A STEP FORWARD - There's Almost No Turning Back - It's ALL OUT ATTACK - and GREAT FUN!

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120 An ∞/Ω zone boundary is always a CLOSED LOOP, made up of a linear section(the Base Line), and an 'artistically' curved section, roughly in the shape of an Ω

Referring to Photos ...... ....... ......... above ↑

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100 Introduction. Magically, every Hole in a BG five ball game has the potential to become a dramatically tight game, within a game, in a LEVELLING UP process that demands the full commitment of all five BG players. The First Phase of the contest at any Hole is always one in which all BG players compete against one another, to try to win the Hole outright. From this endeavour a PROVISIONAL WINNER (PW) of the Hole may emerge, together with four PROVISIONAL UNDERDOGS (PU). If so, a Second Phase, in the form of a SKEWED Repêchage Putting event, R1, between the individual PW and each distinct member of the PU team, could possibly be a decisive conclusion in favour of either the PW or the PU. However, if a Second Phase R1 competition results in a Tie between PW & PU, a Third Phase contest comprising a less rigorously SKEWED Repêchage Putting event, R2, automatically follows R1. This will definitively determine the conflict between the individual PW and the team of PU. Victory or a TIE by the PW in a Third Phase R2 event is needed to upgrade the Provisional Winner (PW) of a Hole into the Absolute Winner (AW) of the Hole. The full COINS! reward for victory at the Hole goes unconditionally to the AW. (A notional Gallant Losers award is given to the team members of the PU.) Very distinctly from R1 & R2 events, an alternative (and decisive) First Phase occurrence may be a TOPDOG TIE (TT) between TWO individual BG players! This latter possibility triggers the 'Historic Rule': TWO TIE, ALL TIE! and play at the hole is automatically terminated at this First Phase of play at the end of the Hole. The COINS! prize for a victory at the TIED Hole is CONSERVED, to be played for at the very next Hole, along with the COIN that represents an ABSOLUTE WIN (AW) at this subsequent Hole. Thus the contest at any BriskerGolf Hole may conclude as a Single Phase TT game, or either a Double or Triple Phase REPÊCHAGE Putting event, between a PU Team versus an individual PW. Opportunities exist for all five BG players to become actively involved in the critical conclusion of every Hole!

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101 BriskerGolfers compete as individuals in a FIVE BALL, initially to achieve the status of PROVISIONAL WINNER (PW) at a Hole. The formation of a PW simultaneously creates an opposing team of PROVISIONAL LOSERS (PL) at the Hole, and automatically initiates either a single(decisive win) or double SKEWED REPÊCHAGE competition, R1, or R1(tied), plus R2, between the PW and every individual member of the PL team. Overall victory for the PW over the PL seamlessly upgrades his/her status to that of ABSOLUTE WINNER (AW) of the Hole! Conversely, victory by any PL team member in either R1 or, following a PW/PL tie in R1, a PL win in R2, equates to the dethronement of the PW (and the ignominious title of Absolute Loser (AL) of the Hole! There are three ways for an PW to achieve AW confirmation: (i) Conclusively WINNING the first and only Repêchage event, R1, against the PL, or (ii) TIEING in TWO Repêchage events, R1 & R2, against the PL, or (iii) TIEING in a first Repêchage event, R1, then conclusively WINNING a second Repêchage event, R2, against the PL. A permanently recorded COINS! award, of either a single COIN, or an accumulation of yet-to-be-won COINS! (a COINS! Bonanza) awaits the Absolute Winner (AW) of a Hole!

If a PROVISIONAL WINNER (PW) LOSES a Repêchage event to the PL, this represents a conclusive VICTORY for the PL team. They have conserved the COINS! value of a Hole.

This is rolled up, together with the single COIN representing the value of the successive Hole, forming a COINS! BONANZA as a prize for the ABSOLUTE WINNER (AW) of the next Hole.

In the event of an initial TIE at a Hole, there is no Repêchage event to follow it, and the Historic Rule:

TWO TIE, ALL TIE

applies.

A TIE implies that the COINS! value of a failed WIN at the current Hole is conserved and carried forward, to be accumulated with the single COIN value of the successive Hole.

(This 'rolling up' practice of yet-to-be-won COINS! provides a COIN BONANZA at the successive Hole, which continues to grow with every successively tied Hole, until an Absolute Win (AW) is achieved.)

When a COIN BONANZA is eventually won outright, the COINS! value of a WIN at the next Hole reverts to a single COIN, and the competitive process of the game of COINS! continues as before.

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102 (Continuation of Note 101 above.)

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103 Are FIVE golfers playing in Photo 103 below?

Four golfers are playing together, or is it five golfers? The fifth one could be within the woods, but would not delay the group by more than 30 seconds, as a BriskerGolfer.

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Photo 104 Are there Four or Five golfers playing below ? ↓

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107 Overview of BG (BriskerGolf). BG is a Pure and Very Brisk Five Ball golf game! BriskerGolfers compete against each other to try to achieve a PROVISIONAL WIN (PW) at a Hole, and thereafter an ABSOLUTE WIN (AW) by victory in a single or double Repêchage Putting event (R1, & possibly also R2), against a 'spontaneously formed' team of four PROVISIONAL UNDERDOGS (PU). If a PW loses a Repêchage event, such a defeat completely derails his/her aim of challenging for an ABSOLUTE WIN (AW), and earns the PW the ignominious title of ABSOLUTE LOSER (AL) of the Hole! The PU team achieves its objective: to CONSERVE the COINS! value of the Hole, so that it can be 'rolled over' to be played for at the very next Hole, coupled with the COINS value of this Hole. There are three successful Repêchage Putting routes for a COIN or COINS win by a PW: (i) a single R1 win; (ii) a combination of both an R1 tie & an R2 tie; (iii) a combination of an R1 tie plus a decisive R2 win. Each golf Hole in BG is made up of a gigantic, unlimited PLAYING FIELD, the ∞ zone, (INFINITY zone), together with a relatively small, distinctively-shaped, closed-loop, finite TARGET AREA, the Ω zone, (OMEGA zone), as in Photo 108 below. Of utmost importance at every Hole is the maintenance of a Brisk Golf pace. This often necessitates the use of FREE BG Assists: 'X Assist' & 'x assist'. [See Notes 245 & 250 on webpage BG (2)]. Two separate sets of BG Rules have been created to govern play in the two distinct zones at each Hole: the ∞ zone rules & the Ω zone rules, [See Notes 125 & 130 below], to facilitate BRISKER progress in every BG round.

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'Nursery slope games' of BG exist, as BG4, BG3 and BG2.

In addition, 'Advanced party-games' of BG, such as BG6, BG7, BG8, and so on, are also possible, (subject to Special Permission from a Course Controller).

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X Assist => (Xero penalty) Assist

x assist => (xero penalty) assist

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108 (Continuation of Note 107 above). What appears to be an Outright Win at a Hole is in fact only a Provisional Win (PW) at a Hole. It is a Partial Victory, which automatically triggers a SKEWED Repêchage putting event, R1, between the individual Provisional Winner(PW) of the Hole and the spontaneously created team of four Provisional Uderdogs(PU) at the Hole. If the Provisional Winner out-putts ALL the PU at event R1, then he/she achieves the title of Absolute Winner(AW) of the Hole, and collects the COIN or COINS Bonanza Hoard for the Hole (and correspondingly a team of four Gallant Losers(GL) is created and consoled!) However, if the Hole is TIED in event R1, the Historic Rule 'Two Tie, All Tie' applies, which automatically triggers a second, more mildly SKEWED Repêchage putting event, R2, between the Provisional Winner(PW) and the menacing team of four Provisional Underdogs(PU). The initial R2 putting start-line becomes the imaginary TANGENT to the TOP CURVE of the Ω / ∞ Line, as described above (in Note 123). The team of Provisional Underdogs(PU) has 'ONE LAST CHANCE' to defeat the Provisional Winner(PW) of the Hole, in the R2 event. Thus if the PW ties or wins R2 he/she is declared the ABSOLUTE Winner(AW)* of the Hole! [*The reward for such a feat is either a single COIN or a greater number of 'accumulated' COINS! (termed a COINS! BONANZA [C'B'za]). Unfortunately, a Provisional Winner (PW) who loses either Repêchage event forfeits the reward of all the COINS! associated with Definitively Winning either R1 or R2, (or twice-tieing the Repêchages, R1 & R2). The COINS! prize is instead CONSERVED as an accumulated BONUS reward [ a COINS! BONANZA] at the very next Hole, in addition to the single COIN reward for this successive Hole. [The former Provisional Winner (PW) of the Hole automatically receives the ignominious award of Absolute Loser(AL) of the Hole, whilst the individual members of the PU team become Absolute Defenders (AD) of the Hole! ]

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Photo 109 below ↓

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110 The vastness of the ∞ zone (INFINITY zone) of a BriskerGolf(BG) Hole is confirmed below, in Photo 110. The ∞ zone exists as a gigantic, unlimited PLAYING FIELD, that stretches from the TEE at any specific Hole to beyond the furthest reaches of the perifery of the GREEN at the Hole, and includes areas that are 'infinitely BEYOND' any outer boundaries* created for 'formal Standard Golf(SG) play' at a Hole. [*All balls SKEWED or OVERHIT beyond SG boundaries, (potentially some of those shown in Photo 110 below, as areas (∞), [∞] and {∞}), are WITHIN the ∞ zone, wherever they land. Such balls, 'found' or decisively declared 'lost', within 30 seconds of their owners' arrival at a ball search location, are playable as ∞ zone balls when FOUND (or declared LOST) and may be FREELY moved and Carefully PLACED 'within SG boundaries' by virtue of the FREE X Assist Rule: [See Note 245 on webpage BG(2)].

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Photo 111 below ↓

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112 Key to '∞ zone' BRACKETS used in Photo 110 above.

No brackets => ∞ zone, on Fairway

( ∞ ) => ∞ zone, Left of Fairway, either in-bounds or out-of-bounds in Standard Golf(SG)

[ ∞ ] => ∞ zone, Right of Fairway, either in-bounds or out-of-bounds in Standard Golf(SG)

{ ∞ } => ∞ zone, Overhit Beyond Ω zone entirely: either in-bounds or out-of-bounds in Standard Golf(SG)

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115 Natural & Artificial lies. Optional use of 'X Assist' and 'x assist.'

Every ball location from a TEE shot is PLAYABLE in BriskerGolf(BG), with the majority of second shots being from ∞ zone lies.

Most ∞ zone lies are termed Natural lies, such as:

ALL in-bounds lies in the Rough (which includes ALL formal and casual Water hazards, and ALL Natural sand lies, such as barancas and beaches.)

ALL Standard Golf(SG) out-of-bounds lies.

ALL Lost Ball occasions.

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Optional FREE RELIEF is available for decisive BriskerGolfers within 30 seconds of arrival at either the approximate location of a 'Lost' ∞ zone Ball, or the exact location of a 'Found' ∞ zone Ball, (albeit found in an awkward lie).

For such a Natural lie, an optional FREE aid is available, X Assist, for ALL BriskerGolfers. [See Note 245 on webpage BG(2) for details of X Assist (X => Xero penalty)].

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An Artificial lie is the opposite of a Natural lie: it is a lie in a deliberately manicured construction on a golf course. Examples of Artificial lies include:

Fairways
Hard Core Roads and Pathways
Raked Sand Bunkers
Greens
Manicured Grass Aprons adjacent to Greens
Stone or wooden constructions

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It is sometimes possible to land in a degraded Artificial lie. To guard against being disadvantaged by such an event, a separate, optional, FREE x assist is available to all BriskerGolfers. [See Note 250 on webpage BG(2)] for details of x assist (where x => xero penalty)].

Examples of degraded Artificial lies include:

Fairways degraded by divots, animal scrapes, sprinkler heads, artificial constructions (stone-based or metal or wooden), footpaths and roads, bridges, bulwarks, fences, sheds, towers, casual water

Raked Sand Bunkers degraded by an embedded ball lie, divots, animal scrapes, footprints(human or animal), machinery

Greens degraded by pitch marks, divots, animal scrapes, footprints(human or animal), machinery, casual water

Aprons adjacent to Greens similarly degraded as Greens

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Photo 120 below ↓

121 An IMAGINARY STRAIGHT LINE at a TANGENT to the Very Front Edge of a GREEN at a Hole, is of DUAL SIGNIFICANCE in BriskerGolf: (i) It is the Straight Line (Base-Line) beginning of an OZONE Boundary, part of a joint Boundary between the ∞ zone and the Ω zone of a Hole, (see Photo 120 above). (ii) Additionally, it is the START LINE which is used in the event of an initial REPÊCHAGE (putting event), R1, being played at a Hole. [See Repêchage event, Note 260 on webpage B(2).]

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Photo 122 Another ∞ / Ω zone Base-Line boundary below ↓, (similar to Photo 120 Ω zone Base-Line Boundary above ↑)

Photo 122 above ↑

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123 Another IMAGINARY STRAIGHT LINE at a TANGENT to the Very REAR Edge of a GREEN at a Hole ('INVISIBLE' in Photos 120 & 122 above), parallel to the Principal Imaginary Straight Line at the Base of the Hole, is of SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE in BriskerGolf: it is the START LINE which is used in the event of a SECOND REPÊCHAGE (putting) event , R2, being played at a Hole.

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125 INTERLUDE (1): Photo 120 above, is also an example of a distinct difference between STANDARD Golf(SG) and BRISKER Golf(BG

BriskerGolf (BG) dispenses with the relatively new Rule Modification* initiated by the R&A and USPGA on 1st January 2019, which reduced Ball Search Time to a maximum of 3 minutes.

[* A modification of the age-old 5 minute Ball Search Time rule].

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The invisible fifth BriskerGolfer above will be able to claim much improved FREE relief within 30 seconds of his/her arrival at an approximate ball-search area at a Hole, via the important BG Free Ball Search Rule: X ASSIST (Xero ASSIST).

X ASSIST is a BG FREE RULE that enables a BriskerGolfer to eXtricate himself/herself from any awkward Natural in-bounds lie, either within the rough*, or in any out-of-bounds lie**, external to a Standard Golf(SG) Hole, including any lost ball lie. [See Note 115 above, and Note 245, webpage BG(2)]

[* Rough includes includes any form of water: formal (Ponds, Lakes, Sea, Rivers, Ditches, Streams, Canals) and casual (puddles, bogs)].

[** Out-of-bounds refers to any ball lost or found externally to the current boundary of a Standard Golf(SG) Hole.]

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140 The ∞ zone at a Hole always surrounds the Ω zone, as shown in Photo 145 below. Note that the Ω/∞ TOP LINE, parallel to the Ω/∞ BASE LINE remains 'invisible'. This Top Line is only to be temporarily marked out with with TWO TEE PEGS, when needed for a second REPÊCHAGE event, R2, at a Hole.

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055 below ↓ shows that the ∞ zone surrounds the Ω zone at a Hole. Note that the imaginary Ω / ∞ Top Line parallel to the Ω / ∞ Base Line remains invisible. This latter line (just below {∞}) is only to be marked out (by two TEE PEGS) and used for a second Repêchage event, R2.

145 below↓

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055 Above ↑

Note that the Ω / ∞ boundary may optionally exceed the boundary of the Green at a Hole, but its minimum size is the actual boundary of the Green, plus the minimal area between the straight-line ∞ / Ω boundary at a tangent to the forefront of the Green, and the curvature of the Green at either side of its tangential forefront.

BriskerGolfers may choose to include or exclude any manicured areas of grass or sand that are adjacent to the Green, as either Ω or ∞ zone regions of a Hole.

When an imaginary Ω / ∞ boundary passes through a sand hazard, as in 055 above, the WHOLE of the sand hazard may be deemed to be in the Ω zone. Alternatively NONE of the sand hazard may be deemed to be in the Ω zone.

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060 below ↓

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060 above ↑

Note that a WIDER version of the Ω zone above may be imagined, to include the two bunkers either side of the Green.

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065 below ↓ shows a glorious links green, without any green side bunkers, but having a very variable interpretation of its Ω zone!

065 above ↑

Note that manicured areas of grass, adjacent to the fine cut areas of the Green, may be considered to be within the Ω zone of the Hole.

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070 Natural Hazards within the ∞ zone of a BG Hole.

A Natural Hazard on a BriskerGolf(BG) Hole may be in any ∞ zone location: fairway, rough (including native sand), or in an out-of-bounds area of a Standard Golf(SG) Hole! (Note that such an SG out-of-bounds area is only recognised as an ∞ zone in BG.)

A ball considered by its owner to be lying in a marginally BELOW AVERAGE LIE, within the ∞ zone of a BG Hole, (i.e. more awkward to play than in a normal lie) qualifies as being in a Natural Hazard.

Natural Hazards include:

Fairway lies, such as divot holes; animal scrapes; mud balls; puddle balls; stone impediments

Rough lies, such as thick semi-rough; deep rough grass; scrub; bushes; trees; stone or wooden impediments

Watery lies, such as temporary puddles and mud; boggy ground

Essential man-made on-course immovable constructions are also termed Natural Hazards. Examples include sprinkler heads, fences, walls, towers, sheds, bulwarks and bridges.

Lost Ball lies

Out Of Bounds lies (any ball in an out-of-bounds area of a Standard Golf(SG) Hole is NOT PENALISED. The errant ball (or a substitute ball) is moved to a location within the in-bounds area of a Standard Golf(SG) Hole, not nearer to the PIN, and from this spot the X Assist Rule (BG FREE FIVE STRIDE RETREAT RULE [BG FFSRR]) is applied to the found ball or to a substitute ball.)

∞ zone locations of Natural Hazards are denoted as:

(∞) => left of fairway; ∞ => central fairway; [∞] => right of fairway

{∞} => beyond {i.e. overshooting} the Target of the Ω zone

(See 040 above ↑)

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075 Artificial Hazards in the ∞ zone of a BG Hole.

An Artificial Hazard in the ∞ zone of a BriskerGolf(BG) Hole may be in the fairway or the rough, and its location is purposely to entrap unwary golfers!

Examples include raked sand bunkers, cut grass bunkers, cut grass mounds, and water hazards, (excluding temporary water, such as puddles and boggy ground, which are Natural Hazards).

Artificial Hazards include:

Raked Sand Bunkers: denoted as (∞ sand); ∞ sand; [∞ sand]; {∞ sand}

Cut Grass Hollows: denoted as (∞ hollow); ∞ hollow; [∞ hollow]; {∞ hollow}

Cut Grass Humps: denoted as (∞ hump); ∞ hump; [∞ hump]; {∞ hump}

Formal Water Hazards: (ditches, streams, ponds, lakes, rivers, sea, ocean) denoted as (∞ water); ∞ water; [∞ water]; {∞ water}

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080 The BG 'X Assist' is a LIFELINE that is freely available to any BriskerGolfer experiencing a 'Natural Hazard' within the ∞ zone.

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085 1.01.9 The BG Free Single Stride Retreat Rule (BG FSSRR) is a short but vital LIFELINE from an 'Awkward Lie' in any Artificial Hazard in the ∞ zone.

An Artificial Hazard in the ∞ zone of a BriskerGolf(BG) Hole may be in the fairway or the rough, and its location is purposely to entrap unwary golfers!

A ball in an Artificial Hazard may be moved and replaced (not dropped!), a distance of upto a Single Stride, not nearer to the PIN, from its replacement point (its awkward lie, or estimated lost ball lie), and in the particular instance a ball lying in a raked sand hazard, the ball may not be replaced outside the boundary of the sand hazard.

