Golf Smarter number 428, published on March 18, 2014.

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The USGA's Rules of Golf is very hard to read, but by design, it is the legal explanation of the rules. And you were talking about difficulty

understanding. There's a ball and there's the ball, and they are completely two different things.

Or you have a golfer and the golfer. No, technically, that's the definition. You know,

like, I am the golfer and you are a golfer. The ball I'm playing is

the ball as opposed to the one in my pocket, which is a ball. It is very confusing. The USGA does a

great job at creating a definition that is the epitome of what it needs to be.

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Hey, Fred. It's great to be on. Thanks.

Thank you. So you've written this cute little book, but you're not an author. You're not a golf instructor. You're a guy with a job like all of us. But you had this need to write a book about golf rules. Why? I did. Like many golfers,

I tried to get through the USGA's rule book. It's, I know, I know. Well, actually, I guess I

should say like many, most people don't own a copy, let alone crack it open. But I tried several times in my life to get through the book. And the last time was about three years ago. And I had read the section on tending the flagstick. And immediately flashback 30 years to me being a teen and my dad taking me out

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