Golf fans viewing tournaments on TV got a message from golf’s governing bodies: no one will be available to take your calls.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club (RAGC), which jointly administer the rules of golf worldwide, announced that officials at tournaments run by their organizations—along with the PGA Tour, LPGA, European PGA Tour, Ladies European Tour and the PGA of America—will no longer accept viewer communications on suspected rule violations and instead will assign more trained rules officials to monitor broadcasts and identify and resolve rules issues if necessary.

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