The player must play without undue delay and in accordance with any pace of play guidelines that the Committee may establish. Between completion of a hole and playing from the next teeing ground, the player must not unduly delay play.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 6-7:
Match play — Loss of hole; Stroke play — Two strokes.
Bogey and par competitions — See Note 2 to Rule 32-1a.
Stableford competitions — See Note 2 to Rule 32-1b.
For subsequent offense — Disqualification.
Note 1: If the player unduly delays play between holes, he is delaying the play of the next hole and except for bogey, par and Stableford competitions (see Rule 32), the penalty applies to that hole.
Note 2: For the purpose of preventing slow play, the Committee may, in the conditions of a competition (Rule 33-1), establish pace of play guidelines including maximum periods of time allowed to complete a stipulated round, a hole or a stroke.
In stroke play only, the Committee may, in such a condition, modify the penalty for a breach of this Rule as follows:
First offense — One stroke;
Second offense — Two strokes.
For subsequent offense — Disqualification.
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