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In Memoriam
In Memoriam
QUESTION 10
d. Player B’s caddie runs over and moves
A’s ball in the fairway in a golf cart
shared by both players as he drove to
help Player B.
10. In a match between Player A and
Player B on the par-3 seventh hole, A,
who has the honor, makes a hole-in-one.
He then tells his opponent, B, the shot
played 140 yards and he used a
9-iro n. B then makes a stroke
from the teeing ground and the
ball sails over the putting green.
Player B picks up his ball and
heads to the next teeing ground,
but before either player makes
a stroke from the eighth teeing
ground, B makes a valid claim.
What is the ruling?
a. Player A wins the seventh hole.
b. Player B wins the seventh hole.
c. The hole is halved.
d. Both players are disqualified.
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The Virginia State Golf Association mourns
the passing of Dr. David Kovach, a past
member of the VSGA Board of Directors
and a member of the selection committee
for the Virginia Golf Hall of Fame. Kovach
passed away at 73 on June 28 after a
battle with cancer.
After graduating from the Virginia Military
Institute, Kovach received his DDS degree
from Virginia Commonwealth. He served
two years in the United States Air Force,
where he received the Air Force Commen-
dation Medal. Upon his return, he began
a dental practice in Bluefield, Va., in 1971,
which continued until June 2015.
During his career, he was inducted as a
fellow of the Virginia State Dental Society.
In addition to his time as a VSGA board
member, Kovach was on the original
selection committee for the Virginia Golf
Hall of Fame, he served terms of the Blue-
field Town Council and Bluefield Planning
Commission, and he was a member of
the Tazewell County School Board.
“Dave didn’t say much, but when he
did say something, everybody in the room
paid attention,” said Bill Millsaps, who
served with Kovach on both the VSGA
board and the Hall of Fame selection com-
mittee. “He was a wonderful man. I loved
listening to his mountain twang, inasmuch
as I have one of my own.”
Kovach is survived by his wife Charlynne;
brother W. Michael Kovach; son Dr. David
A. Kovach II; and daughters Cheryl Gam-
ble and Ann Marie Whaley.
vsga.org
a. When Player A’s caddie marks and
lifts the ball on the putting green with
authorization from the player.
b. Player A searches for his ball in a bun-
ker and moves his ball as he is moving
sand to find the ball.
c. Player B helps search for A’s ball in the
rough, stepping on it and causing it to
move.