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Member submitted Handicapping and Rules questions answered by the SCGA!

    Writely Wedged: When Your Ball Glues Itself Above the Bunker’s Face

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    Know Your Scorecard: If Only They Could Talk

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    Beached, But Not Trapped: If an Entire Rule is Dedicated to one Area of the Course, you Know it Must be Important

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    Now Hear This: Audio Equipment and the Rules

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    Embedded Ball

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    Rule 25

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