Many golfers use a distance-measuring device. A scope or a GPS device is permitted by the Rules if the organizations have included it in their local Rules. In all the tournaments under Golf Quebec or Golf Canada jurisdiction, it is permitted to use a distance-measuring device.
There is different type of scopes and some of those have the possibility to read the slope.
What is the Rule?
The player may carry any devices but if it comes with a slope, this application must be turned OFF. He may only use the DISTANCE information.
Penalty
The player will have to add a 2-stroke penalty for a first breach and any other breach will result in the disqualification of the player.
It is not always possible to see if a player uses the SLOPE but we must believe in the honesty of the players.
Example of honesty
During the US Amateur Open in August 2017, Christopher Crawford asked his caddie to give him a distance from his ball to the hole. The caddie gave him the information including SLOPE. The caddie forgot to putt the SLOPE feature at OFF. Because, the SLOPE was ON since the beginning of the round, the player told the Committee that he was disqualifying himself.
Note: This was a replacement caddie because the regular caddie was sick.