Hazards
A “hazard’’ is any bunker or water hazard.

Hole
The “hole’’ shall be 4¼ inches (108mm) in diameter and at least 4 inches (100mm) deep. If a lining is used, it shall be sunk at least 1 inch (25mm) below the putting green surface unless the nature of the soil makes it impracticable to do so; its outer diameter shall not exceed 4¼ inches (108mm).

Holed
A ball is “holed’’ when it is at rest within the circumference of the hole and all of it is below the level of the lip of the hole.

Honor
The player who is to play first from the teeing ground is said to have the “honor.’’

Lateral Water Hazard
A “lateral water hazard’’ is a water hazard or that part of a water hazard so situated that it is not possible or is deemed by the Committee to be impracticable to drop a ball behind the water hazard in accordance with That part of a water hazard to be played as a lateral water hazard should be distinctively marked. A ball is in a lateral water hazard when it lies in or any part of it touches the lateral water hazard.

Note 1: Lateral water hazards should be defined by red stakes or lines.
Note 2: The Committee may make a Local Rule prohibiting play from an environmentally-sensitive area which has been defined as a lateral water hazard.

Line of Play
The “line of play’’ is the direction which the player wishes his ball to take after a stroke, plus a reasonable distance on either side of the intended direction. The line of play extends vertically upwards from the ground, but does not extend beyond the hole.

Line of Putt
The “line of putt’’ is the line which the player wishes his ball to take after a stroke on the putting green. Except with respect to Rule 16-1e, the line of putt includes a reasonable distance on either side of the intended line. The line of putt does not extend beyond the hole.

Loose Impediments
“Loose impediments’’ are natural objects such as stones, leaves, twigs, branches and the like, dung, worms and insects and casts or heaps made by them, provided they are not fixed or growing, are not solidly embedded and do not adhere to the ball.

Sand and loose soil is loose impediments on the putting green, but not elsewhere.
Snow and natural ice, other than frost, are either casual water or loose impediments, at the option of the player. Manufactured ice is an obstruction. Dew and frost are not loose impediments.

Lost Ball
A ball is “lost’’ if:
it is not found or identified as his by the player within five minutes after the player’s side or his or their caddies have begun to search for it; or
the player has put another ball into play under the Rules, even though he may not have searched for the original ball; or

The player has played any stroke with a provisional ball from the place where the original ball is likely to be or from a point nearer the hole than that place, whereupon the provisional ball becomes the ball in play.
Time spent in playing a wrong ball is not counted in the five-minute period allowed for search.
Marker
A “marker’’ is one who is appointed by the Committee to record a competitor’s score in stroke play. He may be a fellow-competitor. He is not a referee.

Matchplay
In “matchplay” the game is played by holes. A hole is won by the side which holes its balls in the fewer strokes. The reckoning of the holes is kept by the terms: so many “holes up” or “all square”, and so many “to play”. A match is won by the side which is leading by a number of holes greater than the number of holes remaining to be played.

Move or Moved
A ball is deemed to have “moved’’ if it leaves its position and comes to rest in any other place.