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title: "Rule of the Month: Aiding a Player With Disabilities"
description: Explore Rule 25 in golf, allowing players with disabilities to use aides for fair play. Learn about modifications for blind players and those using assistive devices.
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# [Rule of the Month: Aiding a Player With Disabilities](https://blog.ncga.org/rule-of-the-month-aiding-a-player-with-disabilities)

 Written by [Jerry Stewart](https://blog.ncga.org/author/jerry-stewart) | Apr 1, 2024 8:24:59 PM

This year's third U.S. Adaptive Open will be held at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kan., on July 8-10. 

Created in 2022, the event showcases the world's greatest golfers who has a disability. 

Did you know that for many of those players, it is within the Rules of Golf to use an aide? Technically, it all falls under Rule 25: Rule 25 provides modifications to certain Rules of Golf to allow players with specific disabilities to play fairly with players who have no disabilities, the same disability or a different type of disability.

Rule 25 modifies certain Rules for players in the following categories of disability:

- Players who are blind (which includes certain levels of vision impairment),
- Players who are amputees (which means both those with limb deficiencies and those who have lost a limb),
- Players who use assistive mobility devices, and
- Players with intellectual disabilities.

                      So what would be your role as an aide?

Here are some examples: 

Rule 25.2 (For Blind Players): 

A player who is blind may get help from an aide:

- In taking a stance
- With aiming before the stroke and
- By asking for and getting advice.

Rule 25.4 (For Players Who Use Assisted Mobility Devices)

- A player who uses an assistive mobility device may get help from an aide or any other person, including another player, in these ways:
  
    - Lifting Ball on Putting Green: When the player’s ball lies on the putting green, [Rule 14.1b](https://www.usga.org/rules/rules-and-clarifications/rules-of-golf/rule-14.html#_6df8923a-fca9-4def-b890-d8608270056c) is modified so that the player’s aide, in addition to their caddie may lift the ball without the player’s authorization.
    - Dropping, Placing and Replacing Ball: All Rules that require the player to drop, place or replace a ball are modified so that the player is also allowed, without limitation, to give a general authorization to any other person to drop, place and replace their ball.
    - Positioning Player or Device: As allowed by [Rule 10.2b(5)](https://www.usga.org/rules/rules-and-clarifications/rules-of-golf/rule-10.html#_37c53d05-e943-4505-966d-49749517910e), before making a stroke, the player may get physical help from any person to help position the player or position or remove the assistive mobility device.

#### [Want to learn more about Rule 25? Please go here ](https://www.usga.org/rules/rules-and-clarifications/rules-of-golf/rule-25.html)

 

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