Artificial Hazards include:

Raked Sand Bunkers: locations denoted as (∞ sand); ∞ sand; [∞ sand]; {∞ sand}

Cut Grass Hollows: locations denoted as (∞ hollow); ∞ hollow; [∞ hollow]; {∞ hollow}

Cut Grass Humps: locations denoted as (∞ hump); ∞ hump; [∞ hump]; {∞ hump}

Formal Water Hazards (ditches, streams, ponds, lakes, rivers, sea, ocean): locations denoted as (∞ water); ∞ water; [∞ water]; {∞ water}

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090 1.01.10 The BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule (BG FFSRR), is a LIFELINE that is applicable to the majority* of awkward ∞ zone (INFINITY zone) lies, from the TEE at a Hole, upto and including the '∞ / Ω boundary'. This includes all ACTUAL or ESTIMATED lies on a BriskerGolf(BG) Hole, [*excluding all 'formal' SAND Hazards: (∞ sand), [∞ sand] & {∞ sand}, but including 'native' sand hazards(such as barancas)]. In particular, all areas that are 'infinitely BEYOND' any outer boundaries created for formal Standard Golf(SG) play at a Hole are included in LIFELINE BG FFSRR. [All balls SKEWED outside SG boundaries, such as (∞), [∞] and {∞} in Photo 1.01.5 above, are playable as ∞ zone balls from 'within SG boundaries' by application of the BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule (BG FFSRR)].

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095 A 'Natural Hazard*' LIFELINE in the ∞ zone: The BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule (BG FFSRR).

The ∞ zone is a vast area in which all golfers are encouraged to make Brisk Progress by means of extremely sporting rules that minimise the inevitable setbacks experienced in golf by all of its devotees, to a greater or lesser degree.

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Two Free BG Lifelines are available to BriskerGolfers in need of help at a Hole.

(i) The Free Five Strides rule*:

[* Applicable only to BG ∞ zone Natural Lies]

This is a BG Free Lifeline for any awkward ∞ zone lie, from an actual or an estimated point of entry into any In-Bounds or Out-Of-Bounds Standard Golf(SG) location.

Use the BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule, (BG FFSRR), to place, (never drop!) the found ball, or a substitute ball for an unfound ball, in a playable lie, without penalty.

The BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule (BG FFSRR) is to take FIVE STRIDES laterally, from the estimated or actual point of origin of the awkwardly positioned ball, towards the centre of a Hole, and then take FIVE STRIDES in retreat, towards the TEE of the Hole,

(Actual or Estimated Point of Origin) >| → → → → → >(Towards Centre of Fairway)<

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(Retreating Towards TEE)

Then gently PLACE the formerly SKEWED ball in a good lie. (DO NOT DROP IT!)

A lost ball lie in an awkward ∞ zone lie: in a game of BriskerGolf such a ball may declared permanently mislaid, after a search of no more than 30 seconds, (search timed by a Ball Marker), after which decisive action must be taken.

A BriskerGolfer may accept the sad loss of his/her ball and use the BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule (BG FFSRR), as above, from the approximate location of the lost ball, to place (never drop!) a substitute ball, in a playable lie, without penalty.

Alternatively a BriskerGolfer may accept a default score of a Net Bogey at the current Hole, and continue his/her ball search alone, or with a personal caddy, withdrawing from the current Hole, but taking care to be present thereafter at the conclusion of his group's play at the Ω zone with fellow competitors, to be able to participate with fellow competitors in any repêchage event at the end of the Hole.

An unplayable ball lie in an ∞ zone: in a game of BriskerGolf a ball may declared unplayable, after a successful search of no more than 30 seconds, (search timed by a Ball Marker). Thereafter the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule, from the location of the found ball, must be used to place (never drop!) the found ball, in a playable lie, without penalty. In the event of a ball being found, but in an irretrievable lie, such as a gorse bush, then a substitute ball may be used, and an estimate of Five Strides be made from the actual location of the found ball.

A variation of the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule may be used when appropriate: firstly to take FIVE STRIDES in retreat, towards the TEE of a Hole, and then to take FIVE STRIDES laterally, towards the centre of the Hole. This is often necessary when a ball careers into a water hazard.

Another variation of the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule is the BG Free Ten Strides (BG FTS) rule. This is often necessary when attempting to find a playable lie after a remarkably SKEWED shot! (Note that two successive applications of the BG FFS rule are exactly equivalent to one application of the BG FTS rule.

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(ii) The One Free Stride rule(OFS rule)*, may be used in the event of an awkwardly lying ball, in any location. The ball must be PLACED (never dropped!) not nearer to the Hole, using a single grab/ungrab**contact with such a problematic ball:

[* Applicable to both ∞ & Ω zone lies]

[** A second grab/ungrab contact with an awkwardly lying ball is illegal, and is an immediate Penalty, P, of one stroke.]

The OFS rule is a BG Free Lifeline for the following awkward lies:

All sand lies, in raked bunkers or in natural sand, such as barancas.

All puddle and mud lies, on fairways and in rough.

All man-made divots, on fairways and in rough.

All animal scrapes.

All pitch marks on GREENS.

Again, all balls afforded free relief must be PLACED, never Dropped, into position.

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095 A 'Natural Hazard*' LIFELINE in the ∞ zone: The BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule (BG FFSRR).

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Two Free BG Lifelines are available to BriskerGolfers in need of help at a Hole.

(i) The Free Five Strides rule*:

[* Applicable only to BG ∞ zone Natural Lies]

This is a BG Free Lifeline for any awkward ∞ zone lie, from an actual or an estimated point of entry into any In-Bounds or Out-Of-Bounds Standard Golf(SG) location.

Use the BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule, (BG FFSRR), to place, (never drop!) the found ball, or a substitute ball for an unfound ball, in a playable lie, without penalty.

(Actual or Estimated Point of Origin) >| → → → → → >(Towards Centre of Fairway)<

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(Retreating Towards TEE)

Then gently PLACE the formerly SKEWED ball in a good lie. (DO NOT DROP IT!)

A lost ball lie in an awkward ∞ zone lie: in a game of BriskerGolf such a ball may declared permanently mislaid, after a search of no more than 30 seconds, (search timed by a Ball Marker), after which decisive action must be taken.

An unplayable ball lie in an ∞ zone: in a game of BriskerGolf a ball may declared unplayable, after a successful search of no more than 30 seconds, (search timed by a Ball Marker). Thereafter the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule, from the location of the found ball, must be used to place (never drop!) the found ball, in a playable lie, without penalty. In the event of a ball being found, but in an irretrievable lie, such as a gorse bush, then a substitute ball may be used, and an estimate of Five Strides be made from the actual location of the found ball.

A variation of the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule may be used when appropriate: firstly to take FIVE STRIDES in retreat, towards the TEE of a Hole, and then to take FIVE STRIDES laterally, towards the centre of the Hole. This is often necessary when a ball careers into a water hazard.

Another variation of the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule is the BG Free Ten Strides (BG FTS) rule. This is often necessary when attempting to find a playable lie after a remarkably SKEWED shot! (Note that two successive applications of the BG FFS rule are exactly equivalent to one application of the BG FTS rule.

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[* Applicable to both ∞ & Ω zone lies]

[** A second grab/ungrab contact with an awkwardly lying ball is illegal, and is an immediate Penalty, P, of one stroke.]

The OFS rule is a BG Free Lifeline for the following awkward lies:

All sand lies, in raked bunkers or in natural sand, such as barancas.

All puddle and mud lies, on fairways and in rough.

All man-made divots, on fairways and in rough.

All animal scrapes.

All pitch marks on GREENS.

Again, all balls afforded free relief must be PLACED, never Dropped, into position.

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100 Natural and Artificial Hazards in ∞ zones........An ∞ zone 'Natural Hazard' LIFELINE: The BG Free Five Strides Retreat Rule. [ Natural Hazards include (∞An ∞ zone 'Artificial Hazard**' LIFELINE: The BG Free Single Stride Retreat Rule.

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A series of Free BG Lifelines are available to BriskerGolfers in need of help at a Hole.

(i) The Free Five Strides rule*:

[* Applicable only to BG ∞ zone lies]

This is a BG Free Lifeline for the following awkward lies:

A Standard Golf(SG) Out-Of-Bounds lie: there are no Out-Of-Bounds lies in BriskerGolf(BG)! From the estimated point of entry into an SG O-O-B location, use the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule to place (never drop!) the found ball, or a substitute ball, in a playable lie, without penalty.

The BG FFS rule is to take FIVE STRIDES laterally, from the estimated point of entry (as above), towards the centre of a Hole, and then take FIVE STRIDES in retreat, towards the TEE of the Hole,

(SG O-O-B) >| → → → → → >(Centre of Fairway)<

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(Retreating Towards TEE)

Then gently PLACING the formerly SKEWED ball in a good lie. (DO NOT DROP IT!)

A lost ball lie in an ∞ zone: in a game of BriskerGolf it may declared temporarily mislaid, after a search of no more than 30 seconds, (search timed by a Ball Marker), after which decisive action must be taken.

A BriskerGolfer may accept the sad loss of his/her ball and use the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule, as above, from the approximate location of the lost ball, to place (never drop!) a substitute ball, in a playable lie, without penalty.

An unplayable ball lie in an ∞ zone: in a game of BriskerGolf a ball may declared unplayable, after a successful search of no more than 30 seconds, (search timed by a Ball Marker). Thereafter the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule, from the location of the found ball, must be used to place (never drop!) the found ball, in a playable lie, without penalty. In the event of a ball being found, but in an irretrievable lie, such as a gorse bush, then a substitute ball may be used, and an estimate of Five Strides be made from the actual location of the found ball.

A variation of the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule may be used when appropriate: firstly to take FIVE STRIDES in retreat, towards the TEE of a Hole, and then to take FIVE STRIDES laterally, towards the centre of the Hole. This is often necessary when a ball careers into a water hazard.

Another variation of the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule is the BG Free Ten Strides (BG FTS) rule. This is often necessary when attempting to find a playable lie after a remarkably SKEWED shot! (Note that two successive applications of the BG FFS rule are exactly equivalent to one application of the BG FTS rule.

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[* Applicable to both ∞ & Ω zone lies]

[** A second grab/ungrab contact with an awkwardly lying ball is illegal, and is an immediate Penalty, P, of one stroke.]

The OFS rule is a BG Free Lifeline for the following awkward lies:

All sand lies, in raked bunkers or in natural sand, such as barancas.

All puddle and mud lies, on fairways and in rough.

All man-made divots, on fairways and in rough.

All animal scrapes.

All pitch marks on GREENS.

Again, all balls afforded free relief must be PLACED, never Dropped, into position.

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115 EVERY BG* Hole has a 'DEFAULT' Ω zone setting, (Ω zone, D mode), that includes the whole of the GREEN at a Hole, together with ALL of the area from the BASE LINE at a tangent to the front edge of the Hole, towards the actual surface of the GREEN. However at EVERY Hole a PLAYER also has an option to choose an 'ENHANCED' Ω zone setting, (Ω zone, E-mode). This latter setting may be spontaneously selected at any Hole by a BriskerGolfer, when his/her ball has landed in a Manicured Area, (grass or sand), adjacent to the current GREEN. When a ball lands in a PLAYER-nominated Ω zone, (E-mode), his/her ball must be marked appropriately with either a WHITE Hot, RED Hot or COOL Blue marker within an adjacent area of manicured grass or sand to the GREEN itself, to indicate future play is to be under Ω zone rules. .................................................................................................................... [* BG is 'Classic' five-ball BriskerGolf. The 'Nursery Slopes' of BriskerGolf are BG4 (four-ball BriskerGolf); BG3 (three-ball BriskerGolf); BG2 (two-ball BriskerGolf). Other 'social' variations of BriskerGolf are BG6; BG7; BG8; BG9; and so on!]

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125 The ∞ zone (INFINITY zone) of every BriskerGolf(BG) Hole is a gigantic, unlimited PLAYING FIELD, from the TEE at the Hole, to 'infinitely' BEYOND any outer boundaries* created for formal Standard Golf(SG) play at the Hole. [*All balls SKEWED outside SG boundaries, such as (∞), [∞] and {∞} in 1.01.5 above, are playable from within SG boundaries by virtue of the BG Free Five Strides rule] ................................................................................................................. In addition, internally, the ∞ zone shares a distinctive and somewhat VARIABLE boundary with the Ω zone (OMEGA zone), termed the ' ∞ / Ω (Infinity/Omega) Boundary Line ', in either 'Ω zone, D-mode'(1.01.4 above) or 'Ω zone E-mode'(1.01.6 below). ................................................................................................................... An ∞/Ω zone boundary is always a CLOSED LOOP, made up of a linear section(the Base Line), and an 'artistically' curved section, roughly in the shape of an Ω

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A series of Free BG Lifelines are available to BriskerGolfers in need of help at a Hole.

(i) The Free Five Strides rule*:

[* Applicable only to BG ∞ zone lies]

This is a BG Free Lifeline for the following awkward lies:

A Standard Golf(SG) Out-Of-Bounds lie: there are no Out-Of-Bounds lies in BriskerGolf(BG)! From the estimated point of entry into an SG O-O-B location, use the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule to place (never drop!) the found ball, or a substitute ball, in a playable lie, without penalty.

(SG O-O-B) >| → → → → → >(Centre of Fairway)<

↓

(Retreating Towards TEE)

Then gently PLACING the formerly SKEWED ball in a good lie. (DO NOT DROP IT!)

A lost ball lie in an ∞ zone: in a game of BriskerGolf it may declared temporarily mislaid, after a search of no more than 30 seconds, (search timed by a Ball Marker), after which decisive action must be taken.

An unplayable ball lie in an ∞ zone: in a game of BriskerGolf a ball may declared unplayable, after a successful search of no more than 30 seconds, (search timed by a Ball Marker). Thereafter the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule, from the location of the found ball, must be used to place (never drop!) the found ball, in a playable lie, without penalty. In the event of a ball being found, but in an irretrievable lie, such as a gorse bush, then a substitute ball may be used, and an estimate of Five Strides be made from the actual location of the found ball.

A variation of the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule may be used when appropriate: firstly to take FIVE STRIDES in retreat, towards the TEE of a Hole, and then to take FIVE STRIDES laterally, towards the centre of the Hole. This is often necessary when a ball careers into a water hazard.

Another variation of the BG Free Five Strides (BG FFS) rule is the BG Free Ten Strides (BG FTS) rule. This is often necessary when attempting to find a playable lie after a remarkably SKEWED shot! (Note that two successive applications of the BG FFS rule are exactly equivalent to one application of the BG FTS rule.

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[* Applicable to both ∞ & Ω zone lies]

[** A second grab/ungrab contact with an awkwardly lying ball is illegal, and is an immediate Penalty, P, of one stroke.]

The OFS rule is a BG Free Lifeline for the following awkward lies:

All sand lies, in raked bunkers or in natural sand, such as barancas.

All puddle and mud lies, on fairways and in rough.

All man-made divots, on fairways and in rough.

All animal scrapes.

All pitch marks on GREENS.

Again, all balls afforded free relief must be PLACED, never Dropped, into position.

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130 Are FIVE golfers playing?

EDIT 01, 30 MAY 24

The Ω zone is a combination of a linear BASE LINE, (at a tangent to the front edge of the GREEN at a Hole, and at right angles to the flow of play onto the GREEN), and a curved line, from the 'heels' of the two outwardly splayed Ω 'feet'. These 'feet' symmetrically adjoin the BASE LINE, to form two END CONNECTIONS of an IMAGINARY 'ARTISTIC' LOOP (either symmetrical or asymmetrical), between the two heel-ends of the splayed feet. This forms a unique BriskerGolfer - imagined version of a CLOSED INFINITY/OMEGA boundary line, termed: the ∞ / Ω boundary line.

The minimum requirement of the ∞ / Ω boundary line is that it is a CLOSED figure that contains the precise boundaries of the GREEN at a Hole!

Enlarged versions of the ∞ / Ω boundary line may include one or more manicured areas of grass (and possibly sand), providing such areas are ADJACENT to the GREEN.

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The ∞ zone does not terminate at the front edge of a GREEN, where it has a common boundary with the Ω zone at a Hole. Its common boundary with the Ω zone. It continues around the whole of the periphery of the curvature of the Ω zone at a golf Hole, and beyond any Standard Golf (SG) boundaries of any of the extremities of an SG Hole, to its rear(far end), or to either of its side boundaries. The extremities of any Hole are considered to be infinitely beyond its formal SG boundaries.

The ∞ zone at a Hole is an infinite region, not subject to any formal boundary of a designated Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Accidental deviations from the formal boundaries of a Standard Golf (SG) Hole may always be converted into playable in-bounds lies by use of a BG minimal distance penalty: the BriskerGolf FREE Five Strides rule.

EDIT 03, 30 MAY 24

A PRINCIPAL ∞ zone lie refers to any ball located between the TEE and the front edge of a GREEN, whether the ball is formally, in terms of Standard Golf (SG), either in-bounds or out-of-bounds.

A SKEWED ∞ zone lie refers to any ball lying beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, that is not yet within its Ω zone target Hole. A skewed ∞ zone lie may be either in-bounds or out-of-bounds of a formal Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Notation describing three types of locations of skewed ∞ zone lies beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, in relation to the Ω zone at a Hole:

(i) LEFT of Ω zone => ( ∞ ) (ii) REAR (& CENTRAL) of Ω zone => { ∞ } (i) RIGHT of Ω zone => [ ∞ ]

The BG rules for any form of ∞ zone lie, PRINCIPAL or SKEWED, are the same.

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130 The IMAGINARY Ω zone (OMEGA zone) of a GREEN, showing Ω zone mode E (Enhanced). A BriskerGolfer opting to play his/her ball in such an Ω zone will be able to play a shot (or two!) from a manicured area adjacent to the GREEN: either cut grass, or sand (from one of the four bunkers that the imaginary ∞ / Ω line intersects.)

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Photo 1.01.6 (above). The ∞ zone (INFINITY zone) of every BriskerGolf, (BG) Hole is a huge area where play is encouraged to be BRISK by virtue of a few generous LIFELINE rules.

EDIT 4, MAY 30

The minimum requirement of the ∞ / Ω boundary line is that it is a CLOSED figure that contains the precise boundaries of the GREEN at a Hole!

Enlarged versions of the ∞ / Ω boundary line may include one or more manicured areas of grass (and possibly sand), providing such areas are ADJACENT to the GREEN.

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Division of ∞ Areas: Regular and Irregular zones

A regular ∞ zone is a manicured, hazard-free area from the TEE onto a benign area of the ∞ zone. It does NOT include any hazards, such as rough, fairway bunkers or water hazards, or man-made constructions of wood, brick, stone or metal.

An irregular ∞ zone is a hazardous area, which includes rough, fairway bunkers and any form of water hazard. It also includes all Standard Golf Course out-of-bounds areas!

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Every BriskerGolfer is given a reasonable number of free lifelines at a Hole, to be able to continue playing in a BriskerGolf competition at a Hole, as follows:

Regular ∞ zone Lifelines,L1 & L2

L1 FREE replacement of casual Mud Ball or Puddle Ball on Fairway: Free cleaning & replacement; replace on Fairway, not nearer to Hole

L2 Ball in Fairway Divot: Free replacement on Fairway, not nearer to the Hole

Irregular ∞ zone Lifelines, L3,L4 & L5

L3 Ball in Formal* Water: replace not nearer to the Hole, using the BG Free Five Stride rule, from the approximate entry point of a ball.

[*Formal Water: Ponds, Pools, Wetlands, Streams, Ditches, Rivers, Sea.]

L4 Ball Out-Of-Bounds (OOB) on a Standard Golf Hole: use the BG Free Five Stride rule, from the approximate OOB entry point of a ball.

L5 Ball lost, within bounds: use the BG Free Five Stride rule, from the approximate lost ball location.

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EDIT 6, 30 MAY24

The ∞ zone does not terminate at the front edge of a GREEN, where it has a common boundary with the Ω zone at a Hole. Its common boundary with the Ω zone continues around the whole of the periphery of the curvature of the Ω zone at a golf Hole, and beyond any Standard Golf (SG) boundaries, of any of the extremities of an SG Hole, to its rear(far end), or to either of its side boundaries. The extremities of any Hole are considered to be infinitely beyond its formal SG boundaries.

