is played for , and no competitor shall play at these holes before he starts for the prize .” [ from the Society of St . Andrews Golfers : 1829 ]
7 . “ If a ball split into two or more pieces , a fresh ball may be put down where the largest portion of the ball was found …” [ from the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club : 1883 ]
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