Forum: Rules Of Golf

Hi, I simply have a question regarding rangefinders. I would like to know if it legal for me to carry and use both a GPS rangefinder and also a laser rangefinder at the same time?

A player’s ball lies on the line defining a water hazard. He plays a stroke and the ball ends up in the water hazard. He chooses to proceed under R26-1a. He drops and the ball lands just outside the hazard line and then rolls into the hazard. He lifts and drops again and the ball lands just inside...

... did Cink break a rule by moving that rock before taking his drop on the first hole? :scratchch I'll have to check that out.

OK, So I ordered 3 copies of the Rules (2 for the bags and 1 for home) and 2 copies of the decisions (1 for the bag and 1 for home).......I just got back from the Post Office with the package and Holy Crap!!! I was NOT prepared for the size of the decisions book :eek: That said, it is a...

Now how about this: Player is in a green side bunker and hits it out onto the green. The shot didnt carry as far as he would have liked, and as the ball starts to roll back towards the bunker, the player slams his club into the sand in anger. The ball comes to rest back in the bunker... is he not...

At the risk of posing the stupidest question ever (although I'm sure that Indio must have asked ones that were more stupid) I submit the following......... Are we supposed to have the rules and decisions memorized or are we allowed to carry and reference the Rules and Decisions as necessary?

A competitor hits his tee shot near a water hazard. Thinking the ball may be lost outside the hazard he hits a provisional into the same area as his original. The player finds both balls (one inside and one outside of the Water Hazard), but is unable to determine which is the provisional. What...

Player A and B both hit shots into a bunker and are on the same line of play. A plays first and advances his ball a few yards in the same bunker. He rakes his footprints, but his next shot hits the lip of the bunker and rolls back into the area he just raked. B then plays his shot and it also...

Player A and B are playing a par5. Player A has pitched his 3rd shot from below the green to 3 feet. Player B is on the green in 2 shots and has 50 feet for eagle and decides to hit the putt before Player A has marked and made his way up to the green. Player B's eagle putt hits Player...

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,...

Player A plays his third shot from off the green. The ball does not reach the elevated green but instead rolls back and comes to rest against his bag. Player A lifts his bag and the ball rolls a few feet farther from the hole. He plays his next shot from this new position onto the green and...

In a match between Player A and B, A is looking for his ball in an area covered with leaves. He inadvertently kicks his ball. Not sure of its original location, he estimates where it lay and drops a ball as near as possible to that spot but no closer to the hole. As he takes a practice swing, he...

1) A player hits his approach shot towards the green. The ball flies over the flagstick and strikes the green, leaving a pitch mark, and bounds into the rough beyond. The pitch mark is on the line between his ball and the hole. Upon reaching the green, the player fixes the pitch mark, and then...

1) It is a windy day and the player's ball lies on the putting green. The player approaches his ball cautiously, takes his stance and the ball then moves just before he grounds his club. The player is penalised one stroke and must replace his ball. - True or False and Why 2) In stroke play, a...

Dave & Jim are playing a match. Dave hits his tee shot from outside the teeing ground and his ball goes OB. Jim says nothing. Dave says, "I hit that shot from outside the teeing ground, I'm going to correct my mistake and re-tee." Jim says, "No, you're not." Who is correct?

Rules of Golf Memorization Trick The key to memorizing the 28 basic rules of golf starts by associating the rules with a golf course that you know like the “back of your hand.” I use the National Golf Club, in Woodbridge, near Toronto. You will visualize each hole on your favorite course and the...

I am not sure of the real answer... If I use a high MOI putter....like 12,000, off of the tee. hence play club' would this cause immediate disqualification since the limit for a driver is like 5,900? The putter would have like 3-4 degrees of loft , with a driver typically 9-11. David

If you are playing very poorly and you pick up your ball after 9 holes (out of frustration), how is this handicapped? Can you enter just 9 holes? If this is done two often will it not artifically lower your handicap?

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Saw this on another forum and thought I'd wet the juices over here and see what results come up. Question: On a par 3 a player scores a hole-in-one with a ball other than the original ball that he played on that hole. :scratchch

Mutt and Jeff both hit their drives over the hill of #12 at Mississippi GC, a blind par 4 hole. As they walk up, they see two balls close together and Mutt then hits his approach shot to the green. As Jeff is about to play the other ball, he sees that it is Mutt’s original ball. Mutt plays his...

From LS website, with variation. Matt hits his tee shot approximately 225 yards into an area of trees off to the right. He smokes his provisional ball 275 yards but into an area of long grass on the other side of the hole. He plays a second provisional and it flies 250 yards down the middle of...

Couple of interesting things happened today at Nation. First, 9th hole, sliced off the tee and ball hit a steep hill between the two ponds on the right. Ball hit hill and rolled down through the leaves to come to rest against what appeared to be a newly fallen tree branch. I could not have...

