Dear readers,
A number of you have responded to Ask Linda #951-Using tee in unusual manner,
asking about the legality of cigarette smoking under the Rules of Golf.
Smoking a cigarette is not an unusual use of equipment
(although I am looking forward to the day when all golf courses and public
parks ban smoking). However, deliberately placing a cigarette in your mouth and
pointing it at the ball to help your alignment would be an unusual use that
would lead to disqualification under Rule 14-3.
Similarly, carrying a bottle of water is permitted. However,
if you deliberately place that bottle of water on the putting green in order to
gauge the slope, this would constitute an unusual use of equipment to assist
you in your play and you would be disqualified [Decision 14-3/12.5].
Linda
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