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Nonchalant
Putts
A player confronted
with an unconceded putt of three feet or less may elect to approach the ball in
a deliberately casual and unstudied manner and hit it toward the hole with a one-handed
putting stroke using either of two approved perfunctory putting methods.
1. He may knock
the ball toward the hole with a one-handed putting stroke using either the front
or back of the putter. If the ball fails to enter the hole but the player is able
to sink the putt with no more than two additional rapid "taps" made while the
ball is still in motion, the putt is deemed to have been sunk with a single continuous
multipart stroke executed in a staccato fashion rather than multiple separate
attempts.
2. He may adopt
a putting posture in which he crouches over the hole with his hand behind the
cup and drags the ball back toward it with a one-handed pulling stroke. Once the
ball touches his palm, it is deemed to have been holed out, even if the ball never
actually enters the cup and the player is obliged to move his hand a short distance
away from the hole in the direction of the oncoming ball to ensure solid contact
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