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  1. Question #15 at Loch March

    Long Par 5 fence along left side. Second shot gets pulled to the left, hits the hill by the bunker, bounces left off the fence and sits 2 inches in bounds. The fence is barely out of bounds by way of white stakes. A right handed golfer cannot take a stance to properly address the ball...

    Started by Happy Gilmore‎, 06-12-2003 12:31 PM
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  2. "Are Rules Made to be Broken?"

    There has naturally been an increased focus on the severity of the Rules of Golf following a number of high profile situations over the past few weeks. These include; S.Korean LPGA players Shi Hyun Ahn and Ilmi Chun (both disqualified for playing each other’s balls on the 18th fairway, putting out...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 08-30-2010 05:15 PM
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  3. Question "club length"

    Last one today, I promise. I quickly scanned my Rule Book, which I found after I posted the last two questions, and could not find a definition of "club length" as mentioned in serveral rules, such as Rule 28 Ball Unplayable (c) drop a ball within "two club lengths" of the spot... I have heard...

    Started by Kiwi‎, 08-12-2007 02:33 PM
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  4. "Hanging" Lie

    Played Les Vieux Moulins today and on #12, my second shot ended up in the bushes just short and to the left of the green. The ball was in the crotch of a branch, suspended about 18" above the ground. As I started my backswing, my club contacted another branch which pulled the branch where my...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 06-07-2006 03:44 PM
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  5. "Known or Virtually Certain" KVC

    Late in yesterday's golf telecast, there was a great example of KVC, "known or virtually certain." Robert Allenby was significantly PO'd on the ruling he got late in the 4th round. His ball headed toward a lateral water hazard, but no one saw it go in. The commentators indicated that it was heard...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 02-01-2010 08:53 AM
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  6. "Practice Rounds"

    From Matt MacKay - RCGA pg 26 "Golf Canada" July 2008 Q - Can player determine beforehand that his round is merely a "practice" round and not post the score to his handicap scoring record? A - NO. the handicap system does not contemplate the notion of a practice round. All acceptable...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 07-26-2008 07:34 PM
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    08-06-2008 05:31 PM Go to last post
  7. "Ricky's" #1

    Since there are those that enjoy the "hypotheticals," have a go at this. One of the exercises that our OVGA rules group enjoy doing are "Ricky's." Ricky is a blundering idiot of a golfer who obviously knows nothing about the rules. (Any resemblance to anyone here is purely coincidental.:) ) The...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 03-16-2010 06:52 PM
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  8. "The Committee" / "Competition"

    As suggested, I'm opening up a new thread on the meaning of "The Committee" and a "competition". This was discussed in another thread that had gone off-topic. I'm going to start fresh here with a new angle though. I was reading a discussion on another golf forum about punched greens. It's...

    Started by mjf‎, 09-17-2006 01:54 PM
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  9. Question ....used to...

    Gary.... At one point, you were posting rules issues, and letting us take a stab at the rulings.... Is that over, or are we just waiting for you to get a bunch of new, tougher questions for us? spidey

    Started by spidey‎, 09-19-2001 10:48 AM
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  10. ..not exactly a rule, but....

    I was playing a course this weekend, an older one, established about 1931. It was beautiful, and had just recently been expanded to 18 holes from 9. When I got to the original holes, I was surprised at how small some of the greens were. Just like there's a guideline about how close to the edge...

    Started by spidey‎, 08-07-2001 03:25 PM
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  11. .830 driver legal?

    I have a new Adams red line driver with .830 COR. A buddy said .830 makes this a club that is non-confomring to usga standards and therefore, couldn't be used in formal games. What's the deal, should I listen to him or get a different club? thanks

    Started by Jawbone‎, 03-28-2005 07:28 AM
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  12. 1 Ball rule

    You're playing in a competitive round and you are using your trusty Titleist 3, ProV1X. You reach into your bag and pull out a dozen mini sharpies (for you sharpie junkies) and mark your ball with a navy blue line through the PROV1X on the 'side' of the ball. You hit your tee shot on #3 left,...