The ∞ zone at a Hole is an infinite region, not subject to any formal boundary of a designated Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Accidental deviations from the formal boundaries of a Standard Golf (SG) Hole may always be converted into playable in-bounds lies by use of a BG minimal distance penalty: the BriskerGolf FREE Five Strides rule.

A PRINCIPAL ∞ zone lie refers to any ball located between the TEE and the front edge of a GREEN, whether the ball is formally, in terms of Standard Golf (SG), either in-bounds or out-of-bounds.

A SKEWED ∞ zone lie refers to any ball lying beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, that is not yet within its Ω zone target Hole. A skewed ∞ zone lie may be either in-bounds or out-of-bounds of a formal Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Notation describing three types of locations of skewed ∞ zone lies beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, in relation to the Ω zone at a Hole:

(i) LEFT of Ω zone => ( ∞ ) (ii) REAR (& CENTRAL) of Ω zone => { ∞ } (i) RIGHT of Ω zone => [ ∞ ]

The BG rules for any form of ∞ zone lie, PRINCIPAL or SKEWED, are the same.

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EDIT 7, MAY30 Photo 1.01.5 (above). There are rules that govern the ∞ zone (Infinity zone) of every BriskerGolf, (BG) Hole. This is the gigantic, unlimited PLAYING FIELD, from the TEE at a Hole, that stretches BEYOND any external formal outer boundaries created for Standard Golf play. In addition, internally, the ∞ zone shares a distinctive but somewhat VARIABLE boundary with the Ω zone, that is always a CLOSED LOOP, made up of a linear section, a BASE LINE, at a tangent to the front edge of the GREEN at a Hole, and at RIGHT ANGLES to the FLOW OF PLAY on the GREEN, and a curved section, adjoining the opposite ends of the BASE LINE. From this BASE LINE, two symmetrically opposite, outwardly splayed feet, 'artistically' adjoin the BASE LINE, to form two END CONNECTIONS of an IMAGINARY 'ARTISTIC' LOOP that may be created as a symmetrical or asymmetrical loop, between the ends of the splayed feet, forminging a unique BG-PLAYER version of a CLOSED INFINITY/OMEGA boundary line: the ∞ / Ω boundary line. The minimum requirement of the ∞ / Ω boundary line is that it is a CLOSED figure that contains the precise boundaries of the GREEN at a Hole! Enlarged versions of the ∞ / Ω boundary line may include one or more manicured areas of grass and/or sand, providing such areas are ADJACENT to the GREEN.

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EDIT 8

Accidental deviations from the formal boundaries of a Standard Golf (SG) Hole may always be converted into playable in-bounds lies by use of a BG minimal distance penalty: the BriskerGolf FREE Five Strides rule.

A PRINCIPAL ∞ zone lie refers to any ball located between the TEE and the front edge of a GREEN, whether the ball is formally, in terms of Standard Golf (SG), either in-bounds or out-of-bounds.

A SKEWED ∞ zone lie refers to any ball lying beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, that is not yet within its Ω zone target Hole. A skewed ∞ zone lie may be either in-bounds or out-of-bounds of a formal Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Notation describing three types of locations of skewed ∞ zone lies beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, in relation to the Ω zone at a Hole:

(i) LEFT of Ω zone => ( ∞ ) (ii) REAR (& CENTRAL) of Ω zone => { ∞ } (i) RIGHT of Ω zone => [ ∞ ]

The BG rules for any form of ∞ zone lie, PRINCIPAL or SKEWED, are the same.

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EDIT 9, 30 MAY24 Photo 1.01.6 (below). Infinity zone (∞ zone) areas at every BriskerGolf, (BG) Hole, are either REGULAR or IRREGULAR ∞ zone lies. Regular ∞ zone lies are exclusively hazard-free, fairway-standard, cut-grass areas of a Golf Hole, between the TEE and the Straight Line Base of the ∞ / Ω boundary at a Hole. All other ∞ zone areas, such as sand hazards, water hazards, natural rough, artificial obstacles (such as bridges, bulwarks, fences, sheds and towers), and ALL out-of-bounds lies on a Standard Golf Course, are deemed to be Irregular ∞ zone areas. In total, an ∞ zone is a gigantic, unlimited PLAYING FIELD, from the TEE at a Hole, that stretches BEYOND any external formal outer boundaries created for Standard Golf play. In addition, internally, the ∞ zone shares a distinctive but somewhat VARIABLE boundary with the Ω zone, that is always a CLOSED LOOP, made up of a linear section, (a BASE LINE, at a tangent to the front edge of the GREEN at a Hole, and at RIGHT ANGLES to the FLOW OF PLAY on the GREEN), and a curved section, adjoining the opposite ends of the BASE LINE*.

[*From this BASE LINE, two symmetrically opposite, outwardly splayed feet, 'artistically' adjoin the BASE LINE, to form two END CONNECTIONS of an IMAGINARY 'ARTISTIC' LOOP that may be created as a symmetrical or asymmetrical loop, between the ends of the splayed feet, forminging a unique BG-PLAYER version of a CLOSED INFINITY/OMEGA boundary line: the ∞ / Ω boundary line. The minimum requirement of the ∞ / Ω boundary line is that it is a CLOSED figure that contains the precise boundaries of the GREEN at a Hole! Enlarged versions of the ∞ / Ω boundary line may include one or more manicured areas of grass and/or sand, providing such areas are ADJACENT to the GREEN.]

BriskerGolf is the approximate division of each golf Hole on a course into two disparate imaginary areas, one INFINITE, termed the ∞ zone of a Hole, (the Playing Field), and one FINITE, termed the Ω zone of a Hole, (the Target Area) at a Hole, and the respective rules that that govern play in these two distinct zones.

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EDIT 10, 30 MAY24

The regular ∞ zone is a manicured, hazard-free area from the TEE onto a benign area of the ∞ zone. It does not include any hazards, such as rough, fairway bunkers or any form of water hazard.

The irregular ∞ zone is a potentially hazardous area, which includes hazards, such as rough, fairway bunkers and any form of water hazard. It also includes all Standard Golf Course out-of-bounds areas!

Every BriskerGolfer is given a free lifeline to continue playing in a BriskerGolf competition at a Hole, as follows:

Lifeline 1

Lifeline 2

Lifeline 3

Every golf Hole has an imaginary front edge* to its GREEN, that runs roughly at right angles to the flow of play, from front to rear at a Hole. (This is the only straight edge boundary between the ∞ zone and the Ω zone at a Hole).

[* As shown in dashes in Photo 1.01.2 below. (Also used as the START LINE of a Repêchage event)]

From the TEE at a Hole, up to the straight front edge of its GREEN is termed the principal length of the ∞ zone.

The ∞ zone however does not terminate at the front edge of a GREEN, where it has a common boundary with the Ω zone at a Hole. Its common boundary with the Ω zone continues around the whole of the periphery of the curvature of the Ω zone at a golf Hole, and beyond any Standard Golf (SG) boundaries, of any of the extremities of the SG Hole, to its rear(far end), or to either of its side boundaries. The extremities of any Hole are considered to be infinitely beyond its formal SG boundaries.

The ∞ zone at a Hole is an infinite region, not subject to any formal boundary of a designated Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Accidental deviations from the formal boundaries of a Standard Golf (SG) Hole may always be converted into playable in-bounds lies by use of a BG minimal distance penalty: the BriskerGolf FREE Five Strides rule.

A PRINCIPAL ∞ zone lie refers to any ball located between the TEE and the front edge of a GREEN, whether the ball is formally, in terms of Standard Golf (SG), either in-bounds or out-of-bounds.

A SKEWED ∞ zone lie refers to any ball lying beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, that is not yet within its Ω zone target Hole. A skewed ∞ zone lie may be either in-bounds or out-of-bounds of a formal Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Notation describing three types of locations of skewed ∞ zone lies beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, in relation to the Ω zone at a Hole:

(i) LEFT of Ω zone => ( ∞ ) (ii) REAR (& CENTRAL) of Ω zone => { ∞ } (i) RIGHT of Ω zone => [ ∞ ]

The BG rules for any form of ∞ zone lie, PRINCIPAL or SKEWED, are the same.

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Photo 1.01.2 (below). BriskerGolf, (BG), rules, exclusively within the ∞ zone (INFINITY zone).

EDIT 12 May'24

BriskerGolf is the approximate division of each golf Hole on a course into two disparate areas, one MASSIVE, termed the ∞ zone, or Playing Field at a Hole, and one relatively minuscule, termed the Ω zone, or Target Area at a Hole, and the respective rules that that govern play in these two distinct zones.

(1) The ∞ zone

Every golf Hole has an imaginary front edge* to its GREEN, that runs roughly at right angles to the flow of play, from front to rear at a Hole. (This is the only straight edge boundary between the ∞ zone and the Ω zone at a Hole).

[* As shown in dashes in Photo 1.01.2 below. (Also used as the START LINE of a Repêchage event)]

From the TEE at a Hole, up to the straight front edge of its GREEN is termed the principal length of the ∞ zone.

The ∞ zone however does not terminate at the front edge of a GREEN, where it has a common boundary with the Ω zone at a Hole. Its common boundary with the Ω zone continues around the whole of the periphery of the curvature of the Ω zone at a golf Hole, and beyond any Standard Golf (SG) boundaries, of any of the extremities of the SG Hole, to its rear(far end), or to either of its side boundaries. The extremities of any Hole are considered to be infinitely beyond its formal SG boundaries.

The ∞ zone at a Hole is an infinite region, not subject to any formal boundary of a designated Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Accidental deviations from the formal boundaries of a Standard Golf (SG) Hole may always be converted into playable in-bounds lies by use of a BG minimal distance penalty: the BriskerGolf FREE Five Steps rule.

A PRINCIPAL ∞ zone lie refers to any ball located between the TEE and the front edge of a GREEN, whether the ball is formally, in terms of Standard Golf (SG), either in-bounds or out-of-bounds.

A SKEWED ∞ zone lie refers to any ball lying beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, that is not yet within its Ω zone target Hole. A skewed ∞ zone lie may be either in-bounds or out-of-bounds of a formal Standard Golf (SG) Hole.

Notation describing three types of locations of skewed ∞ zone lies beyond the front edge of a GREEN from the TEE, in relation to the Ω zone at a Hole:

(i) LEFT of Ω zone => ( ∞ ) (ii) REAR (& CENTRAL) of Ω zone => { ∞ } (i) RIGHT of Ω zone => [ ∞ ]

The BG rules for any form of ∞ zone lie, PRINCIPAL or SKEWED, are the same.

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Photo 1.01.4 (above, example 2 of 7 Ω zones). Two Components: the ∞ zone and the Ω zone, and a single Joint Boundary, the approximate Ω / ∞ line.

The Ω / ∞ (Omega & Infinity) joint boundary at each Hole

Note that this imaginary and subjective boundary could be equally depicted as somewhat variable in shape and size in comparison to the Photo above.

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Ω / ∞

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This is an imprecise joint boundary, and the zone designation of a ball in the approximate 'grey area' of the joint boundary of the Ω zone & the ∞ zone, is as:

either an Ω zone ball

or an ∞ zone ball

and this is the exclusive subjective choice of the ball's owner.

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Choosing not to mark your ball, within 10 seconds of your arrival at your ball's location, at a potential Ω zone region, implies that in your subjective opinion, your ball's zone designation is not yet the Ω zone, and therefore your ball is designated as an ∞ zone ball, (which may then NEVER be marked, until it is next played onto the Ω zone).

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Conversely, choosing to mark your ball, implies that in your subjective opinion, your ball's zone designation has now become the Ω zone, and therefore it must be designated as an Ω zone ball, and must INITIALLY be marked with a Descriptively Coloured Tee Peg (specifically White, Red, or Blue)*, and ideally with an additional TRI-COLOURED CUBE marker (specifically White, Red, or Blue).

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[* Optionally, (and eventually compulsorily), a BriskerGolf game may be played with every BriskerGolfer using an additional TRI-COLOURED CUBE, with two opposing WHITE faces, two opposing RED faces, and two opposing BLUE faces to Descriptively Mark the STATUS of each ball that has arrived onto the Ω zone at a Hole.] (See Photos & Notes from 1.07.1 to 1.07.13 below.)

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Very near to a GREEN, on either cut grass or raked sand, a BriskerGolfer continues to have a choice of declaring* (or not declaring**) that his/her ball is within the Ω zone by either marking it appropriately, or not marking it at all, as described above.

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[*by using a Descriptively Coloured TEE PEG (white, red, or blue), and including marking within sand lies, to imply the possible existence of an Ω zone ball within sand that is adjacent to a GREEN.]

[**by not marking his/her ball, to imply an ∞ zone ball].

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The moment a ball lands on the actual (fine cut) GREEN of a Hole, if it is from a shot from an (unmarked) ∞ zone lie, the ball must be marked, using Descriptive Tee Peg Marking(DTPM), and optional/(or, eventually, compulsory) Tri-Coloured Cube marking.

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However, if a ball lands on the actual GREEN of a Hole from a shot from an already marked Ω zone lie, from off the GREEN itself, the ball must NOT be marked again!

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In fact this ball has begun a CONTINUOUS and CONCLUSIVE Journey towards the Hole!

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Gathering up his/her Descriptive Marking Items, a BriskerGolfer must CONTINUE to play on: to either a CONCLUSION* or to a CURTAILMENT** at the Hole.

[* Either Holing Out, (i.e. to a CONCLUSION), with the Flagstick left in the Cup at the Hole]

[** Or Performing a Dead Ball Pick Up at the Hole, (i.e to a CURTAILMENT of play), if it has become futile to carry on playing at the Hole!]

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A ball in a None-Adjacent area to a GREEN may NEVER be considered to be in the Ω zone, and therefore must ALWAYS be considered to be in the ∞ zone, and subject to benign ∞ zone conditions.

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Photo 1.01.7 (above, example 5 of 7 Ω zones). The Two Components of a Hole: the MASSIVE ∞ zone and the relatively PETITE Ω zone. From the TEE, the area of the ∞ zone can be seen to dwarf that of the Ω zone!

The Ω / ∞ common boundary at a Hole

Note that this imaginary and subjective boundary could be equally depicted as very variable in shape and size in comparison to the Photo below.

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Photo 1.01.8 (above, example 6 of 7 Ω zones). Two Components: the ∞ zone and the Ω zone.

The Ω / ∞ common boundary at a Hole

Note that this imaginary and subjective boundary could be equally depicted as somewhat variable in shape and size in comparison to the Photo below.

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Photo 1.01.9 (above, example 7 of 7 Ω zones). Two Components: the ∞ zone and the Ω zone.

The Ω / ∞ common boundary at a Hole

Note that this imaginary and subjective boundary could be equally depicted as somewhat variable in shape and size in comparison to the Photo below.

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Photo 1.02.1 (above). IMAGINE the Linear Base Line of an Ω zone at a Hole, such as the one depicted in the Graphic 1.02.1. On nearing the Target zone (the Ω zone), IMAGINE the whole perimeter of the ∞ / Ω boundary, including the Linear Base Line at the FRONT EDGE of the Hole. If you estimate that your ball is within the Ω zone you must MARK your ball (barely touching it, and certainly NOT REMOVING IT), using a descriptively coloured TEE PEG, 'behind' the ball. [White TEE PEG => White HOT; Red TEE PEG => Red Hot; Blue TEE PEG => Cool Blue in REGULATION on the Ω zone.] It is recommended that a Tri-Coloured CUBE is also used to indicate the STATUS of an Ω zone ball.

The Ω / ∞ common boundary at a Hole

Note that this imaginary and subjective boundary could be equally depicted as somewhat variable in shape and size in comparison to the Photo below.

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Reverting to BASIC NOTIONS of BriskerGolf 1.02.1

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General Notions of BriskerGolf

(i) Brisk Progress is equivalent to SATISFACTORY PROGRESS!

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(ii) BriskerGolfers must always be mindful that they are playing the thrice-named* five ball golf game:

BriskerGolf (implying consistently BRISK GOLF in a competent five ball)

COINS! (implying COINS! golf rewards in a competent five ball)

TOKENS! (implying TOKENS! golf rewards in a competent five ball)

[*Three titles equivalent to the same game!]

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The most common 21st Century Golf game is to play:

BriskerGolf to win COINS!

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(iii) Aspiring BriskerGolfers ideally should have an official competency level of 18 Handicap, WHS*, before being allowed to play in a Five-Ball BG game.

[* WHS => World Handicap System]

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(iv) However, a charitable appeal system exists for a minority of golfing aficionados whose WHS Handicaps have yet to reach the 18 Handicap WHS standard. Formal evidence of competency in somewhat diminished versions of BriskerGolf, such as BG4** & BG3** could allow for a benevolent judgment to be made on marginal WHS cases, by BG HQ, in effect declaring such golfing aficionados fit to play off 18 Handicap WHS standard!

[** BG in a 4-ball & BG in a 3-ball. (Also termed COINS!4 & COINS!3, or TOKENS!4 & TOKENS!3)]

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(v) ALL BriskerGolfers play off their FULL WHS Handicap, (except in the cases of privileged golfing aficionados, whose actual WHS Handicaps are slightly greater than 18, but whose actual BG Handicap is specifically reduced to 18, because No BG PLAYER may receive more than ONE shot per HOLE.

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(vi) SCORING in BriskerGolf is by winning a COIN or an accumulation of COINS* at a Hole.

[* Termed a COIN BONANZA! ]

COINS! refers to a SECONDARY term for the game of BriskerGolf, and makes reference to the prize value awarded to the individual winner of a single Hole, which may be either:

A single COIN

or Multiple COINS! (Termed a COIN BONANZA!)

TOKENS! refers to an alternative SECONDARY term for the game of BriskerGolf, and similarly makes reference to the prize value awarded to the individual winner of a single Hole, which may be either:

A single TOKEN

or Multiple TOKENS! (Termed a TOKEN BONANZA!)

The term TOKEN is offered as an option for those BriskerGolfers that find the notion of playing for COINS of any denomination to be unpalatable!

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(vii) Change of Ball STATUS: A seasoned BriskerGolfer whose opinion is that his/her ball may have marginally landed within the Ω zone of the current Hole in play, will indicate that in his/her unchallengeable view the Status of his/her ball is either:

Changed from ∞ zone to Ω zone*

Changed to Dead Ball Pick Up (DBPU**)

Unchanged, and therefore still within the ∞ zone***

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[* Changing to Ω zone STATUS implies marking a BG ball descriptively with a White, Red or Blue TEE PEG, as below:

White TEE Peg => White Hot performance, of ON the Ω zone, in One Under, of Net REGULATION, regarding the Ω zone.

Red TEE Peg => Red Hot performance, of ON the Ω zone in Level, of Net REGULATION, regarding the Ω zone.

Blue TEE Peg => Cool Blue performance, of ON the Ω zone in One Over, of Net REGULATION, regarding the Ω zone.

No TEE Peg marking => Dead Ball Pick Up (DBPU)

No appearance of ball on Ω zone => Dead Ball Pick Up (DBPU) within the ∞ zone

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(viii) A BriskerGolfer may choose to use a try-coloured CUBE to definitively mark his/her ball when it lands on the Ω zone of a Hole:

Initially declare that his/her ball has reached the Ω zone of the Hole, by MARKING* the ball with an appropriately coloured TEE Peg Marker, placed 'behind' the ball (i.e. most distant from the PIN. Crucially the BriskerGolfer must not disturb his/her golf ball, observing BriskerGolf Etiquette.(Approximately the opposite of Standard Golf Etiquette (as described below.)

Secondly, without disturbing his/her ball, confirm the ball's STATUS using a try-coloured CUBE to definitively mark his/her ball, by placing the CUBE adjacent to the REAR of the Ball plus TEE PEG marker, with either an appropriately matching WHITE, RED or BLUE face most prominently FACE UP (with matching FACE flat to the surface of the Ω zone).

