"rules official" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2006, John Companiotte, Golf Rules & Etiquette Simplified: What You Need to Know to Walk the Links Like a Pro, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Jones told Walter Hagan, who was playing with him, and a USGA rules official that a Rules infraction had occurred and that he would assess himself the one-stroke penalty appropriate for the infraction.",
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          "ref": "2012 11, Mohamed Noorani, Sandy Parr At The 19th Hole, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 101:",
          "text": "The Decisions book is the ultimate reference manual for tournament organisers, rules officials, golf professionals, and anyone interested in the Rules of Golf.",
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          "ref": "2012, Bill Pennington, On Par: The Everyday Golfer's Survival Guide, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 21:",
          "text": "Once I got an inebriated Rules official to utter the words sand trap and tee box, by bribing him with a free beer. The next morning he shamefully turned in his Rules badge.",
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        "An individual who monitors the game for rules violations; a referee."
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        "(golf) An individual who monitors the game for rules violations; a referee."
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        "(golf) An individual who monitors the game for rules violations; a referee."
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