Attend the Flag
To hold and remove the flag whilst the opponent putts.
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Attend the flag - To hold and then remove the flag while another player putts. A common courtesy performed when playing a round of golf.
Attend The Flag : Holding the pin/flagstick while a player makes his stroke ensuring that once contact is made with the ball the pin is removed from the hole to avoid any penalty strokes being assessed.
Attend the Flag-- Holding a flag (pin) while a fellow player putts and removing the flag after the ball has been struck and as it approaches the cup.
Attend the flag: To hold and remove the flag stick from the hole as an opponent putts.
Authorized: One that is recognized by the R&A.
Attend the flag
To remove and hold flag whilst another player putts.
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Having someone attend the flagstick is permissible at any time prior to or during a stroke, but cert...
Having someone attend the flagstick is permissible at any time prior to or during a stroke, but certain Rules apply to this procedure.
A referee should not attend the flagstick, stand at or mark the position of the hole, or lift the ball or mark its position.
Regulation - or "Green in Regulation" number of shots needed to reach the green, subtract 2 putts from par.
When your partner is putting, you are expected to attend the flag, if the ball looks like it is going in the hole you must take out the flag sick, so the ball can drop into the hole, also to avoid your partner avoiding a two stroke penalty.
A referee is not supoosed to attend the flagstick, or stand next to or indicate the position of the hole, or hold up the ball or indicate its position.
An 'observer'' is one who is appointed by the Committee to assist a referee to decide questions of fact and to report to him any breach of a Rule. An observer should not attend the flagstick, stand at or mark the position of the hole, ...
attend the flag (also "tend" the flag, flagstick or pin) holding and then removing the flagstick after a player has made a stroke ...
 See also: Stroke, Attend, Golf, Round, Putting
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