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Perform a Dead Ball Pickup, indicating his/her acceptance of a GIVEN Backstop Score of a NET Bogey at the Hole. This is a Net score which is available to any BriskerGolfer who wishes to curtail his/her scoring in a sporting manner at a Hole, by not indulging in what would be a TIME WASTING practise session, after a series of embarrassing playing errors at a Hole.

[*MARKING a ball implies that it has just reached the Ω zone at a Hole, and that the ball's owner will observe BriskerGolf Etiquette as follows:

When ALL ∞ zone balls have been played onto the Ω zone at a Hole, and have been appropriately Marked, Nearest to the PIN plays First, to either a Conclusion (Holing out), or to a Curtailment (Dead Ball Pickup).

[**NOT MARKING a ball, which may arguably have arrived on an Ω zone lie at a Hole, in either the cut grass or any raked sand of a GREEN-side embellishment (e.g. apron or sand bunker) is permissible, provided that the ball is NOT WITHIN the boundary of the fine cut surface of the GREEN. It is mandatory to mark a ball that lands on the GREEN at a Hole!]

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BriskerGolf Etiquette is the OPPOSITE of Standard Golf Etiquette! When ALL playable balls have arrived within the Ω zone, and have been marked appropriately, using Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) and additionally (Twice) Tri-Coloured Cube Marking (T-CCM) then BG Etiquette begins:

Nearest to the PIN plays first, and continuously, to either a Conclusion (Holing out), or to a Curtailment (Dead Ball Pick Up)].

Next-Nearest to the PIN plays second, similarly, continuously, to either a Conclusion (Holing out), or to a Curtailment (Dead Ball Pick Up)].

and so on, until there is a Preliminary Winner (PW) of the Hole, or the Hole is declared a TIE.

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In the event of a Preliminary Win at a Hole, a Repêchage Event takes place immediately, to confirm or negate a PW's win.

(See Note 1.03.01 Repêchage Event)

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Photo 1.01.4 (below). A BriskerGolfer whose opinion is that his/her ball may have 'marginally' landed within the Ω zone of a Hole, may indicate that in his/her 'unchallengeable' view, the STATUS of his/her ball, is: (i) changed to 'Ω zone'; (ii) changed to 'Dead Ball'; (iii) remains 'still in the ∞ zone.' He/she may either mark the ball, Descriptively, with a White, Red or Blue TEE PEG; or may perform a 'Dead Ball Pick Up,' or may deliberately not mark the ball, and wait to play the ball from the ∞ zone, in turn, under Standard Golf Etiquette rules. [DESCRIPTIVE TEE PEG MARKING (DTPM)]

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Potential Change of zone Status of a BG ball, from ∞ zone to Ω zone.

A seasoned BriskerGolfer whose opinion is that his/her ball may have marginally landed within the Ω zone of the current Hole in play, may indicate that in his/her unchallengeable view the Status of his/her ball is either:

Changed from ∞ zone to Ω zone*

Changed to Dead Ball Pick Up (DBPU**)

Unchanged, and therefore still within the ∞ zone***

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[* Changing to Ω zone STATUS implies marking a BG ball descriptively with a White, Red or Blue TEE PEG, as below:

White TEE Peg => White Hot performance, of ON, in One Under, of Net REGULATION regarding the Ω zone.

Red TEE Peg => Red Hot performance, of ON in Level of Net REGULATION regarding the Ω zone.

Blue TEE Peg => Cool Blue performance, of ON IN One Over, of Net REGULATION on the Ω zone.

No TEE Peg marking => Dead Ball Pick Up (DBPU)

No appearance of ball on Ω zone => Dead Ball Pick Up (DBPU) within the ∞ zone

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A BriskerGolfer may decide to employ one of several actions:

Declare that his/her ball has reached the Ω zone of the Hole, and indicate his/her decision by MARKING* the ball with an appropriately coloured TEE Peg Marker, placed 'behind' the ball (i.e. most distant from the PIN. Crucially the BriskerGolfer must not disturb his/her golf ball, observing BriskerGolf Etiquette.(Approximately the opposite of Standard Golf Etiquette (as described below.)

Declare that his/her ball has not yet reached the Ω zone of the Hole, and indicate his/her decision by NOT MARKING** his/her ball. Instead he/she plays the ball as an ∞ zone ball, observing Standard Golf Etiquette (furthest from the PIN plays first) until he/she decides that his/her ball has reached the Ω zone.

Perform a Dead Ball Pickup, indicating his/her acceptance of a GIVEN Backstop Score of a NET Bogey at the Hole. This is a Net score which is available to any BriskerGolfer who wishes to curtail his/her scoring in a sporting manner at a Hole, by not indulging in what would be a TIME WASTING practise session, after a series of embarrassing playing errors at a Hole.

[*MARKING a ball implies that it has just reached the Ω zone at a Hole, and that the ball's owner will observe BriskerGolf Etiquette as follows:

When ALL ∞ zone balls have been played onto the Ω zone at a Hole, and have been appropriately Marked, Nearest to the PIN plays First, to either a Conclusion (Holing out), or to a Curtailment (Dead Ball Pickup).

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Nearest to the PIN plays first, and continuously, to either a Conclusion (Holing out), or to a Curtailment (Dead Ball Pick Up)].

Next-Nearest to the PIN plays second, similarly, continuously, to either a Conclusion (Holing out), or to a Curtailment (Dead Ball Pick Up)].

and so on, until there is a Preliminary Winner (PW) of the Hole, or the Hole is declared a TIE.

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In the event of a Preliminary Win at a Hole, a Repêchage Event takes place immediately, to confirm or negate a PW's win.

(See Note 1.03.01 Repêchage Event)

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Photo 1.01.5 (below).

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Similarly, a BriskerGolfer whose opinion is that his/her ball has NOT YET landed within the Ω zone of a Hole, must NOT mark his/her ball at all:

either in play, if it is believed the ball is not yet within the Ω zone of a Hole.

or it is unplayable, as a Dead Ball Pick Up, within the ∞ zone (or within the Ω zone) of a Hole.

[* A marked ball in a BG Ω zone must not be moved nor touched until it becomes the HONOUR to PLAY the ball, by BG Ω zone Etiquette rules.]

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A ball deemed to be in the Ω zone at a Hole, may be lying in an embellished area of Cut Grass or Raked Sand.

Note that such a ball, on landing in an Ω zone, must be MARKED, without touching the ball, whether its lie is Cut Grass or Raked Sand.

This is the only moment that a BriskerGolfer may mark his/her playable golf ball on an embellished area adjacent to a GREEN.

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An unmarked golf ball, which has arrived quite close to the GREEN, doesn't necessarily have to be marked.

If it is not marked within 10 seconds of its owner arriving at its location to inspect it, then it is automatically deemed to be an ∞ zone ball.

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All ∞ zone balls are prioritised in terms of their order of play, over any Ω zone ball.

Once it has been established that a ball has been deemed to be in the ∞ zone, its owner may claim appropriate BG Relief, e.g. for a ball in a sand lie (See Note ...... )

The process of claiming relief , taking relief and playing a shot from an improved (relief) lie, must be one continuous sequence of events in BriskerGolf.

The etiquette of playing any ∞ zone ball, is always in accordance with the Standard Golf Etiquette rule, (furthest from the PIN plays first), until a ball has reached the Ω zone, where initially a ball must be marked according to DTPM** rules.

[** Descriptive TEE Peg Marking]

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Photo 1.01.6 below. An 'almost impossibly balanced CUBE on one of its corners' shows a (twice) Tri-Coloured CUBE (WHITE opposite invisible White; RED opposite invisible Red; BLUE opposite invisible Blue). This Cube is to be used to Emphasise DESCRIPTIVE TEE PEG MARKING (DTPM) of a Ball, on its Arrival onto the Ω zone.

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No ball deemed by its owner to be within the ∞ zone may ever be marked!

However, on each Hole, when a ball is deemed by its owner to have reached the Ω zone at a Hole, this is the one and only occasion when it is mandatory to mark the ball, in TWO very specific ways:

Initially, by using DESCRIPTIVE TEE PEG MARKING (DTPM), as described above.

Secondly, by using a special (twice) three-coloured (six-faced) CUBE! (See Photo 1.01.6 below, and six more Photos 1.01.7 to 1.01.12)

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Imagine that FIVE BriskerGolfers (BGs) have all progressed sufficiently well to be considered to be within the imaginary elastic Ω zone boundary of the Hole, depicted, for example, in Photo 1.01.4 above, and are all still contesting this beautifully tortuous Hole!

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None of their shots to this wonderful GREEN have peppered the PIN, but all of them are reasonably well-placed within the imagined Ω zone of the Hole.

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Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) combined with Coloured Cube Marking (CCM) is an appropriate declaration from a BriskerGolfer of the moment that his/her ball has arrived at:

either a location within the obvious boundary of the GREEN itself, by enacting (i) a DTPM/CCM of their ball, or (ii) a Dead Ball Pick Up

or, more generally, a location within the inclusive but somewhat speculative(imprecise) boundary of the Ω zone, but external to the GREEN itself, by enacting (i) a DTPM/CCM of their ball, or (ii) a Dead Ball Pick Up, or (iii) neither of these actions*

[* The third choice, after an inactive period of over 10 seconds, in the vicinity of a BriskerGolfer's ball, implies a declaration that in the unchallengeable opinion of the ball's owner, the ball is still within the ∞ zone, and is therefore subject to Standard Honour rules of Etiquette**]

[** Furthest from the PIN plays first, with no marking permitted, almost certainly onto the Ω zone, at which point the ball must be marked using DTPM/CCM]

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Descriptive TEE PEG Marking, (DTPM), or Descriptive TEE PEG Marked, (DTPM'd) is the use of an appropriately coloured TEE PEG to signify the NET Regulation Status of a BriskerGolfer's ball when it has initially settled anywhere within the Ω zone of a Hole, as deemed by its owner, as a result of his/her successful shot towards the the Ω zone of a Hole from an ∞ zone lie.

Note that a TEE PEG must be used to mark a ball once, and once only, when it has been initially deemed to be in an Ω zone lie, and that this includes SAND LIES within the Ω zone, as well as GRASS LIES within the Ω zone.

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When marking a ball in an Ω zone lie, it is NOT PERMISSIBLE to touch or otherwise remove the ball, even if the ball will ultimately be subject to a relief rule (e.g. as a sand hazard ball) until it is about to be played, under BriskerGolf Etiquette rules (nearest ball to the PIN on the Ω zone plays FIRST, and to a Conclusion or a Curtailment).

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As soon as a Descriptive Tee Peg (W, R or B)has been used to mark a ball on an Ω zone it is recommended that a special COLOURED DICE, with the faces coloured:

WHITE (& WHITE on opposite side)

RED (& RED on opposite side)

BLUE (& BLUE on opposite side)

is used to EMPHASISE the Descriptive Tee Peg Marking (DTPM). See Photo 1.01.7 below.

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A BriskerGolfer may choose NOT TO MARK his/her ball in what may be arguably the borderline of the Ω / ∞ zone, implying that he/she considers the ball to be in the ∞ zone.

In which case the Honour to play his/her ball would be by use of Standard Golfing Honour rules of Etiquette, (i.e. the furthest away from the PIN in the ∞ zone plays FIRST).

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However, once all balls are within the Ω zone and have been DTPM'd, the Honour to Play is determined by the Orchestrated BriskerGolf Etiquette System! (Nearest to the PIN plays FIRST, and continues to play, either to a CONCLUSION (Holing Out), or to a CURTAILMENT (Dead Ball Pickup).

???(See Note 1.02.6 below)???

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There are three Descriptive Colours of TEE PEGS to be used as ball markers, by placing a TEE PEG immediately behind a ball, on the far side of the ball to the PIN, and not removing the ball, as follows:

White (Hot); Red (Warm); Blue (Cool), representing:

White (Hot) => An excellent arrival onto the Ω zone => on in ONE UNDER of (NET) REGULATION

Red (Warm) => An above average arrival onto the Ω zone => on in IN LEVEL of (NET) REGULATION

Blue (Cool) => A below average arrival onto the Ω zone => on in IN ONE OVER of (NET) REGULATION

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Scoring Prospects for such Descriptively Marked arrivals onto the Ω zone at a Hole are:

White (Hot) => a Net Eagle (by a single putt); or a Net Birdie (by two putts); or a Net Par (by three putts); [ or by a 'GIVEN Net Bogey' => a Dead Ball Pick Up]

Red (Warm) => a Net Birdie (by a single putt); a Net Par (by two putts); [or by a 'GIVEN Net Bogey' => a Dead Ball Pick Up]

Blue (Cool) => a Net Par (by a single putt); [or by a 'GIVEN Net Bogey' => a Dead Ball Pick Up]

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Heroic (Last Ditch) attempts to chip in, or pitch in, directly from the ∞ zone, for a Net Par are allowed. An unsuccessful Last Ditch attempt then equates to a 'GIVEN Net Bogey' => a Dead Ball Pick Up.

Forlorn (Failed Last Ditch attempts) to reach the Ω zone in a Net Par score, subsequently equate to a Dead Ball Pick Up within the ∞ zone!

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The non-arrival of a ball onto the Ω zone should imply the correct use of a Dead Ball Pickup (DBP) in the ∞ zone of the Hole*.

[* i.e. a Dead Ball Pickup (DBP) in the ∞ zone implies that it has become impossible to reach the Ω zone to Hole Out in a meaningful score at a Hole, of ONE OVER (NET) REGULATION at the Hole or better]

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However a DBP does NOT equate to the exclusion of an unlucky non-scoring BriskerGolfer from participating in a possible repêchage event at the culmination of a Hole!

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A Penalty Score, P, or P18, is when a LIVE Time-Wasting score of a ~~Net Double Bogey~~, or worse, has been achieved, instead of a Dead Ball Pick Up (DBPU)!

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The ∞ zone is the vast area on a golf Hole that is NOT the Ω zone. It has NO BOUNDARIES from the TEE, other than its boundary with its counterpart Ω zone at the same Hole, termed the:

∞ / Ω boundary

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The optionally enlarged size of the Ω zone compared to that of the GREEN within the Ω zone, is for every BG player to use or not use, to their Brisk advantage, on their arrival at what they deem to be a legitimate Ω zone area, encompassing the GREEN itself, together with a variable amount of its adjacent embellished areas of Cut Grass and (possibly) Sand.

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Photo 1.01.7 below. Showcasing a (twice) tri-coloured CUBE with one of its Primary Plane's uppermost surfaces (horizontally) as WHITE: a Six-faced Cube with Six Rounded Corners, with no balance issues! Showing three VISIBLE faces of the Cube, clockwise, from the uppermost full-facing WHITE surface (opposite an invisible White surface), to a mere glimpse of a RED surface (opposite an invisible Red surface), and an equally glimpsed BLUE surface (opposite an invisible Blue surface).

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Every competing* BriskerGolfer arriving at the Ω zone region of a Hole, initially marks his/her ball using BriskerGolf etiquette:

The ball is not touched, nor is it to be moved by any club, other instrument or boot!

The ball is initially marked, without being moved, using a specifically coloured TEE PEG (White, Red or Blue) that signifies the ball's progress onto the Ω zone region, from the ∞ zone region.

[*A Non-competing BriskerGolfer at a Hole is a BG player whose score is disappointingly inflated, or temporarily disrupted, either: (i) a non-competitive BG score on the arrival of his/her ball onto the Ω zone or (ii) an historically non-competitive BG score from a series of unfortunate events within the ∞ zone or (iii) Tardy, non-competitive arrival onto the Ω zone due to an early sporting submission at a Hole, usually accompanied by acceptance of a BG Back-Stop score of a given NET Bogey, to focus on an extended ball search, or other treasured item search.]

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White Hot progress => Onto the Ω zone in ONE UNDER of (NET) Regulation Strokes

Red Hot progress => Onto the Ω zone in LEVEL of (NET) Regulation Strokes

Cool Blue progress => Onto the Ω zone in ONE OVER of (NET) Regulation Strokes]

Unsatisfactory progress => Onto the Ω zone in TWO OVER of (NET) Regulation Strokes]

=> Dead Ball Pick Up (DBPU)

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Only scores of (NET) Par or better are deemed to be at an acceptable level to WIN a Hole in BriskerGolf.

All BriskerGolfers play off their full WHS* handicaps, (see Note .......), and the very generous minimal penalty relief, (see Note .......), principally (but not exclusively) in the ∞ zone, gives many enhanced opportunities to score well.

[* World Handicap System]

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A single shot from a struggling BriskerGolfer, in a LAST DITCH attempt to Hole a shot from the ∞ zone, that, if successful, would represent a score of ONE OVER, of (NET) PAR, (i.e. a NET Bogey score) is permissible. Otherwise the result is a Dead Ball Pick Up.

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In general, unsatisfactory progress within the ∞ zone => NOT COMPETING in the Ω zone => Dead Ball Pick Up.

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However, all is not lost for a non-competitor at a Hole!

If a Preliminary Winner (PW) of a Hole emerges, there is always a repêchage event, for all to participate in, to confirm* or deny** the PW of his/her win.

This event is the 'Team of Losing BGs' vs The PW in a sudden death putting competition.

(See Note 1.02.1 Repêchage event)

[* Confirm the PW as the Outright Winner (FW) of a Hole, and the COINS value for a win at the Hole.]

[** Deny the PW as the Outright Winner of a Hole, and confirm that the COINS value for his/her loss at the Hole is to be carried over (rolled over) to the next Hole.]

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A Twice Tri-Coloured CUBE (R/W/B) is used in conjunction with Coloured TEE PEGS (Red, White or Blue), to mark each competitive ball that arrives onto the Ω zone at a Hole.

The Flagstick remains in its cup throughout a BriskerGolf game.

The marking sequence for a competitive Ω zone ball, from the PIN is:

Ball (remains in situ), and is marked behind (on the away side from the PIN), by using an appropriately coloured TEE PEG.

Ball & TEE PEG (both remains in situ), and the Ball is doubly marked behind (on the away side of the PIN , by using an appropriately coloured CUBE, so that the marking sequence is ...................PIN ............Ball..TEE Peg..(Six-faced) Cube

Only WHITE, RED or BLUE cube faces may be used on an Ω zone.

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Photo 1.01.8 (BELOW). Showcasing a (twice) tri-coloured CUBE with one of its Primary Plane's uppermost surfaces (horizontally) as BLUE: a Six-faced Cube with Six Rounded Corners, with no balance issues! Showing three VISIBLE faces of the Cube, clockwise, from the uppermost full-facing BLUE surface (opposite an invisible Blue surface), to a mere glimpse of a RED surface (opposite an invisible Red surface), and an equally glimpsed WHITE surface (opposite an invisible White surface).

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There is always a most VISIBLE Coloured Cube Face, opposite a completely INVISIBLE Same-Coloured Cube Face, to be displayed, using a Twice Tri-Coloured CUBE (2 x W/R/B).

This emphasises one of the three colours (White, Red, or Blue) of TEE PEG MARKING, when a ball initially lands onto an Ω zone.

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Photo 1.01.9 (BELOW). Showcasing a (twice) tri-coloured CUBE with one of its Primary Plane's uppermost surfaces (horizontally) as BLUE: a Six-faced Cube with Six Rounded Corners, with no balance issues! Showing three VISIBLE faces of the Cube, clockwise, from the uppermost full-facing BLUE surface (opposite an invisible Blue surface), to a mere glimpse of a WHITE surface (opposite an invisible Whitee surface), and an equally glimpsed RED surface (opposite an invisible Red surface).

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There is always a most VISIBLE Coloured Cube Face, opposite a completely INVISIBLE Same-Coloured Cube Face, to be displayed, using a Twice Tri-Coloured CUBE (2 x W/R/B).

This emphasises one of the three colours (White, Red, or Blue) of TEE PEG MARKING, when a ball initially lands onto an Ω zone.

