Here’s a confusing rule that l would like to hopefully make clearer. You’re allowed to carry up to fourteen clubs for a round of golf. However, you can have fewer — just one if you wish. There is no restriction on the type of clubs you carry so long as they conform to the Rules of Golf. For example, you can carry multiple putters, multiple drivers, or some left-handed clubs and some right-handed clubs. If you start a round with fourteen clubs, you are generally limited to those clubs for the rest of the round, even if you lose one. But if you break one you can continue using that damaged club, replace it, or have it repaired, if possible. If you start a round with fewer than fourteen clubs, you can add clubs during the round until you reach fourteen, but you must not delay play in doing so.
You cannot purposely adjust or alter clubs during your round, which includes making changes to adjustable clubs. But if an adjustable club becomes loose during the round, you can repair it by moving it back to the original setting. You can share a golf bag with your partner as long as the total number of clubs don’t exceed fourteen. If you start with less than fourteen clubs you can add more during the round as long as fourteen is not exceeded. If you should lose a club and you or another person finds it you can keep using it. But if it can’t be found you must play on without it. In other words, you can’t replace it.
Out of Bounds: Should you strike your playing partner over the head with your favourite club out of frustration and the club breaks, it can’t be replaced and unfortunately, neither can your partner.