- Search time — Reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes
- Ball moved during search — Replace with no penalty
- Embedded ball — Take relief anywhere in the ‘general area’, except in the sand
- ‘General area’ is the new term for ‘through the green’
- Measuring a drop — Use longest club, except putter
- Dropping — Drop from knee height rather than shoulder height
- Ball unintentionally hits player or equipment — No penalty
- Double hit — No penalty, now only counts as the 1 stroke
- Loose impediments — Can be removed anywhere including penalty areas
- Dropping a ball out of the bunker — Permitted with 2 penalty strokes
- Water hazards — Now called ‘penalty areas’
- Touching ground in penalty area — No penalty
- Ball moves on green after being marked — Replace with no penalty
- Ball accidentally moved on putting green — Replace with no penalty
- All damage to green — Can now be repaired
- Positioning a club for alignment — Not permitted
- Putting with flag stick in hole — No penalty, now permitted
- Ball wedged against the flag stick and side of hole — Deemed as holed