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Photo 1.01.10 (BELOW). Showcasing a (twice) tri-coloured CUBE with one of its Primary Plane's uppermost surfaces (horizontally) as RED: a Six-faced Cube with Six Rounded Corners, with no balance issues! Showing three VISIBLE faces of the Cube, clockwise, from the uppermost full-facing RED surface (opposite an invisible Red surface), to a mere glimpse of a BLUE surface (opposite an invisible Blue surface), and an equally glimpsed WHITE surface (opposite an invisible White surface).

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There is always a most VISIBLE Coloured Cube Face, opposite a completely INVISIBLE Same-Coloured Cube Face, to be displayed, using a Twice Tri-Coloured CUBE (2 x W/R/B).

This emphasises one of the three colours (White, Red, or Blue) of TEE PEG MARKING, when a ball initially lands onto an Ω zone.

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Photo 1.01.11 (BELOW). Showcasing a (twice) tri-coloured CUBE with one of its Primary Plane's uppermost surfaces (horizontally) as RED: a Six-faced Cube with Six Rounded Corners, with no balance issues! Showing three VISIBLE faces of the Cube, clockwise, from the uppermost full-facing RED surface (opposite an invisible Red surface), to a mere glimpse of a WHITE surface (opposite an invisible White surface), and an equally glimpsed BLUE surface (opposite an invisible Blue surface).

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There is always a most VISIBLE Coloured Cube Face, opposite a completely INVISIBLE Same-Coloured Cube Face, to be displayed, using a Twice Tri-Coloured CUBE (2 x W/R/B).

This emphasises one of the three colours (White, Red, or Blue) of TEE PEG MARKING, when a ball initially lands onto an Ω zone.

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Photo 1.01.12 (BELOW). Showcasing a (twice) tri-coloured CUBE with one of its Primary Plane's uppermost surfaces (horizontally) as WHITE: a Six-faced Cube with Six Rounded Corners, with no balance issues! Showing three VISIBLE faces of the Cube, clockwise, from the uppermost full-facing WHITE surface (opposite an invisible White surface), to a mere glimpse of a BLUE surface (opposite an invisible Blue surface), and an equally glimpsed RED surface (opposite an invisible Red surface).

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There is always a most VISIBLE Coloured Cube Face, opposite a completely INVISIBLE Same-Coloured Cube Face, to be displayed, using a Twice Tri-Coloured CUBE (2 x W/R/B).

This emphasises one of the three colours (White, Red, or Blue) of TEE PEG MARKING, when a ball initially lands onto an Ω zone.

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Note 1.02.1 Descriptive TEE Peg Marking on the Arrival of a Ball onto the Ω zone. (Also see Note 1.02.5)

No ball within the ∞ zone may ever be marked!

However, on each Hole, on the one and only occasion a ball is deemed by its owner to have reached the Ω zone at the Hole, it is mandatory to mark it, and in a very specific way, using INDICATIVE TEE PEG MARKING (ITPM).

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Imagine that FIVE BriskerGolfers (BGs) have all progressed sufficiently well to be considered to be within the imaginary elastic Ω zone boundary of the Hole, depicted in Photo 1.03.4 .....? above, and are all still contesting this beautifully tortuous Hole!

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None of their shots to this wonderful GREEN have peppered the PIN, but all of them are reasonably well-placed within the imagined Ω zone of the Hole.

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Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) is the compulsory duty of every BriskerGolfer, to mark his/her ball appropriately, as a declaration of the moment that his/her ball has arrived either:

within the obvious boundary of the GREEN itself

within the subjectively enlarged boundary of the Ω zone*, which encompasses the GREEN itself, together with adjacent embellishments (in the indisputable opinion of the ball's owner!): (i) CONSISTENTLY of Cut Grass (aprons, humps & hollows) and (ii) OFTEN (but NOT ALWAYS), of Raked Sand (manicured bunkers).

[* Every Ω zone boundary has subjective areas of (i) (as above) & possibly (ii) (as above), on its periphery, ADJACENT to the GREEN at a Hole, which BriskerGolfers may choose to determine themselves.]

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Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) is the use of an appropriately coloured TEE PEG to signify the NET Regulation Status of a BriskerGolfer's ball when it has initially settled anywhere within the Ω zone of a Hole, following a BriskerGolfer's shot towards the Hole from an ∞ zone lie.

A BriskerGolfer may choose NOT TO MARK his/her ball in the periphery of an Ω zone.

In which case the Honour to play his/her ball would be by use of Standard Golfing Honour rules, i.e. the furthest away from the PIN plays FIRST.

However, once all balls within the Ω zone have been DTPM'd the Honour to Play is that of the Orchestrated BriskerGolf Etiquette system! (See Note 1.04.3 below)

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White (Hot); Red (Warm); Blue (Cool), representing:

White (Hot) => An excellent arrival onto the Ω zone => IN ONE UNDER (NET) REGULATION

Red (Warm) => An above average arrival onto the Ω zone => LEVEL, IN (NET) REGULATION

Blue (Cool) => A below average arrival onto the Ω zone => IN ONE OVER (NET) REGULATION

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In very extraordinary circumstances TWO WHITE TEE PEGS, side by side, may be used, as follows:

White, White (Exceptionally Hot) => A superb arrival onto the Ω zone => IN TWO UNDER (NET) REGULATION

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And in dire circumstances NO TEE PEGS, must be used for arrival onto the Ω zone in:

TWO OVER (NET) REGULATION => Dead Ball PICK UP! => Default NET Bogey score. (DNB)

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Also, no arrival onto the Ω zone => Dead Ball PICK UP! (earlier on in the Hole, within the ∞ zone)

=> Default NET Bogey score (DNB), or Penalty Score, P or P18

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∞ / Ω boundary

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An ∞ zone ball that is deemed to be out of bounds or simply lost, is never 'lost to the game' in 21st Century Golf! (See the Five Stride Rule above, at Note 1.03.1)

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The optionally enlarged size of the Ω zone compared to that of the GREEN, is for every BG player to use or not use, to their Brisk advantage, on their arrival at what they deem to be a legitimate Ω zone area, adjacent to the GREEN.

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Photo 1.09.2

Examples of DESCRIPTIVE TEE PEG MARKING (ITPM) on an Ω zone, using Three Colours of TEE Pegs to indicate the STATUS of a Ball on the Ω zone, in terms of STANDARD REGULATION!

White Tee Peg => On in ONE UNDER Standard Regulation

Red Tee Peg => On in Standard Regulation (i.e. LEVEL in Standard Regulation)

Blue Tee Peg => On in ONE OVER Standard Regulation

(Note: On in TWO OVER standard Regulation => DEAD BALL PICKUP! => Given NET Bogey score!)

1.01.5c

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Photo 1.09.3

Examples of DESCRIPTIVE TEE PEG MARKING (DTPM) on an Ω zone, using Coloured Dice in addition to TEE PEGS, to emphasise the colours of TEE PEGS on the Ω zone.

To be completed!

Photo 1.01.4 (below). The Ω zone of a golf Hole is always comprised of a very APPROXIMATELY curved Ω shape, with each of the two splayed 'FEET' of the Ω zone shape resting on a Linear* BASE LINE, adjoining the 'HEELS' of the two 'FEET' of the imaginary Ω zone shape.

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[* Linear => Straight Line]

An imaginary Base Line across the front edge of a golf GREEN is the approximately unique linear section of the ∞/Ω line** boundary of this golf Hole. Such a Base Line is a vital part of BriskerGolf repêchage play at a Hole!

[** Infinity/Omega zone Base Line]

Photo 1.01.5 (below): The Ω zone* (Omega zone) exists at every golf Hole. Equally the ∞ zone (Infinity zone) exists outside the boundary of the Ω zone, and has no limit** to the range of its existence at a golf Hole!

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[* An imaginary overlay of a Base Line across the front edge of a golf GREEN, (as in Photo 1.01.5 below), combined with an equally imaginary overlay of an approximately shaped Ω figure (Omega figure), creates an imagined vision of an Ω zone at a golf Hole.]

[** The ∞ zone (Infinity zone) range includes all Out of Bounds regions adjacent to a current golf Hole. e.g. the Beach, adjacent to the Hole below!]

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Interlude 1.02.1 Universal Suppression of Five Ball SKINS Golf....!

Pleas from Regular Amateurs to Play the World's Most Sublime and Enduring 19TH CENTURY 5-Ball Matchplay Golf Game are Constantly Rejected by Golf Club Officials!

When five friends meet spontaneously at a golf club they will be prevented from playing together in a five-ball.

Currently the unpalatable choice for a group of five regular amateur golfers is either to split into a couple of dissimilar groups of three and two, or to banish one friend and play in a four!

Course managers cite the possibility of disruptively slow play in a five as the reason to veto such an amateur game.

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The privilege of playing golf in a five is universally restricted to very exclusive groups:

Professional Golfers

Elite Amateurs

Golf Course Owners

Golf Course Managers

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As an historic and elegant multi-player sports game, 19th Century Five Ball SKINS golf has an impeccable pedigree and is a game that has endured, unchanged, for possibly 200 years!

The magnificence of five ball Skins is undeniable. It is regularly the game of choice for the majority of those privileged to be allowed to play it.

However, it is very much a game of skill and self discipline, and most golf clubs have either a written or an unwritten rule that prohibits non-privileged club golfers from ever playing Skins in its most Classic Five Ball Form.

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On balance, it is a well-intentioned decision to limit the play of Five Ball Skins to very select groups, as outlined above.

Firstly, untutored golfers could play catastrophically slowly in a Five Ball Skins game, ruining every other variety of golf game on a course!

Secondly, playing Five Ball Skins by very select groups of expert players conserves the historic game, as a living rather than an obsolete game!

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But what of the vast majority of the world's golfers, perhaps 60 million or more? Are they to be confined to playing in smaller groups of two, three or four, supposedly to guard against golf's greatest problem:

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SLOW PLAY!

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Is this simplistic solution effective? Does it rid the game of slow play?

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Photo 1.02.2 Re-imagining any golf Hole, such as the one above, to include an Ω zone (Omega zone), as a more general Target, and external to this Ω zone, imagining an ∞ zone, which HAS NO LIMIT to its range of existence at a golf Hole!

Firstly, in the Photo below, 1.02.3 imagine a Base Line across the front edge of a golf GREEN, then combine this Base Line with an equally imaginary overlay of an approximately shaped Ω figure (Omega figure), to create an imagined vision of an Ω zone at a golf Hole, greater in size than the GREEN, as below.

The ∞ zone (Infinity zone) range includes all Out of Bounds regions adjacent to a current golf Hole.]

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Photo 1.02.3 Re-imagining any golf Hole, such as the one below, to include an Ω zone (Omega zone), as a more general Target, and external to this Ω zone, imagining an ∞ zone, which HAS NO LIMIT to its range of existence at a golf Hole!

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Photo 1.02.4 An Ω zone* (Omega zone) exists at every golf Hole, including the 'invisible' one below, and is always complemented by an ∞ zone (Infinity zone), which exists beyond the boundary of the Ω zone, and has no limit** to the range of its existence at a golf Hole!

[* An imaginary overlay of a Base Line across the front edge of a golf GREEN, (as in Photo 1.02.2 below), combined with an equally imaginary overlay of an approximately shaped Ω figure (Omega figure), creates an imagined vision of an Ω zone at a golf Hole.]

[** The ∞ zone (Infinity zone) range includes all Out of Bounds regions adjacent to a current golf Hole.]

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Imagine the transformation of the Standard golf Hole below, to a BriskerGolf Hole that follows it in Photo 1.02.5

Photo 1.02.5 (below). An Ω zone* (Omega zone) exists at every golf Hole, including the one below, and is always complemented by an ∞ zone (Infinity zone), which exists beyond the boundary of the Ω zone, and has no limit** to the range of its existence at a golf Hole!

[* An imaginary overlay of a Base Line across the front edge of a golf GREEN, (as in Photo 1.02.5 below), combined with an equally imaginary overlay of an approximately shaped Ω figure (Omega figure), creates an imagined vision of an Ω zone at a golf Hole.]

[** The ∞ zone (Infinity zone) range includes all Out of Bounds regions adjacent to a current golf Hole.]

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160 Interlude: Exhortations to play golf MORE SWIFTLY fall on deaf ears....!

Unsatisfactory Pace of Play is Still a Major Issue

From the late 19th Century there has been a succession of superstar golfers!

Nicknamed The Greyhound, Harry Vardon dominated professional golf for many years. In 1896, aged 26, he won the first of his six British Opens. Despite a debilitating bout of T.B. in 1903, his high-level playing career continued beyond WW1. He won the US Open in 1900, finished second in the 1913 US Open, and then in the 1920 US Open, aged 50, he was leading by five shots with five Holes to play, but then unfortunately dropped five shots to par, to finish in joint second place!

Harry's enormous contribution to the progression of golf overlapped with the careers of the equally inspirational, fast-playing George Duncan, and the stylish Americans: Gene Sarazen, Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones, of the post WW1 era.

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WW2 interrupted the early golfing career of the legendary Bobby Locke. Hower his indefatigable aerial exploits as a combat pilot throughout this critical period were exceptional!

Post WW2, his steely character complemented his sublime manoeuvring of a golf ball from the tee onto the green, and this magic was equalled by his stupendous putting! His virtually insuperable golfing reign continued long into the Fifties, albeit at his distinctively leisurely pace.

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Thanks to increasingly regular TV coverage of golf from the late Fifties onwards, many global golf stars emerged, most significant of whom were the dynamic Arnold Palmer, the imperious Jack Nicklaus and the athletic Gary Player.

As professional golf became more and more lucrative, the game became more serious, no matter how dynamic, imperious or athletic you were!

Golf rounds taking at least four and a half hours, and occasionally more than five hours, were normalised in the ranks of professional golfers!

The average pace of regular amateur golf club rounds began to reflect the public's long-held and possibly erroneous perception of the leisurely procession of the professional game.

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Exhortations to observe brisker golfing practices have been made for many decades, from golfing authorities and expert golf commentators, most notably the legendary Peter Alliss, to professional and club players alike, but to date these have made no discernible difference to golfers' progress on a course.

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The popularity of golf has grown exponentially in the last Half-Century, but for many millions of novice or underperforming regular golfers, the most basic lesson of all:

HOW TO MAKE PROPER PROGRESS AROUND A GOLF COURSE,

has yet to be imparted!

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Without prejudice to any past unequivocal leadership, a radically different 21st Century Golf approach to the age-old problem of slow play is suggested: BRISKERGOLF*

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[* The thrice-named 21st Century Golf game:

Primarily as BriskerGolf (BG)

Optionally as COINS! golf (BG players attempt to win a COIN or a COIN BONANZA at a Hole)

Optionally as TOKENS! golf (Alt. to COINS! golf: to win a TOKEN or TOKEN BONANZA at Hole)]

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Photo 1.02.1 The Ω zone* (Omega zone) exists at every golf Hole. Equally the ∞ zone (Infinity zone) exists beyond the boundary of the Ω zone, and has no limit** to the range of its existence at a golf Hole!

[* An imaginary overlay of a Base Line across the front edge of a golf GREEN, (as in Photo 1.01.3 above), combined with an equally imaginary overlay of an approximately shaped Ω figure (Omega figure), creates an imagined vision of an Ω zone at a golf Hole.]

[** The ∞ zone (Infinity zone) range includes all Out of Bounds regions adjacent to a current golf Hole.]

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Photo 1.02.3

Without any imaginary overlays the standard GREEN immediately below is a much reduced target zone at the golf Hole, compared with that of the enhanced Ω zone above.

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Photo 1.02.7

An imaginary Base Line across the front edge of a golf GREEN is the approximately unique linear section of the ∞/Ω line* boundary of this golf Hole. Such a Base Line is a vital part of potential BriskerGolf repêchage play at a Hole!

[*Infinity/Omega zone Base Line, across the front edge of the GREEN at a Hole.]

Interlude 4. Undoubtedly a Superstar Golfer, and a modest war-time hero to boot, Bobby Locke was incomparable amongst his peers! His relaxed pace on course was the very opposite of the urgency of the equally talented George Duncan of a slightly earlier era.

A Relaxed Pace of Play is not a style to be copied!

In the estimation of many golf aficionados Bobby Locke was the world's greatest-ever golfer! His ability to control the shape of every one of his shots, from his idiosyncratic driving through to his gloriously unique putting, was mesmerising; possibly akin to that of an autistic savant!

He transcended the complexities of the game of golf with ease, and was in a category all of his own: that of an all-conquering entertainer*. As such, his rather relaxed pace did not detract from the magic of his public performances, but may have just disqualified him from being dubbed the world's greatest-ever golfer.

[*Two of the author's distinguished golfer friends, Bryon Hutchinson and Peter Coleman, have given very similar descriptions of the magical Bobby Locke, from their own precious experiences of being in his company as players themselves, when Bobby was in his prime. Typically, after a game, Bobby would sing to his fans, whilst accompanying himself on his ukulele!]

Bobby Locke epitomised almost everything that was glorious about his chosen sport, throughout his illustrious career. We can only speculate why he resisted becoming a BriskerGolfer.

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Photo 1.04.1

An imaginary Base Line across the front edge of a golf GREEN is the approximate and uniquely linear section of the ∞/Ω line* boundary of this golf Hole. Such a Base Line is a vital part of BriskerGolf play at a Hole, enabling a BriskerGolfer to conceive of an elastic form of Ω shape that would complete the imaginary vision of an Ω zone at the Hole!

[*Infinity/Omega zone linear boundary line section]

022 SGH (3) Bunkers at front; hedge to rear

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Photo 1.04.2

An imaginary Base Line across the front edge of any golf GREEN is the approximate and uniquely linear section of the ∞/Ω line* boundary of this golf Hole. Such a Base Line also serves as the starting line in the event of the need for a repêchage contest to confirm or deny the award of the COINS! value of the current Hole, to the Preliminary Winner of the Hole, and thereby the title of Overall Winner of the Hole.

[*Infinity/Omega zone linear boundary line section]

Of course, the Preliminary Winner risks acquiring the epithet of Overall Loser of the Hole!

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Photo 1.04.3

An imaginary Base Line exists across the front edge of every golf GREEN. It is the approximate uniquely linear section of the imagined border of a completely closed Ω zone.

An imaginary Base Line is always tangential to the front edge contour of a GREEN, and is approximately at right angles to the general flow of direction from the front to the rear of a GREEN.

(MOVE [ *Examples of closed Ω zones (closed Omega zones), may be viewed in four successive Photos 1.02.1, 1.02.2 , 1.02.3 and 1.02.4, a little later on, in this website.] .........)

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(MOVE Photo 1.01.9 )

An imaginary Base Line, across the front edge of a GREEN is always approximately at right angles to the flow of progress of the primary course route towards the PIN from the main body of a golf Hole.

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Photo 1.04.4

An imaginary Base Line, across the front edge of a GREEN is always used in the event of a repêchage putting event, to confirm or deny a Preliminary Win at a Hole.

In the event of a repêchage putting contest at a Hole, the starting line for each BriskerGolfer will be be the Base Line, which will be specifically marked by two none-white/none-red/none-blue TEE Pegs, spaced at least 5 strides apart, along the Base Line.

036 RD Long green flanked by yellow gorse.Firth glimpsed-1

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Photo 1.04.5

Another example of an imaginary front edge, linear Base Line of a GREEN, which may be visualised to be at right angles to the standard golfing flow towards the PIN at a Hole.

165 The ZONE Status of a Ball.

[* Photos 1.01.3; 1.02.3; 1.04.1; 1.04.2; 1.04.3; 1.04.4 and 1.04.5 above]

[** Photos 1.02.1 and 1.02.4 above ; 1.04.8; 1.04.9; 1.04.10 below]

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Elsewhere on the BriskerGolf website*** are a mixture of:

Pure Golf Holes

Golf Holes, each with an overlay of an imagined front edge, linear Base Line

Golf Holes, each with an overlay of an imagined approximation of a closed Ω zone

[*** The BriskerGolf website => the COINS! golf website => the TOKENS! golf website]

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The precise boundary of an Ω zone is entirely subjective, and is always in the irrefutable judgement of an individual BriskerGolfer, who's ball (in his/her view) has landed within, (or just outside), an approximate Ω zone area.