A player hit his ball towards a garden, (Grounds Under Repair in local rules). He was certain that the ball had come to rest in the garden and his fellow competitor was of the same opinion. The ball could not be found after a two minute search so the player dropped a ball within 1 club of the...

Before a tournament, Gerry and I either play or drive around a course to look for areas of concern such as the placement of stakes for hazards and out of bounds, select the location of pin and tee markers and determine what local rules are or should be used, specifically whether preferred lies are...

Player on a 'strange' course pulls his drive 200+ yards round a dogleg. His FC (a member of the club) makes no comment. When the player reaches the scene he realises his ball is OB. He turns to his FC showing his irritation with his failure to warn him of the problem round the corner. His FC...

BC's stance is in ground under repair (GUR) about 210 yds from the green and has a crappy lie so decides to take relief for the GUR using his gap wedge to measure his nearest point of relief as he figured that with a bad lie that was all he could get on the ball. After taking his drop he now has a...

A fellow competitor playing in our Polar Bear tournament on Saturday, pulled his tee shot left into a lateral water hazard. He arrived at the scene first and indicated to us that he found his ball. He took the ball from the hazard, dropped within two club lengths of the presumed point of entry...

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...

I'm in the darn bunker on the 9th hole and as usual have trouble getting out and end up on the fringe. I did get a lot of sand out of the bunker that mostly landed around my ball. I got my towel to sweep most of it away being careful not to move my ball. BC tells me I can't do what I'm doing but...

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...

In a singles matchplay game, the two drives were both on the fairway. Player A was slightly further away and he played first. He hit a hook shot towards an out of bounds fence. Player B then hit a similar shot towards the same fence. Player B then declared he was hitting a provisional...

My back is pretty messed up and I shouldn't be playing golf but I'm going to play the season out. Should I count the rounds towards my cap? I'd be lucky to break 100... cap is currently 17.2

What's the ruling when someone tries to hit his ball but ends up taking a chunk of grass and rolled a few inches from the original spot but never "touched" the ball ? Thanks

At the recent OCAA golf championship, the players were informed that if there was any doubt as to how to proceed during play, that they were to play two balls and get a ruling from either Gerry or myself later. This scenario is hypothetical but based on a similar incident. On a hole a player hit...

i played a match on sunday and a lot of rules questions came up. 1. I couldnt find my ball in the fairway and because there was a group on the tee behind me i conceeded the hole. I dropped a ball a played the rest of the hole. i took a double for my cap because of the illegal drop. would...

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...

I play at a course that does not belong to the OGA and has not for several years. They have an old rating and slope that probably would change if the course was rated again. Can you still use scores from there on your official handicap?

Here's one from today that people had trouble agreeing on. A players ball lay on the grass at the edge of a gravel cart path. The path crossed his intended line of play in front of the ball. Neither the player's stance nor the ball were touching the path at setup. The player felt that he'd...

Hi, As a 27 handicap, I spend more time in the woods than the fairway. At Le Sorcier I ran into this and I am wondering how to score this scenario. Par 3 is about a 60-70 drop in elevation. They have a drop zone near the green. Anyway, my first shot went past the green. I hike down...

gbower's ball lies on the right side of a cart path. There is OB less than a yard from the path on the right. It is impossible to take full relief from the cart path on the right hand side and remain in bounds. What are his options?

I was playing yesterday and my ball came to rest very close to a red hazard stake. It was not completely in the hazard ... clearly the front half of the ball was outside the margin, but the back was "on the line". My questions: Is the rule any part outside and the ball is not in the hazard, or any...

Jim bombs a huge drive , just off the right side of the fairway , slamming it into a tree ...Bob is standing under the tree , and sees it hit , deflect sideways and drop halfway to the ground ....stopping when it wedges between 3 small branches Jim walks up and is informed by Bob that the ball...

This happened to a friend of mine earlier this summer, and I've wondered from time to time regarding the situation. #18 of Champlain, IIRC. Dogleg left with OB on the left (somebody's backyard). Friend is a lefty, slices it into said backyard. The rest of us tee off, and he is about to hit a...

It's a very hot and windy day (obviously not this summer) and Indio decides to hit the halfway house for a large lemonade with lots of ice before heading out for the back 9. He gets his beverage to go, and makes his way to the 10th hole. After hitting his tee shot, Indio drives out to his ball,...

indio hooks a ball left so he tees up a provisional and hits a not to bad shot. when leaving the tee box he realizes there are red stakes on the right... what are his options? on the next hole into hits his approach shot left of the green and lands on the left side a cartpath next to the...

Great forum guys, just what I've been looking for. I always have rule questions and I can never seem to find the right answers in the rules book. Here's my question, hopefully its not a repeat, I searched and couldn't find anything. QUESTION Foursome: A & B are playing a match against...

Say your playing a links style course and you ball is plugged in the face of a bunker (steep grass wall).. Do you get relief? and if so where? You wouldn't be able to drop on the wall as its straight down and say 5 feet high.. I wouldn't think you would drop into the bunker? Is the wall part of the...