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Originally Posted by atticusfinch
You can answer your own question. Remember the rules should be interpreted literally.
The rules say: 14-1. Ball to Be Fairly Struck At. The ball must be fairly struck at with the head of the club and must not be pushed, scraped or spooned.
There is no requirement on what side of the head must be used.
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I have had this discussion before. I know that the rules don't strictly state anywhere that you can't hit the ball with the wrong side of the head, but the rules also say that a clubface cannot be concave (I think that's the right way round). If you hit with the back of say a putter that's an anser style head, then the bit you're hitting it with is concave and hence illegal. People have said that doesn't matter as it's not the clubface, so it's fine. I'd still be very wary of double hitting it as the ball hits the flange and then the back of the clubface itself.