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The zone status of a BriskerGolfer's golf ball may be:

either ∞ zone (IN THE Infinity zone***)

or Ω zone (WITHIN THE Omega zone****)

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[*** From the TEE at a Hole, the ∞ zone area exists almost EVERYWHERE at the Hole, both in-bounds and out-of-bounds, up to its only BOUNDARY, the ∞ / Ω line. This closed boundary excludes (i.e. separates) the imaginary ∞ zone from the imaginary Ω zone]

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[**** The WHOLE TARGET AREA of a golf Hole is termed the Ω zone, and consists of:

The GREEN

Plus (ALWAYS): cut grass aprons, including humps & hollows

Plus (FREQUENTLY, but not ALWAYS): raked sand (i.e. manicured sand)]

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All such peripheral Ω zone features above:

of cut grass

and raked sand

must be adjacent to the GREEN at a golf Hole.

Embellished areas of grass & sand, NOT ADJACENT to the GREEN, are definitely in the ∞ zone.

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The Ω zone is always a closed boundary figure and is entirely surrounded by the ∞/Ω boundary line.

See Photos 1.02.1, 1.02.2, 1.02.3 and 1.02.4 immediately below, and several others that follow on later.

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NOTE 1.04.7

Every golf Hole consists of an imaginary closed Ω zone (Omega zone) area, and an outer, unlimited ∞ zone (Infinity zone) area!

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Photo 1.04.8

This shows an imaginary Ω zone that encompasses the GREEN of a golf Hole, and, subjectively, ALWAYS additional adjacent areas of manicured green aprons, and, FREQUENTLY , but not ALWAYS , adjacent areas of sand hazards.*

[* In Photo 1.04.8 (below), the WHOLE of the areas of the two sand hazards shown may be included within the Ω zone of the Hole, because they are adjacent to the Green.

Equally it could be argued subjectively that either neither or just one of the sand hazards are immediately adjacent to the Green.]

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Photo 1.04.8

Equally it could be argued subjectively that either neither or just one of the sand hazards are immediately adjacent to the Green.]

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Photo 1.04.9

An imaginary Ω zone includes a variable amount of cut grass Aprons* on the periphery of a golf GREEN.

Note that this great links Hole below requires no sand hazards!

[*The amount of cut grass Apron to be included within an Ω zone is subjectively determined by a golf ball's owner, and is irrefutable]

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Photo 1.04.10

An imaginary Ω zone may optionally (i.e. subjectively) include or exclude peripheral sand hazards*.

[* Two sand hazards, one on either side of the curved Ω zone boundary in Photo 1.02.4 below may be considered, optionally (subjectively), to be either within or external to the Ω zone for a golf ball. This subjective judgement is wholly and irrefutably that of the golf ball's owner.]

Note 1.05.1 The ∞ zone (Infinity zone) and the Ω zone (Omega zone) are the Two Components of Every Golf Hole! Relief is available within both zones!

Relief from any awkward lie, mostly within the ∞ zone

Both in-bounds or out-of-bounds relief may be obtained irrefutably by a self-declared, overtly-signalled* appropriate expression:

There are three types of relief available to decisive BriskerGolfers.

(i) ASL (Awkward SAND Lie) relief, for an exclusively in-bounds Found Ball, within either the ∞ zone or the Ω zone, comprising: either a raked sand (manicured bunker) lie; or a natural sand lie (e.g. a Barranca).

(ii) MAGL (Moderately Awkward GRASS Lie) relief, for an exclusively in-bounds Found Ball, within the ∞ zone.

(iii) VANSL (Very Awkward NONE-SAND Lie) relief, anywhere within the ∞ zone: for a Found Ball or Lost Ball, either in-bounds or out-of-bounds.

[* Possibly by the Art of Mime?]

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An ASL Found Ball is exclusively in-bounds, within either the ∞ zone or the Ω zone, and may always benefit from the Free, Collect then Release within 10 seconds, rule* :

Delicately Collect a Found Ball in any sand lie

Delicately Release the Found Ball in a preferred sand lie, up to one stride away from its original lie, and not nearer to the Hole, within 10 seconds of the Collection of the Found Ball.

The whole manœuvre, from touching to releasing the Found Ball must be less than 10 seconds!

Tardy BriskerGolfers will receive a PENALTY, P or P18, for Time-Wasting! (See Note 1.10.1)

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A MAGL Found Ball is exclusively within the in-bounds region of the ∞ zone, and may always benefit from the Free, Collect then Release within 10 seconds, rule* :

Delicately Collect a Found Ball in any shallow grass lie on the GREEN, Fairway or in the Semi-Rough.

Delicately Release the Found Ball onto a preferred shallow grass lie, that corresponds to the Found Ball's initial lie, of either Fairway or Semi-Rough, up to one stride away from its original lie, and not nearer to the Hole, within 10 seconds of the Collection of the Found Ball.

The whole manœuvre, from touching to releasing the Found Ball must be less than 10 seconds!

[* Lies included within this MAGL rule are on Fairways or possibly in Semi-Rough, but NEVER in Deep Rough!]

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A VANSL Found Ball or Lost Ball is either within the in-bounds region of the ∞ zone, or often more simply, may be declared to be a VANSL Lost Ball within either the in-bounds or the out-of-bounds region of the ∞ zone.

Whichever way, a VANSL Found or Lost Ball always benefits equally from the Free, Five Stride Retreat rule, provided a BRISK DECISION is made to use this beneficial offering!

For a VANSL Found Ball in-bounds* the Free, Five Stride Retreat rule is an optional and very BRISK rule to be used by a BriskerGolfer within a decision timeframe of 30 seconds from his/her Arrival** at the EXACT or APPROXIMATE ball landing point.

[* Lies included in this rule are (i) within Water (of any depth), (ii) within Deep Rough (iii) within Scrub (such as Heather, Bracken, and Low Lying Wooden Scrub, such as Gorse and Broom) (iv) within Trees (v) adjacent to man-made Obstacles, such as stone, brick or wooden bridges or bulwarks or towers].

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The Free, Five Stride Retreat rule is an initial grouping of Five Strides ACROSS, at RIGHT ANGLES to the direction of the central route towards a golf Hole, followed by a second grouping of Five Strides AT RIGHT ANGLES to the direction of initial grouping and in Retreat, towards the original golf Hole TEE.

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It is also permissible to reverse the two Five Stride Strides groupings by firstly performing five strides in Retreat, towards the original golf Hole TEE, and secondly making Five Strides AT RIGHT ANGLES to this initial Retreat, in a direction across to the central route of a golf Hole.

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The Free Five Strides Retreat rule may be used in multiples of Five Strides, as either the Free Ten Strides Retreat rule; Free Fifteen Strides Retreat rule; Free Twenty Strides Retreat rule; and so on.] See also Note 1.09

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Use of the Free Five Strides Retreat rule means that a ball or its substitute should seldom be 'Lost to the contest' at a Hole.

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[** ' Arrival ' at a ball search area is defined as the moment a BriskerGolfer releases control of his/her golf bag, by either (a) exiting a ride-on buggy (b) releasing the power control of his/her personal buggy (c) laying down a personal carrying bag (d) instructing his/her caddie to lay down his/her BriskerGolfer's bag of clubs]

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Any delay beyond the decision timeframe of 30 seconds of the Five Strides rule implies: (i) an automatic WITHDRAWAL from the normal BriskerGolf contest at the Hole, (ii) a Backstop rule GIFT of a passive NET BOGEY score at the Hole, to an indecisive BriskerGolfer.

WITHDRAWAL from the normal BriskerGolf contest at the Hole, allows for an extended solo search period, but there is no permission to play any Found Ball, post withdrawal.

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However there is a possibility of a Team BriskerGolf repêchage event taking place, exclusively within the Ω zone area, before the conclusion of a Hole has been formally declared, as either a positive transition from Preliminary Winner to Overall Winner, or as a negative transition from Preliminary Winner to Overall Loser!

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Prompt attendance at the Ω zone is necessary to compete as a member of Team BriskerGolf, to help to de-throne any Preliminary Winner of a Hole, and thereby conserve the COINS! value of the Hole, for it to be rolled up with the COIN value of the successive Hole, as a COINS! BONANZA!

The other VANSL option is to play a ball as it lies!

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Photo 1.06.1

An excellent GREEN, surrounded by peripheral manicured grass aprons, and noticeably devoid of manicured (raked) sand hazards.

Note the sad figure of a single golfer, who has undoubtedly been unable to join up to a Five Ball BriskerGolf game!

Note 1.07.1 With the exception of the LAST HOLE (the 18th), it is Mandatory for a Repêchage event in the Ω zone to automatically follow a PRELIMINARY WIN of a BriskerGolf Hole! This is an Early Opportunity to Dislodge the PRELIMINARY WINNER of a Hole by a TEAM EFFORT (of 'Team BriskerGolf') of the Four Losers of the Hole!

It is MANDATORY for the Preliminary Winner (PW) at a Hole, to be immediately challenged to a Skewed Repêchage (SR) event within the Ω zone of the Hole. This pits the PW against four separate Team BriskerGolf* players! The best SR attempt of a Team BriskerGolf player is set against the putting score of the PW. Only a WIN for Team BriskerGolf can CONSERVE the COINS! score at the Hole, which would then be Rolled Up to be played for at the Next Hole, together with the COIN representing this successive Hole, creating a COINS! BONANZA!

[* Team BriskerGolf is the four-person group of Losing BriskerGolfers at a Hole]

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No Repêchage contest occurs at the LAST Hole. The Preliminary Winner(PW) is declared to be the Outright Winner of the Last Hole.

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No Repêchage contest occurs at any BriskerGolf Hole that ie TIED, including a TIED result at the Last Hole.

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In the event of a TIE at the Last Hole, the Winner is determined from those that have TIED the Last Hole, by Countback to the Last Outright Winner (i.e. the last former PW Repêchage winner of a Hole).

In the event of no former PW Repêchage winner of a Hole being in a TIE at the Last Hole, a Sudden Death Putting Contest from the Base Line at the Last Hole to the PIN will commence, following Repêchage rules (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) below, and, if necessary, will be repeated, until a winner of the Last Hole emerges.

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Repêchage rules:

(i) Sudden Death Continuous Putting contest, from the Linear BASE LINE of the Ω zone to the PIN

(ii) No Handicap Allowances

(iii) No Given putts

(iv) Flagstick remains in its Cup throughout the contest

(v) Continuous Individual Putting, to a CONCLUSION (Holing Out), or to a CURTAILMENT (Dead Ball Pick-Up)

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(vi) Team BriskerGolf play FIRST, as four individuals, each one hoping to defeat the PW, each playing to a CONCLUSION or to a CURTAILMENT.

(vii) The Preliminary Winner, PW, is to play LAST, to a CONCLUSION, or to a CURTAILMENT.

(vii) The Preliminary Winner must TIE or BEAT the best individual achievement of a member of Team BriskerGolf, to be declared the Winner of the skewed Repêchage contest, and therefore the Overall Winner of the Hole.

(viii) If the Preliminary Winner fails to TIE or BEAT the best individual achievement of a Team BriskerGolf individual, then the PW is declared the Overall Loser of the Hole, and he/she forfeits the COINS! prize for winning the Hole, which is instead Conserved and rolled up together with the COIN prize for the subsequent Hole, to create a COINS! BONANZA! at this Hole.

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Photo 1.08.1

An excellent GREEN, surrounded by peripheral manicured grass aprons, and FOUR of its FIVE manicured (raked) sand hazards which are clearly within the Ω zone of this Hole.

140 Interlude (3 or 4) 19th Century SKINS golf & 21st Century Golf, (as 'COINS! golf', i.e. BriskerGolf)

19th Century SKINS golf in its most Classic Form of FIVE-BALL golf, is an amazingly elegant golf game that has endured for possibly two centuries, seemingly without any rule changes!

This hallowed golf game is quietly conserved by golf's elite. It's a magically sociable, yet fiercely competitive game, rarely glimpsed by the vast majority of journeyman/journeywoman golfers.

It is one of golf's rarest privileges to play in a 5-ball SKINS game. Unfortunately it's just not sensible for golf course controllers to allow such a joyous game to be played by hoards of semi-competent amateur golfers. It's obvious that anything less than a blanket ban on playing golf's greatest match play game would result in countless chaotic and long-winded rounds of golf.

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Unsurprisingly, the R&A has no rule against playing golf in a five ball. Its members are among the most prominent of the golfing elite, and as such, all have the necessary exceptional golfing skills to play and thereby conserve one of the world's most historic games.

Reluctantly the author accepts that his chances of playing in a legitimate 5-Ball Skins golf game are somewhat remote, and therefore he has created his own 21st Century Golf 5-Ball game, the Three-Named:

BriskerGolf, (primary name)

COINS! golf (occasional name)

TOKENS! golf (occasional name)

BriskerGolf(BG) is an abbreviated five-ball 21st Century Golf game that combines the very best elements of magical camaraderie and white hot match play that are regularly characterised as commonplace features of the phenomenally iconic 5-Ball Skins golf, but unlike this historic game, BG is a game that is remarkably devoid of any pitfalls that could befall an unwary or simply, an unlucky golfer, of any standing!

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BG is a game with many levelling up opportunities, and is uniquely played at a consistently brisk pace, brisker on average than that of a standard three-ball stroke play game!

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The author bemoans the demise of the World Skins Golf Championship, and suggests that Celebrity Am-Am events of BriskerGolf will serve to ignite or re-kindle interest in playing a universally Brisk-Paced, 5-Ball golf event.

Whilst one version of BriskerGolf is a memory-only, single-round game, a more sophisticated version of a multi-round, multi-course BG game is planned, using a BG App to record and collate results in real time, in the form of a pp (positional points) Leaderboard, as shown in Graphic 1.05.2 below.

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The utopian dream for five moderate golfers to be trusted to play competitive match-play 5-ball golf at a very acceptable pace will soon become a reality.

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The separate 21st Century Golf game of BriskerGolf gives the vast golfing majority, (some 60m or more golfers), the opportunity to actively experience many entertaining elements similar to the Historic Five-Ball Skins golf game, by adhering to simple rules* that not only create the brisk pace of play of 21st Century Golf, but also act as a form of levelling up bonus for temporarily embarrassed golfers!

[* See Free Relief from ANY awkward lies (Note 1.03.1), and Skewed Sudden Death Putting in Repêchage events (to formally confirm, or negate, a Provisional Winner of a Hole (Note 1.03.3).

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Photo 1.11.1

Examples of DESCRIPTIVE TEE PEG MARKING (DTPM) on an Ω zone, using Coloured Dice to emphasise the colours of TEE PEGS on the Ω zone.

150 COINS! GOLF, ( i.e. BriskerGolf), is very much 21ST CENTURY GOLF: an ACTIVE rather than PASSIVE sport, for EVERYONE!

21st Century COINS! golf is mindful of modern-day needs for active, competitive and brisk sport, in a most congenial atmosphere, within an efficient time frame; one that is exceptionally convenient for busy 21st Century people of any age, gender or social standing.

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Golf is an incredibly variable game that can be tailored to suit young or old, with the potential to develop through effortless camaraderie, genuinely deep, lifelong friendships, and very positive social and commercial behaviours: it is possibly the finest means of networking in business!

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The magical interaction of five golfers has been well known as a given, ever since the game of SKINS was first developed.

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Understandably there have been absolutely no developments in the Classic 19th Century Five Ball Golf game since its inception, because it would be sacrilegious to tamper with the world's most iconic sports game!

In terms of the preservation of this precious, historic 19th Century Five Ball game, this is in the safest of hands: those of the golfing elite.

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Now, well into the 21st Century, it is finally the moment to bring the wonders of a modern five-ball golf game, to a much wider audience, with just a nod to a 19th Century Five-Ball golf game.

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Five Ball COINS! golf (also known as BriskerGolf) is a spirited and positive attempt to bring a thrilling five-ball golf game to a vast audience of golfers: past, present and future; Amateur and Professional.

The author believes that this 21st Century Golf 5-ball game offers a scintillating opportunity for golfers of all abilities to actively experience a streamlined version of classic golf, which may surpass all expectations!

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Photo 1.12.4

RESERVED

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Graphic 1.13.1

A BG Leaderboard showing positional points (pp) for the top five BriskerGolfers, out of, say, a total of 60 competitors, for each Day's play, (in twelve groups of FIVE.)

The worst individual pp score in every group, each day, is 5pp. The best individual pp score in every group, each day is 1pp.

The lowest (i.e. best) possible cumulative score for, say, a 4 day pp Total is theoretically 4pp; and for a 5 day total, it's 5pp, and so on.

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Photo 1.13.1

RESERVED

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Photo 1.14.1

Note 1.15.1 21st Century COINS! golf (BriskerGolf) addresses any concerns regarding Pace of Play! NOT READY GOLF!!

BriskerGolf (BG) endorses the R&A's notion of READY GOLF, but only for it to be employed EXCLUSIVELY in the ∞ zone...!!

There is no penalty in BG for playing out of turn within the ∞ zone, and BriskerGolfers are allowed and encouraged to play READY GOLF: that is to play out of turn, in a safe and responsible way, in the ∞ zone .

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Within the ∞ zone

Declaring that a BriskerGolfer's (BG's) Found Golf Ball, is in an AWKWARD LIE!

Signalling by a raised hand in BriskerGolf implies that a BG's Golf Ball has been Found, and that in all probability the BriskerGolfer is considering using either the BG FREE Grasp rule, or the BG FREE Five Strides rule, in order to extricate himself/herself from an awkward lie.

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The BG Free Grasp rule of a Found Golf Ball

This rule is permission to:

Grasp a BG's Found Golf Ball

with the intent of lifting it, and identifying it,

and briefly cleaning it, manually, without using a cloth or any liquid,

and gently repositioning it, in a preferred lie, not nearer to the PIN, within One Stride Distance of its original position,

then Ungrasping the BG's Found Golf Ball, all within a time frame* of TEN Seconds!

[* The maximum Timed difference between grasping and ungrasping!]

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Within the ∞ zone

The Grasp rule may be used on multiple occasions, but only once, per awkward lie:

in most ∞ zone lies: rough; semi-rough; fairway; sand, but NOT WATER lies!**

[** The FREE Five Stride Rule applies to ALL WATER lies, and to all very awkward LAND-BASED lies, both IN-BOUNDS and OUT-OF-BOUNDS. See Note ..... ]

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Within the Ω zone

It is compulsory to use the Mini-Grasp rule just ONCE, on a ball's first arrival onto the Ω zone of a Hole.

The Mini-Grasp rule is the FREE repositioning of an active ball by its owner, within a handspan of the original lie of the BG's ball on reaching the Ω zone, and not nearer to the PIN, within a Time Frame of TEN seconds, from Mini-Grasp to Mini-Ungrasp:

The Mini-Grasp rule is permitted in ALL Ω zone lies, including sand hazard lies, cut grass apron lies (of aprons adjacent to GREENS) and fine cut lies, on the GREEN itself.

The Mini-Grasp rule is mandatory, to enable the initial Ω zone process of Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) of any ball that has legitimately landed in the Ω zone of a Hole, in active preparation to attack the Hole, (all done in the unquestionable opinion of a ball's owner).

A BriskerGolfer (BG) is compelled to use DTPM as a clear indication that his/her ball is deemed to be an active ball, within the Ω zone of the current Hole, by use of a White, Red or Blue TEE PEG marker, placed to the immediate rear of a BG's extant ball.

