In team competitions, the Rule for giving and asking for advice gets a little less clear. Even though you are playing on the same team with another player, if that player is not your partner you cannot ask for or give advice to that person – a teammate is not the same as a partner.

But there is a person that could potentially be allowed to give you advice and the Rules of aptly named this person an “advice giver.” The advice giver is a designated person who may give advice to any member of the team during the round. This person may be a selected team captain, coach, school faculty it could even be another player.

There are some restrictions on the advice giver that you need to remember:

• If the advice giver is another player, then that person cannot give advice while playing the round.
• The advice giver needs to be identified to the Committee before giving advice.
• The advice giver can help you in ways similar to how a caddie may help, but is also limited in the help he or she may give you in the same ways a caddie is limited.