The Specimen Local Rule on page 140 of the Rules of Golf book will be in place:
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Distance Measuring Devices (DMD)
As the English Golf Union (EGU) has taken the decision to allow Distance-Measuring Devices (DMD) to be used in all its championships in 2009. The Competitions Committee recommended that their use in club competitions be permitted subject to the local rule below. The Board has accepted and approved this recommendation at its March 09 meeting.
"For each and every Mens Competition run by or for Lancaster Golf Club and for each days play a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. If, during a stipulated round a player uses a distance measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other Conditions that might affect his play (e.g. gradient, wind speed, temperature etc.) the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the Penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional function is actually used."
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