Thursday, January 06, 2005

Golf during wartime

The website www.ruleshistory.com reproduces some interesting local rules for golfers during World War 2.
They were made of stern stuff in those days, and although "a player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball" the rule goes on to say "penalty one stroke".
Here's the full list:
www.ruleshistory.com/misc.html#war