    Started by Crackberry‎, 02-22-2009 06:26 PM
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  13. 13-2. Improving Lie, Area of Intended Stance or Swing,

    Had opening day tourny today. Going down the 18th, I was under a pine tree. The limbs were about 3 feet in the air. I backed into the tree to the point where I could take a few practice swings. My swing was restricted on both the backswing and follow through. During my practice swings, I definitely...

    Started by hackzaw‎, 05-15-2010 09:03 PM
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  14. 14 holes

    got though 14 before getting rained out. how do i enter this?

    Started by jeffc‎, 06-29-2008 07:09 PM
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  15. 15 Clubs - Declaring one out of play

    Can you, be it intentional or unintentional, carry 15 clubs but prior to starting your round, declare one club to not be used? This may sound strange, but I switch from one day to the next which putter I plan on using. I'd like to warm up on the practice green and figure out which putter has...

    Started by hackzaw‎, 07-14-2008 08:39 AM
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  16. 15 clubs in the bag

    I was playing a match play competition with the Slammer Tour this weekend and noticed that one of my opponents had 15 clubs in the bag. This is a guy that is supposed to be a rules guru and he was breaching rules all day and had the nerve to call me on a rule. I did not call him on it...

    Started by Moose Head‎, 04-23-2007 12:12 PM
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  17. 17th Sawgrass - Drop Area?

    Did a quick search but couldn't find anything.... If a ball goes off the back of the green on this hole, can a player drop within 2 clublengths, not nearer to the hole? Can you drop on the green? Or does he have to re-hit form the tee box or go to the drop area? A player today hit one off...

    Started by g8r‎, 05-11-2007 10:23 AM
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  18. 2 balls touching in a bunker

    I think I know the procedure: closest ball is removed, furthest away hits, recreates the lie, and the closer ball is replaced as close as possible to its original location, and played, I just wanted to double check.

    Started by Sakuraba‎, 06-10-2011 11:31 AM
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  19. 2 dumb questions

    1) I played recently where my ball stuck in its ball mark on the green. Do I lift, repair and replace? Or by some oddity do I have to putt it like that. 2) What is the rule for a plugged ball in the fairway? And the natural follow up: what constitutes plugged? More than half the ball?

    Started by Golfpeasant‎, 05-26-2005 12:54 AM
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  20. 2 questions

    2 simple rules questions. 1) Played at Upper Canada. Their local rule is "if its on the cart path (gravel) or a road, free lift". Is this a legit rule? 2) Hit a shot into some rough (different course). It is normally tall grass. They had cut it. Big piles of grass clippings (old and...

    Started by Rough Stuff‎, 08-31-2003 11:35 PM
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  21. 2 Questions

    Both of these situations happened to me this weekend.....both I was unsure of how to proceed There was a previous post about squirrels and the like moving your ball, but what happens if you hit a bird in mid air, play it where it lies? re-hit? question 2 - My ball lands in the rough (short...

    Started by g8r‎, 09-07-2004 08:50 AM
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  22. 2 rules questions from playing yesterday...

    I was teeing off at GLEN MAR yesterday and I used a 3 iron from the white tees. It was one of those holes were all the tee boxes were about 5-10 yards apart (pros, mens, womens) and My ball was a line driver, a bit to the left, and it hit the tee box marker infront of us (the left one). Had it not...

    Started by "Richard"‎, 05-02-2005 02:36 PM
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  23. 2 Strange Situations at TPC

    That Poulter incident where his physiotherapist went in the creek to look for his ball and Garcia clubbing his club in the bunker were definitely strange and I think unfair rulings, it was clear Poulter did not mean to put his ball in the water and it was also clear that Garcia did not know he went...

    Started by EDSGOLF‎, 03-29-2004 09:56 AM
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  24. 2 strokes for lost ball

    do many guys play that way?.. typically you can't go back to the tee and hit another ( I can just imagine what the group behind you would say if they see you walking back down the fairway to hit another) so it just becomes 2 strokes instead of one? I play that way with certain friends.. its a...

