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Originally Posted by Leaguegolf
Nobody is twisting your arm to play golf by the USGA or R&A Rules of Golf. However, if you enter into any kind of competetion (other than that played with your regular foursome) there has to be rules that everyone plays by.
The USGA's and R&A's are better than most. 
Do you make "right field" an automatic out when only 3 of your foursome show up?  |
We are obviously not bound by the USGA and R&A rules outside their sanctioned competitions or handicapping system, yet it has been stated by some that not playing by those rules means you're not really playing "golf". I find that absurd, as the USGA and R&A may own the set of rules they print, but that doesn't give them ownership over everything "golf". So abide by their rules when necessary to do so, otherwise, keep it "fair and equitable".
Does your son play baseball by the MLB rules? If not, does that mean he's not really playing baseball? Do high school and college football teams follow the same rules as the NFL? No, of course not. But it's still football!
As long as you're attempting to place a small ball into a hole in the ground using various lofted clubs in the fewest number of strokes, it's a form of golf!