Avståndsmätare tillåtna på Ullna GC,

USGA (United States Golf Association) och R&A (Royal & Ancient) har från och med 2006 godkänt användande av avståndsmätare/lasermätare på tävling och andra handicap-påverkande ronder, men lämnat upp till varje enskild golfklubb att bestämma huruvida detta ska gälla på klubben ifråga. Styrelsen för Ullna GC har, genom en lokal regel (14-3), beslutat att tillåta användandet av avståndsmätare/lasermätare på klubben.

utdrag från Royal & Ancient:

Decision 14-3 in the 2006-2007 Decisions on the Rules of Golf enables a Committee to introduce a Local Rule permitting golfers to use a distance measuring device to obtain distance information during a round. Without such a Local Rule, the use of such a distance measuring device is a breach of Rule 14-3, the penalty for which is disqualification.

The R&A is not advocating the introduction of a Local Rule permitting the use of distance measuring devices and is not introducing such a Local Rule for any of its own amateur championships or matches, or The Open Championship. It is for each individual Committee to decide whether it wants to allow the use of distance measuring devices for play on its course or in certain of its competitions. In the absence of a Local Rule, the use of such a device is contrary to the Rules of Golf. If the Committee wishes to introduce such a Local Rule, the following wording is recommended:

Distance-Measuring Devices:
For all play at this course, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. However, if, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect his play (e.g., gradient, wind-speed, temperature, etc.), the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional functions are actually used.

It should be noted that any Local Rule, regardless of the wording, must prohibit the use of a distance measuring device that is capable of gauging or measuring other conditions that might affect play, even if such a function is not used.