{
  "id": 136579,
  "title": "Rules Guy: Is it legal to touch your intended line to remove loose impediments?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/rules-guy-is-it-legal-to-touch-your-intended-line-to-remove-loose",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-04T14:26:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Golf.com",
    "slug": "golf-com",
    "url": "https://golf.com/instruction/rules/rules-guy-legal-touch-intended-line-remove-loose-impediments/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Is it permissible to touch your intended line on the green in order to remove loose impediments? Rules Guy has the answer. The post Rules Guy: Is it legal to touch your intended line to remove loose impediments? appeared first on Golf .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}