00:00right fergus i've got this tricky uphill approach shot here and i want to know under the rules of
00:04golf what i am and i'm not allowed to ask you okay in terms of helping me play it are
00:08you ready yes
00:09am i allowed to ask you what club to hit no if you've just hit from here am i allowed
00:15to ask
00:15what club you hit no you can't ask that am i allowed to ask you how far it is you
00:20can ask
00:21what the orange is yes i've got a slope adjusted laser here and as we can see it's playing
00:25significantly uphill if you were to use this and get a yardage on this can i then ask you
00:29what that was not if i had the slope adjustment uh turned on right that would be construed as uh
00:37you know illegal help okay in competition play am i allowed to ask you about the contours of the green
00:44how they might influence how the ball lands no that would be advice anything that's advice would be out
00:49and you'd be incurring a penalty if you ask me those things and what would the penalty be it would
00:53be
00:53general penalty two shots in stroke play loss a hole in match play so there you go when it comes
00:57to advice
00:58advice you can only really ask how far it is and nothing else
01:00you
