# Rule 24: Team Competitions (The R&A and USGA Rules of Golf)

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Terms of a team competition, the team captain, the advice giver and advice between team members.

## 24.241 Team Competitions

What a team event is, results and ties, the captain and the advice giver.

### Test 1: What a team competition is

- A team is a group of players who play as individuals or sides against other teams. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.1)
- Everything up to Four-Ball applies, with Rule 24's changes. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.1)
- Play in a team event may also be part of another competition. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.1)
- The Committee sets the form of play and how the team score is calculated. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- The Terms set the number of scores to count in each team's total. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- The Terms state the points awarded for winning or tying a match. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- The Terms say whether a tie stands and, if not, how it is decided. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- The Terms decide which scores count in the total. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- Rule 24 modifies everything before it for team play. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.1)
- The best three are 71, 72 and 75: 218. The 80 does not count. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)

### Test 2: Team match play and the captain

- Each team may name a captain to lead it and make decisions for it. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.3)
- The captain picks players for rounds and matches, the order and the partnerships. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.3)
- Rule 24.3 lets the captain be a player. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.3)
- Order of play within the team is a captain's decision. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.3)
- Two wins and two halves: 2 + 1 = 3. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- Advice comes from an advice giver named under a Local Rule; the captain may be that person. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.3; Rule 24.4a)
- Rules 1-23 apply, so each match is decided as usual. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.1)
- Selection, pairing and order are captain's decisions. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.3)
- One, a half, then nothing. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- Two wins and one tie make two and a half. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)

### Test 3: The advice giver

- The Committee may adopt a Local Rule for it. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4a)
- It may be the captain, a coach or another person, including a team member. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4a)
- The advice giver must be identified to the Committee first. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4a)
- The Committee may allow a change during a round or the competition. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4a)
- H-2 lets the Committee allow two advice givers. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4a; Model Local Rule H-2)
- A playing advice giver may not act in that role during their round. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4b)
- An advice giver may give advice and other help as allowed in Rule 10.2. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4a)
- Identification comes before any advice. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4a)
- The role is switched off while they play. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4b)
- A is the named advice giver, not playing. B is a playing team-mate, C a spectator and D an opponent. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4)

### Test 4: No advice between team-mates

- The ban on advice between team members does not apply to partners. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4c)
- The ban applies whether the team-mate is in the same group or another. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4c)
- Asking a team member on the course for advice breaches Rule 24.4. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4c; Rule 10.2a)
- The general penalty under Rule 10.2a: loss of hole in match play. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4)
- The general penalty under Rule 10.2a: two strokes in stroke play. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4)
- H-5 covers stroke-play team events where the round counts only for the team. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4c; Model Local Rule H-5)
- During the round the usual advice limits of Rule 10.2 apply to them. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4b)
- The general penalty applies under Rule 10.2a. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4c)
- A partner may give advice under the ordinary Rules; an advice giver exists where the Committee adopts a Local Rule naming one; a team-mate in another group may not advise at all. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4)
- Team members other than partners may not ask for or give advice, wherever they are. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.4c)

### Test 5: Team results and ties

- 70 + 73 + 74 = 217; the 79 is dropped. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- The Terms set how a tie will be decided when one is not allowed. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- Choosing the form of play is part of setting the Terms. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- One round can serve both competitions, penalties included. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.1)
- Points for winning or tying are set in the Terms of the Competition. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- Only valid scores can count towards the team total. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2; Rule 3.3)
- Mixing forms across days is fine when the Terms provide for it. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- Ties come last, under the Terms. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- The form of play governs from the first stroke, which scores count is applied as each round's scores come in, and a tie-breaker is needed only once all the scores are known. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)
- A won three matches and B two, so A takes the tie. (Source: Rules of Golf (2023), Rule 24.2)

Sources: Rules of Golf, effective January 2023 (The R&A and USGA), Rule 24 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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