Answer:  This is covered by Rule 8.3 - Players Deliberate Actions to alter physical conditions.

Penalty Rule 8.3/1:   Both Players Are Penalised if Physical Conditions Are Improved with the Other Player's Knowledge.

If a player asks, authorises or allows another player to deliberately alter physical conditions to improve  (To alter one or more of the conditions affecting the stroke or other physical conditions affecting play so that a player gains a potential advantage for a stroke.) his or her play:

The player acting on the request will get the general penalty  (Loss of hole in match play or two penalty strokes in stroke play) under Rule 8.3, and

·The player who requests, authorises or allows the improvement will also get the general penalty  under either Rule 8.1 (Player's Actions That Improve Conditions Affecting the Stroke) or 8.2 (Player's Deliberate Actions to Alter Other Physical Conditions to Affect the Player's Own Ball at Rest or Stroke to Be Made), whichever applies.

Regards

Barbara Evennett - Ladies Captain

Seven consecutive rain days have not occurred at Sydney's official weather station at Observatory Hill in December or January for over six years but as of today Friday January 8, it has rained in Sydney on 21 out of the last 25 days.

A few additional stats provide by Ron our Superintendent:

2019 total rainfall was 822mm,  2020 in the end we had 1326mm,  2021 YTD we have had 37mm.

This time last year our dams were empty with the club having to buy water at a great cost just to keep our greens and tees alive.

While the sun may have gone on a temporary holiday, remember "It's better than 45 degree heat and bushfire smoke" that we all remember from last year. While these conditions make for some very soggy rounds for our golfers, the soaking rain prevents bushfires, let's take that as a blessing.

Our course has certainly never looked greener!