    Started by Big Duffer‎, 08-12-2007 08:19 AM
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  25. 2008 Rules

    http://www.usga.org/news/2007/october/2007_79.html

    Started by AAA‎, 10-31-2007 01:17 PM
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  26. 2009 Handicap Season

    The 2009 Handicap Season starts today, so start entering those scores! :)

    Started by LobWedge‎, 04-15-2009 05:04 PM
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  27. 2011 Handicap season has begun

    Start entering those inflated scores for the Ryder Cup in Belleville!!! :-) Conditions really are horrible in Ottawa for the next two weeks.

    Started by nokids‎, 04-15-2011 07:51 AM
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  28. 2016 Rules & Decisions

    http://www.randa.org/en/RandA/News/News/2015/October/The-RandA-and-USGA-release-2016-edition-of-Rules-of-Golf.aspx

    Started by AAA‎, 10-26-2015 02:42 PM
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  29. 2019 rules changes

    No one is talking about the rules changes coming in 2019? Interesting stuff for us amateurs.

    Started by Marcos‎, 03-26-2018 07:25 AM
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  30. 2nd Pop Quiz

    Saw this on another site - during a four ball event , player A borrowed a club from his partner, player B, and made a hole in one with the borrowed club. Player A had 13 clubs in his bag, player B had 12. Is player A penalized? Did player A score a hole in one? (It was not indicated whether this...

    Started by adanac‎, 12-13-2013 12:16 AM
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  31. 3 Basic Penalty Strokes Scenarios

    I made up three scenarios and included the total number of strokes for each holes, if it's incorrect, just explain where I am wrong. If you don't know where I took a stroke or that something doesn't make any sense, let me know and I try my best to clarify. ---- 1st HOLE ------- a) Drive slices...

    Started by MikeL‎, 04-19-2010 02:01 PM
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  32. 4 man scamble and one player unable to continue after the 5th hole -what happens????

    A small tournament -no rules posted , other than a 4 man scramble, after the 5 hole back problems caused a player to be unable to continue - some said you are now a 3 man scramble team -- others suggested you do play a 4th ball with the remaining 3 players rotating taking turns taking the shots...

    Started by Vijayfan‎, 09-21-2012 06:18 PM
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  33. Question 5 Minute Pop Quiz

    Gerry addresses his ball on the putting green and prepares to make a stroke. His first move is a forward press. During this motion, the club face touches the ball and causes its position to change slightly. Gerry takes his putter away from the ball and steps back. The ball returns to its original...

    Started by LobWedge‎, 05-29-2012 05:16 PM
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  34. 8 Club Lengths Relief - Almost

    One of the players in the Tunis yesterday, hit his second shot into a lateral water hazard to the left of the 18th green. He correctly measured his two club lengths relief and placed a marker on the cart path than ran parallel to the LWH. Dropping the ball correctly on to the cart path, the ball...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 07-08-2008 08:54 AM
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  35. 9 hole rounds

    I am wondering how posting 9 hole rounds for handicap purposes makes sense. Most courses have 9 hole ratings and enable someone to post a 9 hole score.... what I don't understand is how this woulnd't skew someone's handicap a lot lower than it should be. For example if the course rating for 18...

    Started by Bone‎, 05-12-2011 11:06 AM
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  36. 9th hole at edilwisse

    its maybe 300 yards from the whites... anyway, there is a lot of thick grassy area on the left. If you hit your ball into the middle of that there is no way to get there. There is water in there but its not all water. There were no red stakes either. Is he allowed to drop at point of entry? or...

    Started by sillywilly‎, 10-18-2008 07:03 PM
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  37. ???????????

    What would be the ruling in the following situation? My buddy and I are not pros therefore we do our best to speed up play. I'm on the fringe and he's further away. I know I should have waited but I went ahead and hit the putt which would have ended either in the hole or real close. :irked: All...

    Started by Chieflongtee‎, 06-19-2005 07:40 PM
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    06-21-2005 06:28 AM Go to last post
  38. A Big Thanks To gbower!!

    Although we sometimes have differing views on the rules, I do have to give a big thanks to Gerry for helping me with what could have been a difficult scenario today. Thanks so much Gerry, I really appreciate it.