DTPM is restricted to active, competing balls in Ω zone lies, whose NET Regulation descriptions on landing on the Ω zone vary from weak to very strong: (i)(Weak): On in NET One-Over-Regulation; to (ii)(Good): On in NET Regulation; to (iii)(Very Good): On in NET One-Under-Regulation; to (iv)(Exceptional): On in NET Two-Under-Regulation; to (v)(Theoretical!): On in NET Three-Under-Regulation.

Shots onto the Ω zone that result in passive, uncompetitive & illegal non-active scores, such as: (i) On in NET Two-Over-Regulation (Pick up: Penalty score) (ii) On in NET Three-Over-Regulation (Pick up: Penalty score), or worse, equate to a Time Wasting Penalty, P, or P18. (See Note 1.09 or 1.10)

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The Ω zone rule for DTPM is that a ball in the Ω zone must be Distinctively Marked on its arrival onto the Ω zone, with either a WHITE TEE PEG behind a replaced ball, or with a RED TEE PEG behind a replaced ball, or with a BLUE TEE PEG behind a replaced ball, using the Mini-Grasp rule.
The Honour System of Ω zone play is not initiated until all active balls have been DTPM in the Ω zone.

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Photo 1.16.1

golf course nestled in the North Carolina mountains in the Fall

Note 1.17.1 Orchestration of Ω zone Etiquette in 21st Century COINS! golf (BriskerGolf)

Orchestration of Ω zone play, using the INVERSE of the Standard Honour System

Only active balls may be present in the Ω zone. Any temptation to play a passive* ball that is not contesting the Hole must be resisted, and an overt Ball Pick up used, to signal a conceded Hole by a BG, and, if legitimate, acceptance of a passive score of a (given)NET Bogey.

Each Ω zone ball is significantly marked in a colour coded way, using TEE PEGS for DTPM, as follows: White (=> White Hot!); Red (=> Red Hot!); Blue (=> Cool Blue).

Each colour of TEE PEG refers to the initial STATUS of an Ω zone ball, in terms of its REGULATION on the Ω zone (which is equivalent to the Pro Golf term 'in Regulation' on a GREEN). Thus: White => On the Ω zone in One Under Reg.; Red => On the Ω zone in Level Reg.; Blue => On the Ω zone in One Over Reg.

Ω zone play begins, with the NEAREST BALL to the PIN being played, to either a Conclusion (Holing Out), or to a Curtailment (a Dead Ball Pick Up)

This must be a CONTINUOUS process, with NO BALL MARKING, with no BALL grasping, and with the PIN remaining in its cup throughout, with NO given putts.

The NEXT NEAREST BALL to the PIN is then played in a similar manner to the NEAREST BALL to the PIN.

There is no need to have any ball marked with this method of Inverse Honour BriskerGolf play.

TRANSFER (below) to another Module 6 Feb'24, possibly Note 1.04b ?

The FREE Five Stride rule (Also see Note 1.099)

This rule applies to all ∞ zone balls that cannot be advantageously lifted to within One Stride Distance, Not Nearer to the Hole, of their original positions, into preferred lies.

Examples of such balls are:

Any balls lying in water

Any balls self-declared to be lying out of bounds

Any balls self-declared to be lost
Any balls self-declared to be in found, but in impossibly awkward lies

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Photo 1.18.1

Note 1.06.3 BriskerGolf Simplification of ∞ zone & Ω zone rules.

BriskerGolf (BG) DOES NOT endorse the R&A's notion of READY GOLF,

There is no penalty in BG for playing out of turn within the ∞ zone, BUT BriskerGolfers are NOT encouraged to play READY GOLF: that is to try to play out of turn, in a safe and responsible way.

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Within the ∞ zone

Declaring that a BriskerGolfer's (BG's) Found Golf Ball, is in an AWKWARD LIE!

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The BG Free Grasp rule of a BG's Found Golf Ball

This rule is permission to:

Grasp a BG's Found Golf Ball

with the intent of lifting it

and briefly cleaning it, manually, without using a cloth or any liquid

and gently repositioning it, in a preferred lie, not nearer to the PIN, within One Stride Distance of its original position

and Ungrasping the BG's Found Golf Ball, all within a time frame* of TEN Seconds!

[* The maximum Timed difference between grasping and ungrasping!]

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Within the ∞ zone

The Grasp rule may be used on multiple occasions, but only once, per awkward lie:

in most ∞ zone lies: rough; semi-rough; fairway; sand, but NOT WATER lies!**

[** The FREE Five Stride Rule applies to ALL WATER lies, and to all very awkward LAND-BASED lies, both IN-BOUNDS and OUT-OF-BOUNDS. See Note ..... ]

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Within the Ω zone

It is compulsory to use the Mini-Grasp rule just ONCE, on a ball's first arrival onto the Ω zone of a Hole.

The Mini-Grasp rule is permitted in ALL Ω zone lies, including sand hazard lies, cut grass lies (of aprons adjacent to GREENS) and fine cut lies, on the GREEN itself.

The Mini-Grasp rule is mandatory, to enable the initial process of Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) of any ball that has legitimately landed in the Ω zone of a Hole, in active preparation to attack the Hole, (in the unquestionable opinion of its owner).

A BriskerGolfer (BG) is compelled to use DTPM as a clear indication that his/her ball is deemed to be an active ball, within the Ω zone of the current Hole, by use of a White, Red or Blue TEE PEG marker, placed to the immediate rear of a BG's extant ball.

DTPM is restricted to active, competing balls in Ω zone lies, whose NET Regulation descriptions on landing on the Ω zone vary from weak to very strong: (i)(Weak) On in NET One-Over-Regulation; to (ii)(Good) On in NET Regulation; to (iii)(Very Good) On in NET One-Under-Regulation; to (iv)(Exceptional) On in NET Two-Under-Regulation; to (v)(Theoretical!) On in NET Three-Under-Regulation.

Shots onto the Ω zone that result in passive, uncompetitive & illegal non-active scores, such as: (i) On in NET Two-Over-Regulation (Pick up: Penalty score) (ii) On in NET Three-Over-Regulation (Pick up: Penalty score), or worse, equate to a Time Wasting Penalty, P, or P18. (See Note ...)

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The Ω zone rule for DTPM is that a ball in the Ω zone must be Distinctively Marked on its arrival onto the Ω zone, with either a WHITE TEE PEG behind a replaced ball, or with a RED TEE PEG behind a replaced ball, or with a BLUE TEE PEG behind a replaced ball, using the Mini-Grasp rule.

The Honour System of Ω zone play is not initiated until all active balls have been DTPM in the Ω zone.

Orchestration of Ω zone play, using the INVERSE of the Standard Honour System

Only active balls may be present in the Ω zone. Any temptation to play a passive* ball that is not contesting the Hole must be resisted, and an overt Ball Pick up used, to signal a conceded Hole by a BG, and, if legitimate, acceptance of a passive score of a (given)NET Bogey.

Each Ω zone ball is significantly marked in a colour coded way, using TEE PEGS for DTPM, as follows: White (=> White Hot!); Red (=> Red Hot!); Blue (=> Cool Blue).

Each colour of TEE PEG refers to the initial STATUS of an Ω zone ball, in terms of its REGULATION on the Ω zone (which is equivalent to the Pro Golf term 'in Regulation' on a GREEN). Thus: White => On the Ω zone in One Under Reg.; Red => On the Ω zone in Level Reg.; Blue => On the Ω zone in One Over Reg.

Ω zone play begins, with the NEAREST BALL to the PIN being played, to either a Conclusion (Holing Out), or to a Curtailment (a Dead Ball Pick Up)

This must be a CONTINUOUS process, with NO BALL MARKING, with no BALL grasping, and with the PIN remaining in its cup throughout, with NO given putts.

The NEXT NEAREST BALL to the PIN is then played in a similar manner to the NEAREST BALL to the PIN.

There is no need to have any ball marked with this method of Inverse Honour BriskerGolf play.

TRANSFER (below) to another Module 6 Feb'24, possibly Note 1.04b ?

The FREE Five Stride rule (Also see Note 1.099)

This rule applies to all ∞ zone balls that cannot be advantageously lifted to within One Stride Distance, Not Nearer to the Hole, of their original positions, into preferred lies.

Examples of such balls are:

Any balls lying in water

Any balls self-declared to be lying out of bounds

Any balls self-declared to be lost
Any balls self-declared to be in found, but in impossibly awkward lies

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Photo 1.06.4

Note 1.06.5 BriskerGolf Simplification of ∞ zone & Ω zone rules.

The FREE Five Stride rule (Also see Note 1.099)

This rule applies to all ∞ zone balls that cannot be advantageously lifted to within One Stride Distance, Not Nearer to the Hole, of their original positions, into preferred lies.

Examples of such balls are:

Any balls lying in water

Any balls self-declared to be lying out of bounds

Any balls self-declared to be lost

Any balls self-declared to be in found, but in impossibly awkward lies

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STORAGE: 2 Mar'24

A VAL Found or Lost Ball in-bounds or out-of-bounds is exclusively within the ∞ zone. Relief may be obtained for either the Found Ball, or a Substitute Ball for the Lost Ball, by the Free Five Strides rule. (See Note 1.08)

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The rule for MAL relief within the Ω zone of a Hole is described separately in Note 1.09

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There is no VAL relief within the Ω zone.

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Photo 1.03a and Photo 1.03b show two views of the same golf Hole, with the same overlay of an imaginary Omega zone (Ω zone).

Photo 1.03c shows an overlay of an imaginary Omega zone (Ω zone) that approximately surrounds a fabulous links GREEN, with an irrefutable amount of manicured embellishment of Cut Grass Apron adjacent to the GREEN and no adjacent Raked Sand Hazards.

Photo 1.03d shows an overlay of an imaginary Omega zone (Ω zone) that approximately surrounds both the GREEN and certain sections of manicured embellishments of Cut Grass and Raked Sand Hazard that are adjacent to the GREEN.

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Also visible is part of a very large area that is external to the Ω zone.

This latter area is termed the Infinity zone (∞ zone).

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The ∞ zone begins with a shot from the TEE, and is an INFINITE zone, in that the ∞ zone range is beyond that of the most powerful of ball strikes, in any direction, in-bounds or out-of-bounds....!

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The ∞ zone is EVERYWHERE from an initial TEE shot, except for its only boundary: the closed border of the whole of the Ω zone at a Hole, termed the:

∞ / Ω boundary

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Note that the straight base line (in DASHES) of the Ω zone adjoins the 'heels' of the two splayed 'feet' of the approximate and imagined Omega shape, and is positioned:

tangentially across the front edge of a GREEN, at right angles to the general flow towards the PIN.

very approximately at right angles to the general direction of the flow from the front to rear of the GREEN.

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Every golf Hole has an imaginary Ω zone that may be visualised as follows:

from its base line at the front edge of its GREEN,

curving around from one end of the base line,

to include both the whole of the GREEN,

and slightly beyond the perimeter of the GREEN,

intersecting with various adjacent embellishments of CUT GRASS & RAKED SAND,

and returning to the other end of the base line, to form a closed boundary,

as in Photos 1.03a, 1.03b, 1.03c and 1.03d above, and in many other Photos that follow.

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Some Photos below show examples of the whole of an imaginary Ω zone at a Hole, some others show just an imaginary base line at the front edge of a GREEN, and others show the amazing artistic variety of pure golf GREENS and their adjacent embellishments, without any imaginary overlays!

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Every single straight line boundary as an overlay, such as those visible in Photos 1.01.2, 1.02a, 1.02b above, is an example of an irrefutable* base line of an imagined Ω zone area.

[* An Unchallengeable estimation of the location of a base line boundary of a golf Hole by a BriskerGolfer ]

STORAGE 5 Mar25

The Primary Aims of every BriskerGolfer are to win a COINS! golf Hole outright with an IMPRESSIVE LEADING Net Score, as a PRELIMINARY WINNER (PW), and to win or tie the Repêchage event immediately following the PRELIMINARY WIN, to achieve an irrefutable prize of ONE, TWO or MORE COINS!* for such a WIN.

[* Two or more COINS! won at a single Hole are termed a COINS! BONANZA]

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A Secondary Aim of every BriskerGolfer is to conserve the COINS! value of the current Hole by Tieing with any IMPRESSIVE LEADING Net Score, and achieving the salvage of the COINS! value of the current Hole, for this COINS! value to be rolled up together with the COINS! value of the successive Hole, to become a COINS! BONANZA.

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The invisible fifth golfer in the group elects to continue his search for his pristine golf ball in the undergrowth to the right of the right-hand fairway bunker, after an initially fruitless (timed) 30 second search for his ball has expired.

Following the expiry of the deadline of his 30 second search, the invisible fifth BriskerGolfer has accepted a passive score of a Net Bogey at the current Hole, in return for his withdrawal from any more active play in the preliminary BriskerGolf contest for the Hole.

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However, if a Provisional Winner of the preliminary BriskerGolf contest for the Hole emerges, the invisible passive BriskerGolfer may yet be significantly involved in active play at this Hole, in the form of a repechage!

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Photo 1.06.6

Reserved

Note 1.06.7 BriskerGolf Simplification of Ω zone rules. COPY??

1.04b

BriskerGolf does NOT endorse the R&A's notion of READY GOLF within the Ω zone

Once ALL Found Golf Balls have legally reached the Ω zone of a Hole in an active score, which could theoretically lead to competitive active scores at the Hole of:

NET PAR

NET BIRDIE

NET EAGLE

NET ALBATROSS

there is still an opportunity for floundering BriskerGolfers to achieve respectably brisk team results, in the form of passive NET BOGEY scores by appropriate DEAD BALL Pick Ups (heroic failures!)

Within the ∞ zone

The Grasp rule of a BG's Found Golf Ball

This rule is permission to:

Grasp a BG's Found Golf Ball

with the intent of lifting it

and briefly cleaning it, manually, without using a cloth or any liquid

and gently repositioning it in a preferred lie, not nearer to the PIN, within One Stride Distance of its original position

and Ungrasping the BG's Found Golf Ball, within a time frame* of TEN Seconds!

[* The maximum Timed difference between grasping and ungrasping!]

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Within the ∞ zone

The Grasp rule may be used on multiple occasions:

in ALL ∞ zone lies, except WATER lies!**

[** The FREE Five Stride Rule applies to ALL WATER lies]

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In the Ω zone, the Grasp rule may only be used sparingly

The Grasp rule is permitted in ALL Ω zone sand hazard lies, once only.

The Grasp rule is mandatory in the initial process of Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) of any ball that has legitimately landed in the Ω zone of a Hole, (in the unquestionable opinion of its owner, who is compelled to use DTPM as a clear indication that his/her ball is deemed to be within the Ω zone of the current Hole).

DTPM is restricted to competitive on-the-Ω zone shots of either NET in-Regulation/ NET in-One-Over-Regulation/ NET in-One-Under-Regulation/ NET in-Two-Under-Regulation.***

[*** Shots onto the Ω zone that result in uncompetitive & illegal active scores, such as:

on the Ω zone in Two-Over-Regulation/Three-Over-Regulation, or worse, equate to a Time Wasting Penalty, P, or P18.]

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The Ω zone rule of DTPM is that a ball in the Ω zone must be Distinctively Marked, with either a WHITE TEE PEG behind the replaced ball, or with a RED TEE PEG behind the replaced ball, or with a BLUE TEE PEG behind the replaced ball.

The Honour System of Ω zone play is not initiated until all still-active balls are DTPM in the Ω zone.

Possibly already covered in Note 1.04a ???

The Honour System of Ω zone play

Only still-active balls may be present in the Ω zone. Any temptation to passively play a ball that is not contesting the Hole must be resisted, using an overt Ball Pick up (or more than one overt Ball Pick Up) to signal a conceded Hole (or Holes), and acceptance of a passive score of a given NET Bogey.

Each Ω zone ball is significantly colour coded, using TEE PEGS for DTPM, as follows: White (=> White Hot!); Red (=> Red Hot!; Blue (=> Cool Blue).

Each colour of TEE PEG refers to the STATUS of an Ω zone ball, in terms of its REGULATION on the Ω zone (which is equivalent to the term in Regulation on a GREEN)

Improving Its Lie, within a 10 second timed limit, before releasing his/her grasp on the ball

is Permitted anywhere within the ∞ zone

within One Stride Distance of its original position, Not Nearer to the Hole.

Without releasing a BG's grasp of his/her Found Golf Ball it may be lifted from a majority of lies* and replaced without penalty in a preferred lie,

(Whilst in this sole grasp a ball may cleaned rudimentarily in a one-handed or two-handed manner, without resort to any cleaning implement or fluid.)

Once a Found Ball has been released from a BG's grasp it is deemed to be in its preferred lie and may not be touched again, without a one-shot penalty being recorded.

[ * This includes Sand, but the future preferred lie must be within the confines of a bunker, not nearer to the PIN.]

The Solo Grasp rule has a 10 second limit from initial excludes any Water lie. The Free Five Strides rule applies). ]

The FREE Five Stride rule (Also see Note 1.099)

This rule applies to all ∞ zone balls that cannot be advantageously lifted to within One Stride Distance, Not Nearer to the Hole, of their original positions, into preferred lies.

Examples of such balls are:

Any balls lying in water

Any balls self-declared to be lying out of bounds

Any balls self-declared to be lost

Any balls self-declared to be in found, but in impossibly awkward lies

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Photo 1.06.8

Reserved

Note 1.06.9 A PRELIMINARY WIN of a Hole in COINS! golf* is a 'Temporary Honour', and potentially a POISONED CHALICE, which is held briefly until the result of a REPÊCHAGE event! This latter contest Confers the Title of either 'OVERALL WINNER' or 'OVERALL LOSER' of the Hole, Exclusively on the PRELIMINARY WINNER, and with it, either the COINS! Award for the Hole, or Forfeiture of the COINS! Award!

1.04.1

[ *COINS! golf => Five-Ball BriskerGolf => Five-Ball 21st Century Golf ]

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Imagine in Photo 1.04 above, that a group of FIVE Briskergolfers(BGs) has just completed this waterside Hole.

The FIVE BGs are playing in the five-ball 21st Century Golf game of COINS! golf, which is a much brisker version of the most elegant and enduring five-ball 19th Century Golf game of SKINS golf.

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Photo 1.04 is a tough right-to-left dog-leg Par 4 Hole, and all five BGs (none pictured) are in receipt of a Shot at this Hole.

One BG, Jack, scores an Active Gross 4 => Net 3, whereas the other BGs scores are:

Bill = Active score Net 4, Steve = Active score Net 4, Rupert = Passive NET bogey score* Net 5, Mike = Passive NET bogey score* Net 5.

[*A Passive score is an Inactive score that is given to a BriskerGolfer who has conceded that he/she suddenly cannot Actively compete at a Hole, by overtly Picking Up his/her ball. Crucially a BriskerGolfer's act of concession must be performed at the precise moment his/her score at a Hole becomes excessive to the contest at the Hole, implying that his/her play has become Inactive. However a Passive score is a creditable score in terms of the pace of the BriskerGolf group! ]

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Jack is termed the Preliminary Winner of the COINS! Hole.

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Jack's COINS! prize for winning the Hole is subject to his performance** in the Repêchage event that automatically follows a Preliminary Win in COINS! golf.

[** The Preliminary Winner, Jack, faces a challenge in the Repêchage from the combined team of the Four Losers of the COINS! Hole: Bill, Steve, Rupert & Mike.]

Note that all four Losers of the COINS! Hole become Active BriskerGolfers again in the Repêchage event, working as a Team to defeat the Preliminary Winner, Jack.

Jack must either win or tie the Sudden Death Repêchage contest to become the Overall Winner of the COINS! Hole, and be awarded the COINS! prize for the Hole. However he must be extremely careful to avoid losing the Repêchage contest! If he were to lose the Repêchage he would automatically forfeit the COINS! award for the Hole, and be given the ignominious title of Overall Loser of the Hole....!

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The forfeited COINS! prize would be conserved by being rolled over into the next hole, and it being accumulated with the single COIN prize of this successive Hole, to become a COINS! BONANZA.

