Devoted Golfers

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DUNANY COUNTRY CLUB
2053 Dunany Road, Lachute, Quebec, J8H-3W8
Telephone - 450-562-4885

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"Devoted Golfers"

Golfers are known for their dedication to the game, but perhaps the most astonishing evidence of the fact is a document headed "Temporary Rules - 1940 - Richmond Golf Club, Sudbrook Park, England". It reads:

1/- Players are asked to collect the bomb and
shrapnel splinters to avoid damage
to the mowing machines.

2/- In competition, during gunfire or while bombs
are falling, players may take shelter without penalty
for ceasing play.

3/- The positions of known delayed-action bombs
are marked by red flags at a reasonable, but not
guaranteed, safe distance there from.

4/- Shrapnel and/or bomb splinters on the fairways
or in bunkers, within a club's length of a ball,
may be moved without penalty, and no penalty shall
be incurred if a ball is thereby caused to move
accidentally.

5/- A ball moved by enemy action may be replaced,
or if destroyed, a ball may be dropped not nearer
the hole without penalty.

6/- A player whose stroke is affected by the
simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play
another ball. Penalty, one stroke.