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Originally Posted by GolfSavage
yet it has been stated by some that not playing by those rules means you're not really playing "golf". I find that absurd,
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Chill.
When people make that statment they are saying that the rules of golf should be literally interpreted. There is a definition of the game of golf in the rules and if you define it any other way, you are not interpreting the rules in the literal fashion desired. No one is saying you can't play a game with a club and ball by other rules, it is only a reminder that any discussion about the rules of golf must proceed from a literal reading. Therefore, if you do not play by the rules you are not playing golf as it is defined in the rules.
I am not familiar with the rules of baseball or football...but do they contain a definitiion of the game as in the rules of golf?