Thread by @GOLF_com

On Jan. 1, more than 30 changes to the Rules of Golf will take effect. To get you ready, we're rolling out "The 12 Days of Rules Changes." Check this thread every day for a new rules change! #12days 🏌️‍♂️

1: If a player deems a ball unplayable in a bunker, they can take relief outside the sand on a line from the hole to where the ball came to rest in the bunker. It'll cost you 2 strokes but could help you out of a bunker blackhole --> golf.social/2SOyxBj #12days

2: The new rules also address the pace of play, recommending "a player should make a stroke in no more than 40 seconds." This rule also suggests that local committees adopt an official Pace of Play Policy --> golf.social/2SP0skC #12days

3: Caddies can mark a player’s ball, and do so without needing authorization. Caddies can even go so far as to replace the ball on the green IF they were the one who marked it.

More on this rule change ➡️ golf.social/2CdZXee #12days

4: There will no longer be a penalty if a player or opponent accidentally causes the player’s ball to move on the putting green.

Learn more about this rule change ➡️ golf.social/2rGlTbQ #12days

5: Players can search for up to three minutes before their ball is deemed lost.

More about this time-saving rule change ➡️ golf.social/2LmJpUh #12days

6: The new rule states that a player’s only requirement is that the ball must be at knee height when dropping and must not touch any part of a player’s body or equipment before hitting the ground.

More on the new procedure for taking a drop ➡️ golf.social/2GsbsTs

7: Golfers are now allowed to repair almost any damage on the green 🙌

Learn the specifics about this rule change ➡️ golf.social/2R2OI0F #12days

8: A new Local Rule will provide golfers with an alternative to stroke-and-distance relief for balls that are lost outside a penalty area or out of bounds.

More on this rule change ➡️ golf.social/2Lzqrdvx #12days

9: Golfers will have more freedom to remove loose impediments in a bunker.

More on what you can and can't do in a bunker ➡️ golf.social/2A8otME #12day

10: Starting in 2019, relief from embedded lies is expanding "through the green" 🙌

Find out more about this helpful rule change ➡️ golf.social/2RbBVJj

11: If a player deflects or stops his own ball in motion there is no penalty and he must play it as it lies. Provided he did so accidentally...

More on this double hit rule change ➡️ golf.social/2GLr6tA

12: In one of the more controversial rule changes for 2019, players will be able to putt with the flagstick IN without a penalty.

More on this controversial rule change ➡️ golf.social/2SiQesV