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Photo 1.06.10

Reserved

Note 1.06.11 BriskerGolf ORCHESTRATION of Play in the Ω zone.

1.04.8

BriskerGolf endorses the R&A's notion of READY GOLF

There is no penalty for playing out of turn, and you are both allowed and encouraged to play “ready golf”: that is to play out of turn in a safe and responsible way.

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Compare this with Note 1.04 above

A BG Player's Single Touching of his/her Found Golf Ball, with the intent of Lifting it and Improving Its Lie, is Permitted anywhere within the ∞ zone

Without releasing a BG's grasp of his/her Found Golf Ball it may be lifted from almost any lie* and replaced without penalty in a preferred lie, within One Stride Distance of its original position, Not Nearer to the Hole.

(Whilst in this single touch grasp a ball may cleaned rudimentarily in a one-handed or two-handed manner, without resort to any cleaning implement or fluid.)

Once a Found Ball has been released from a BG's grasp it is in its preferred lie and may not be touched again, without a one-shot penalty being recorded.

[ * This includes Sand, but the preferred lie must be within the confines of a bunker, not nearer to the PIN. However it excludes any Water lie (for which the Free Five Strides rule applies). ]

The FREE Five Stride rule (Also see Note 1.099)

This rule applies to all ∞ zone balls that cannot be advantageously lifted to within One Stride Distance, Not Nearer to the Hole, of their original positions, into preferred lies.

Examples of such balls are:

Any balls lying in water

Any balls self-declared to be lying out of bounds

Any balls self-declared to be lost

Any balls self-declared to be in found, but in impossibly awkward lies

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Photo 1.06.12

Reserved

Note 1.06.13 Encouraging Active Play, and Alertness of the Moment to Switch to Passive Play!

1.04.3

The journey that a BriskerGolfer undertakes at every Hole should resemble a natural athletic event, punctuated with camaraderie and concern for the golfing highs and pitfalls that all group members experience.

Most importantly the focus must be on a natural and rarely interrupted pace from the TEE to the PIN.

BriskerGolfers must be alert to the perennial time consuming effects of accidentally crooked shots, both personally and by fellow contestants. Liberal use of the BG FREE Five Stride rule will accelerate the general pace of a COINS! golf group.

Active play must not be stifled by elongated ball-searching. If a COINS! golfer senses danger for the survival of his/her pristine ball then he/she should substitute an unloved ball, to briskly avoid the wrench of retiring an errant ball, in a matter of seconds, if necessary.

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A primary object is to negotiate the entire ∞ zone unscathed by any hold-up that could tarnish the whole group's progress.

Ideally your ball should arrive on the Ω zone in an ACTIVE score of:

either NET regulation

or even better, in ONE UNDER NET regulation

or conceivably, in TWO UNDER NET regulation!

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It is also acceptable to arrive on the Ω zone in an ACTIVE score of ONE OVER NET regulation! You are still hanging on to a respectably ACTIVE score!

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However, it is very bad BG form to play an ACTIVE shot of absolutely no significance onto the Ω zone!

If a ball arrives at the target, the Ω zone, via an ACTIVE shot that creates an illegal presence on the Ω zone of TWO OVER NET regulation, or worse, this is a TIME WASTING offence, equating to either:

a Penalty, P, of two-off-the-next-TEE

a Penalty, P18, of a special Last Hole disqualification from a countback competition to determine the winner in the event of a TIE at the last Hole.

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A shot onto the Ω zone creating an arrival of NET TWO OVER REGULATION should not have been played!

Acceptance of a PASSIVE score of a NET Bogey should have been indicated by an extravagantly gestured BALL PICK UP by a struggling BriskerGolfer, as opposed to a self indulgent, Time Wasting Shot onto the Ω zone!

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An essential BRISK lesson in BG / COINS! scoring is that only a minority of Active scores qualify to progress onto the Ω zone in an average club-golfer five-ball COINS! game. These are:

NET PAR scores

NET BIRDIE scores

NET EAGLE scores

NET ALBATROSS scores

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Note that the above list of acceptable Active scores onto an Ω zone does NOT include:

NET BOGEY scores (These are 'given' Passive scores if a punctual concession by an overt Ball Pick Up is made)

NET DOUBLE BOGEY scores (These are excessive scores, not in the spirit of BriskerGolf...!)

NET TREBLE BOGEY scores (These are excessive scores, not in the spirit of BriskerGolf...!)

And so on ....!

NET DOUBLE BOGEY scores, NET TREBLE BOGEY scores, and so on, are illegal, time wasting, self indulgent scores, which equate to Penalty Scores of either P, or P18, as described above.

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The general rule in BriskerGolf is that no shot from the NET BOGEY family of shots may be considered as an Active score, and exponents of such lower order scores must expect a Penalty, P or P18, if this Active score rule is abused.

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Photo 1.06.14

Reserved

Note 1.06.15 The Repêchage Event, after a 'Preliminary Win' at a COINS! Hole.

1.05

Imagine Photo 1.05 above to be the scene of the conclusion of the first phase of a COINS! game on a Hole for FIVE BriskerGolfers (BGs).

A 'Preliminary Winner' called Max has just scored an active NET 3 at this difficult links Par 4 Hole.

The other scores are: Robin: a passive NET 5, Adam: an active NET 4, Curtis: an active NET Net 4, and Neil: a passive NET 5.

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NET 3 as a Net Birdie, and NET 4 as a Net Par are both good active scores.

Net 5 as a Net Bogey, is a good passive score (attained by a legitimate pick up)

As the 'Preliminary Winner' at the Hole, Max is facing a Sudden Death Repêchage against a Losers Team of Robin, Adam, Curtis and Neil.

Max is the only one who can win the COINS! prize, (which currently stands at 3 COINS).

The Losers Team of Robin, Adam, Curtis and Neil are motivated to beat Max to conserve the 3 COINS prize at the current Hole, so that it is not extinguished from their ambitions, and is instead ROLLED UP at the very next Hole, to become a COINS! BONANZA of 4 COINS to the potential Winner of the next Hole.

The Sudden Death Repêchage rules are:

There are no handicap allowances.

The flagstick must remain in its cup on the GREEN throughout the Repêchage.

The honour to putt first is always that of the Losers' Team.

The starting point for putting is anywhere along the Single Straight-Line Boundary of the Ω zone, such as seen in Photo 1.05 above.

Each contestant putts Continuously, to a Conclusion (HOLING THE BALL), or to a Concession (a BALL PICK UP), without Marking or Touching their ball until holing out or a ball pick up taking place.

Each member of the Losers' Team is GIVEN their THIRD putt ...!

The 'Preliminary Winner' may not be given any putt!

A WIN in favour of the 'Preliminary Winner'(PW) or a TIE is needed to declare that the PW has become the Overall Winner* of the current Hole, and is to receives the COINS! reward on offer.

[* A single putt from the PW also wins!]

A LOSS by the 'Preliminary Winner'(PW) implies that the PW has failed to become the Overall Winner of the current Hole, and instead earns age sobriquet Overall Loser, forfeiting the COINS! reward on offer, which instead ROLLS OVER to be included in the COINS! reward at the successive Hole .

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One member of the Losers' Team, Curtis, manages to Two Putt in the Repêchage, from the Ω zone base line to the awkwardly sited PIN at the Hole. His three team mates were all given their third putts.

Max was under pressure to two putt the Hole, to tie with Curtis and thereby gain title of 'Overall Winner' of the Hole, and collect the COINS! prize, which was a COINS! BONANZA of 3 Coins!

Unfortunately the pressure on Max told, and he failed to two putt the Hole!

As the 'Overall Loser' he missed out on an opportunity to collect a COINS! BONANZA!

However the COINS! prize was not extinguished, and was rolled up at the next Hole, together with the COIN already on offer at this subsequent Hole, to form a COINS! BONANZA! of 4 Coins! (which unlucky Max didn't win either!)

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Photo 1.06.16

Reserved

Note 1.06.17 Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) of Ω zone Balls at a BG Hole; also the ∞ zone(Infinity zone) and the ∞/Ω (Infinity/Omega) Boundary.

1.06

Imagine that FIVE BriskerGolfers, (BGs), are playing the 21st Century Golf game of COINS! golf (BriskerGolf), (which is a much brisker version of the most elegant and enduring 19th Century Golf game of SKINS golf) and have all progressed sufficiently well to be considered to be within the imaginary elastic Ω zone boundary of the Hole, depicted in Photo 1.05 above, and are still contesting this beautifully tortuous Hole!

None of their shots to this wonderful links GREEN have peppered the PIN, but all of them are reasonably well-placed within the Ω zone of the Hole.

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A COINS! golf rule states that there is to be absolutely no marking of any ball in the ∞ zone* (Infinity zone) of a Hole, but that the moment a ball is deemed by its owner to be in the Ω zone of a Hole, the ball must be marked, using Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM).

[ *The ∞ zone (infinity zone) is the converse counterpart of the Ω zone at every Hole. It is the vast area from the TEE to the ∞ zone/Ω zone boundary of a Hole]

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Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) is the compulsory duty of every BriskerGolfer to mark his/her ball, appropriately, as a declaration of the moment that his/her ball has arrived either:

within the mandatory boundary of the GREEN itself

within the optional boundary of the Ω zone, adjacent to the GREEN itself, (in the indisputable opinion of the ball's owner!)

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Descriptive TEE PEG Marking (DTPM) is the use of an appropriately coloured TEE PEG to signify the NET Regulation Status of a BriskerGolfer's ball when it has initially settled anywhere within the Ω zone of a Hole, following a contestant's shot towards the Hole from an ∞ zone lie.

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There are three Descriptive Colours of TEE PEGS to be used as ball markers:

White (Hot); Red (Warm); Blue (Cool)

White (Hot) => An excellent arrival onto the Ω zone => IN ONE UNDER (NET) REGULATION

Red (Warm) => An above average arrival onto the Ω zone => LEVEL, in (NET) REGULATION

Blue (Cool) => A below average arrival onto the Ω zone => IN ONE OVER (NET) REGULATION

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In extraordinary circumstances TWO WHITE TEE PEGS, side by side, may be used, as follows:

White, White (Exceptionally Hot) => A superb arrival onto the Ω zone => IN TWO UNDER (NET) REGULATION

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And in dire circumstances NO TEE PEGS, may be used for arrival onto the Ω zone in:

TWO OVER (NET) REGULATION => Dead Ball PICK UP! => Default NET Bogey (DNB)

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And no arrival onto the Ω zone => Dead Ball PICK UP! (earlier on, in the ∞ zone)

=> Default NET Bogey (DNB)

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No ∞ zone ball is deemed to be out of bounds or 'lost to the game' in 21st Century Golf! (See the Five Stride Rule below, at Note 1.10)]

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All FIVE BriskerGolfers in Photo 1.05 above are playing the 21st Century Golf game of COINS!, which is a much brisker version of the most elegant and enduring 19th Century Golf game of SKINS.

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The optional enlarged size of the Ω zone compared to that of the GREEN, is for every BG player to use or not use, to their Brisk advantage, on their arrival at what they deem to be a legitimate Ω zone area, adjacent to the GREEN.

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The Primary Aim of every BriskerGolfer is to win a COINS! Hole outright with an IMPRESSIVE LEADING Net Score, and achieve an irrefutable prize of ONE, TWO or MORE COINS!* for such a WIN.

[* Two or more COINS! won at a single Hole are termed a COINS! BONANZA]

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The Secondary Aim of every BriskerGolfer is to conserve the COINS! value of the current Hole by Tieing with any IMPRESSIVE LEADING Net Score, and achieving the salvage of the COINS! value of the current Hole, for this COINS! value to be rolled up together with the COINS! value of the successive Hole, to become a COINS! BONANZA.

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Photo 1.06.18

Note 1.06.19 The ∞ zone (Infinity zone) of Any Golf Hole, and RETIRED BALLS.

1.07

The ∞ zone (Infinity zone) is the VAST area on a golf Hole that is NOT the Ω zone. It begins from the TEE shot of a BriskerGolfer, and has NO BOUNDARIES from the TEE, other than its boundary with its counterpart Ω zone at the same Hole, termed the ∞/Ω boundary (Infinity/Omega boundary).

No ∞ zone ball is deemed to be 'out of bounds' or 'lost to the game' in 21st Century Golf!

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Such Lost Balls, within bounds or out of bounds, are deemed to be equivalent to Unplayable Found Balls, and ALL these types of balls are termed RETIRED BALLS.

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ALL retired balls benefit from the FREE Five Stride Rule (see Note 1.10)

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Photo 1.06.18

Reserved

Interlude 1.06.21 Bobby Locke

A Relaxed Pace of Play is Sometimes Overlooked?

In the estimation of many golf aficionados Bobby Locke was the world's greatest-ever golfer! His ability to control the shape of every one of his shots, from his idiosyncratic driving through to his glorious putting, was mesmerisingly unique; possibly akin to that of an autistic savant!

Bobby Locke epitomised almost everything that was glorious about his chosen sport, throughout his illustrious career. We can only speculate why he resisted becoming a BriskerGolfer.

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Photo 1.06.22

Reserved

Note 1.06.25 A possible COINS! award for the Outright Winner of a Hole.

1.06.22

Imagine Photo 1.06.22 to be a sub-group of FOUR BriskerGolfers (BGs), out of a complete BG group of FIVE Briskergolfers, one of whom is out of sight beyond the right hand side of Photo 1.04, and has already begun a timed (30 second) search for his pristine ball.

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All FIVE BriskerGolfers are playing the 21st Century Golf game of COINS!, which is a much brisker version of the most elegant and enduring 19th Century Golf game of SKINS.

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The four in Photo 1.04 are progressing uphill towards a visible Bull's Eye target, (the PIN), situated within the confines of a much larger visible target, (the GREEN).

All the BriskerGolfers (BGs) are aware of the two visible targets as described above, and of the presence of a third, potentially somewhat larger target, termed the Ω zone (Omega zone), that encompasses both the whole of the GREEN, and optionally, some manicured areas that are adjacent to the GREEN, as embellishments to it.

These adjacent Ω zone manicured embellishments to the GREEN are either:

Cut Grass areas of Aprons, Humps or Hollows

or:

Raked Sand areas of Bunkers

and together with the GREEN itself these embellished areas form the imaginary Ω zone in Photo 1.04

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[* Two or more COINS! won at a single Hole are termed a COINS! BONANZA]

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Photo 1.06.26

Reserved

Note 1.06.27 The Golf Game COINS! A 21st Century 5-Ball BriskerGolf Contest at Every Hole

1.09

A BriskerGolf contest for a Hole may result in either:

a Conclusive NET Tie for the Hole, between two BriskerGolfers, in which case the COINS! value of the Hole is salvaged, and is rolled over to be included in the very next BG Hole, as part of a COINS! BONANZA, by the BG rule: TWO TIE, ALL TIE.

or:

a Provisional NET Winner of the Hole, which triggersr a REPECHAGE EVENT to determine if he/she will become the Undisputed Winner of the Hole, earning its irrefutable COINS! value of One or More COINS!

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Such a REPECHARGE is a very Brisk, NO HANDICAP, Sudden Death Single PUTT Contest (SDSPC) within the confines of the Ω zone of the Hole.

It is a no handicap single putt, nearest-to-the-PIN contest from any point on the Ω zone baseline towards the PIN (which must remain in its cup), involving ALL the BriskerGolfers who are present within the Ω zone at the start of the SDSPC.

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Any BriskerGolfer who is absent from the Ω zone at the start of the SDSPC is disqualified from participating in this competition!

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The SDSPC NO HANDICAP contest is between the Provisional NET Winner of the Hole in play, against the entire team of Provisional NET Losers of the Hole in play.

(The team of Provisional NET Losers may consist of Four BriskerGolfers or fewer, if one or more team members are absent from the start of the SDSPC event.)

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The purpose of an SDSPC event is either:

to confirm the Provisional Winner of the Hole as the Unconditional Winner of the BG Hole by virtue of his/her victory in the SDSPC event, and simultaneously award the COINS! value of the Hole in play to its Unconditional Winner.

or:

to conserve the award of the COINS! value of the Hole in play, by virtue of the team of Provisional NET Losers so that its COINS! value is rolled over to become part of the COINS! value of the following Hole to be played, creating a COINS! BONANZA at this successive Hole.

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The Ω zone is a closed* imaginary boundary that includes:

the whole of the GREEN at a Hole, optionally with the addition of various manicured embellished areas, immediately adjacent to the GREEN, such as:

trimmed grass (aprons, and humps and hollows)

and:

raked sand

[* A Closed Boundary is the opposite of an Open Boundary. The former has NO BREAKS in its perimeter!]

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The Ω zone NEVER INCLUDES any form of water, such as streams or ponds!

The Ω zone NEVER INCLUDES any manicured areas that are not immediately adjacent to the GREEN!

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The Ω zone begins with an easily identifiable base line that closes the two feet at the base of a very approximate and imaginary elastically Ω shaped boundary that surrounds both the GREEN and, optionally, any peripheral adjacent manicured areas of grass and sand.

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The aforementioned base line is tangential to the very front edge of a GREEN, at right angles to the direction of play towards the PIN, as in Photo 1.02 and Photo 1.03

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Photo 1.06.28

Note 1.06.29 The 'Preliminary' Winner of a Hole in COINS!* is initially deemed to be the 'Preliminary Winner' until the result of a Repêchage event, which Confirms or Denies the Title of 'Overall Winner', and with this, the COINS! Award for the Hole, or its Forfeiture

1.10

For the purposes of BriskerGolf it is necessary to envisage a slightly larger target than the GREEN, termed the OMEGA zone, (abbreviated as the Ω zone).

The Ω zone is a closed* imaginary boundary that encompasses:

the whole of the GREEN at a Hole

in addition to various manicured embellished areas, immediately adjacent to the GREEN, such as:

trimmed grass (aprons, and humps and hollows)

and:

raked sand

[* A Closed Boundary is the opposite of an Open Boundary. The former has NO BREAKS in its perimeter!]

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The Ω zone NEVER INCLUDES any form of water, such as streams or ponds!

The Ω zone NEVER INCLUDES any manicured areas that are not immediately adjacent to the GREEN!

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The aforementioned base line is tangential to the very front edge of a GREEN, at right angles to the direction of play towards the PIN, as in Photo 1.02 and Photo 1.03

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Photo 1.06.30

Reserved

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Photo 1.06.31

Reserved

Graphic 1.06.32 BriskerGolf scorecard (Slightly Outdated)

Graphic 1.06.33 BriskerGolf scorecard (Slightly Outdated)

Graphic 1.06.34 BriskerGolf scorecard (Slightly Outdated)

Graphic 1.06.35 BriskerGolf scorecard (Slightly Outdated)

Graphic 1.06.36

A BriskerGolf.com LEADERBOARD, showing pp => positional points accrued at the end of each BG round.

1 pp => in First Place at the end of a BG round.

Thus the lowest possible Cumulative Total of pp (i.e. the PERFECT score) after four rounds is 4, which is rather unlikely in a field of well-matched BriskerGolfers!

The FINAL BG ROUND can be any multiple of 18 Holes, e.g. 54 Holes, 72 Holes, 96 Holes and so on.

Note 1.07.1 Inverse Etiquette in the Ω zone: nearest to the PIN plays FIRST*, Continuously, to either a CONCLUSION, (Holing Out), or to a CURTAILMENT(Dead Ball Pick Up)

[* Optionally, the nearest to the PIN in the Ω zone, initially, may play LAST rather than FIRST.]

Alternate Version of pp scoring. There are NO Ties in pp

In this version there are NO TIES for pp (positional points)!

In the event of any Ties at a Hole, the outright winner is the LAST PLAYER (Ultimate Player) to Tie the Hole, and any other player or players to Tie the same Hole achieve only a GHOST Tie!

The order of scoring at a TIED Hole is:

(i) For TWO players TYING a Hole,

ULTIMATE Player to Tie a Hole => WINNER of the Hole!