    Started by Big Johnny69‎, 08-29-2010 09:58 PM
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  39. A Comedy of Errors

    From The Leith Society - a story. In a stroke play tournament, on a 180 yard par 3, a player played his tee shot that flew into a tree on the tee side of a wide stream, i.e., water hazard, that runs across in front of the putting green. Although there was no evidence to that affect, the player...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 09-19-2008 07:54 PM
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  40. A different "look" at the rules

    Check this out. http://www.usga.org/playing/rules/animations/index.asp There's 6 available now with 20 more to come. Cool. :bigcheek

    Started by LobWedge‎, 07-12-2004 07:18 PM
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  41. A few questions about rules....

    ok going to be playing with a few friends over the next few weeks very often and I just wanted to clarify a few things before we start playing WRONG again this year. 1) When does a player ever drop a ball in the drop zone? 2) lets see the ball goes into the forrest and we can see the...

    Started by "Richard"‎, 04-22-2005 09:30 PM
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  42. A Little Too Casual

    In stroke play, a player strikes his ball into an area of casual water that is adjacent to a water hazard. He mistakenly thinks that the casual water is a part of the water hazard. Abandoning the original ball, which he could have easily retrieved, he substitutes a ball, drops it five yards behind...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 01-11-2010 08:48 AM
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  43. A Long Walk Spoiled

    In the same OCAA tournament a player hits his 225 second shot over the green on the par 5 14th at Upper Canada GC. After searching for a couple of minutes he finds a ball, pitches it on to the green and when he marks the ball he discovers that it is not his. He searches for a couple of more...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 10-06-2008 08:20 AM
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    10-18-2008 09:14 PM Go to last post
  44. A Memorable Tale

    Hi All, I've been busy studying for the last while, and I came up with a short story to help me remember the Rules of Golf, in order. I hope it helps you too. :) <style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Verdana"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal,...

    Started by LobWedge‎, 04-16-2011 06:23 PM
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  45. Talking A New Kind of "Sandbagger."

    At our club, we had been playing under a one club length, preferred lie rule, particularly because some areas in the "rough" would render make a reasonable stroke impossible, and as a consequence, most of our handicaps may be artificially low. However, if we all move the ball, then no-one gains an...

    Started by natgolfer‎, 07-27-2003 11:15 AM
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  46. Abnormal Ground Conditions

    The greens staff is digging a trench to drain an area habitually filled with water when it rains. The trench runs from the low area to a water hazard adjacent to the green. While the greens staff break for lunch, Dan plays a shot that lands IN the trench that is IN the water hazard. What is the...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 04-01-2008 07:10 PM
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  47. Smile Aced ??

    Just curious as this situation happened to me a few years back. Tee'd off on a downhill par 4 with a blind landing area, hit my shot nice and down the middle so had no reason to play a provisional. I could not locate my ball and had to declare it lost and rehit. Once we reached the green my ball...

    Started by Dave B‎, 06-03-2002 06:06 PM
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    06-04-2002 12:28 PM Go to last post
  48. Aces are Wild

    Well, all right!! Let's see if the writing/reading has improved. Gerry is down 4 holes with 5 to play when we arrive at #14 at Greensmere. I watch him pull his 7 iron out of the bag. With a mighty slash into the October breeze he lofts the ball high into the air and it gently drops on to the...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 10-21-2008 06:05 PM
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  49. Added Weight Question

    Hi Gary, Player A applies lead tape to the heel of his driver causing the heel/shaft axis measurement to exceed 0.625", as described in Appendix II. Is this club now considered non-conforming? Thanks.

    Started by LobWedge‎, 01-30-2005 03:01 PM
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  50. adding magnets to a putter for more weight

    my friend was looking at adding weight to his ping blade but could add the 30g he needed to the head. one option was lead tape but it was to thick and when applied to the bottom it would make contact with the ground during putts when trying to hit the ball in the centre of the face. the other...

    Started by sillywilly‎, 08-12-2008 02:26 AM
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    08-12-2008 09:11 PM Go to last post

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