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  1. raking bunker

    Scenario- fairway left side has three bunkers in a row about 2o yards apart. Player hits into the first bunker and then hits out and lands in the third bunker. Player rakes first bunker which is approx 40 yds back from the third bunker the ball lands in. Player is called for raking the first...

    Started by tacks451‎, 09-10-2008 02:28 PM
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  2. Ball in Motion - Deflected

    Club Match Play Championship Semi Final Matches - A vs B, C vs D Both matches are being played in one group of four. A and C are putting for birdies in their respective matches. C is farther from the hole than A. C and A putt simultaneously and A's ball strikes C's ball. A's ball is holed...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 09-07-2008 11:36 AM
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  3. Rule explantion svp

    I took out all the Karma references but why is this a penalty? Can't a big divot on the green be repaired before I chip onto the green?? This is one of the most weird things that I've ever heard of happening on a golf course. Bart Bryant was docked two shots in a bizarre penalty that...

    Started by faldo‎, 09-08-2008 08:14 AM
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  4. loose impediment/ imbedded stone

    We all recall the famous boulder moved for Tiger, was there a change to the rules or the decisions that covers a much smaller stone? I played on the weekend & one of my fc's had a stone (about the size of my size 13 shoe) just away from his ball which was not in a hazard, would have possibly...

    Started by Sakuraba‎, 09-08-2008 11:46 AM
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  5. John Holes the ball

    John is playing and hits a high flop shot from about 20 yards out.... it bounces twice and rolls into the hole... He celebrates with a big cheer and a fist pump and as he walks up to the green to retrieve his ball from the bottom of the cup, a good sized bullfrog jumps out of the hole and the ball...

    Started by Mightiestmik‎, 09-03-2008 06:03 PM
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  6. Known or Virtually Certain - Revisited

    Hole #15 - Mississippi GC - Blind tee shot - Lateral Water Hazard (swamp) all along the right side which cannot be seen from the tee. Trees on the right about 100 yards from the tee. Situation: A player hits his tee shot towards the trees on the right in the direction of where the hazard is,...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 08-03-2008 01:23 PM
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  7. Question Under a tree

    So I am off the fairway again, left or right, I'm an equal opportunity player. I can see the ball and I have a "shot" to get it out but branches make it nearly impossible to take a stance or even take more than a 6" back swing. BUT, if I brace some of the lower branches behing my leg (R or L) then...

    Started by Kiwi‎, 08-30-2008 08:35 AM
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  8. Blind Golfers

    Paul and David play their tee shots to the fairway on #12 at Mississippi, where the landing area cannot be seen from the tee. Approach shots are played to the green and David makes a long putt for a birdie. As David picks his ball, a Titleist 2, out of the hole, he realizes that the ball he holed...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 08-25-2008 08:18 AM
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  9. Status of Provisional Holed

    Interesting situation in the first round of our CC today. Player A hits from fairway on par 4 over green into known nasty area. Drops and plays provisional. Holes out for a 4. Since the ball is holed is it still a provisional since he cannot play a stroke beyond the point the original was lost,...

    Started by GarthM‎, 08-30-2008 06:00 PM
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  10. Handicapping confusion

    My friends cap is going to be 18.9 on the course we play on sunday. Its actually 18.4 but because the slope is higher on that course it moves to 18.9. Does he only take a double as his esc or does he round the 18.9 to 19 and take a triple? I thought 18 - 18.9 was double and that you don't...

    Started by sillywilly‎, 08-28-2008 01:13 PM
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  11. Leaderboard at the Barclays

    Kevin Sutherland just putted out on 17. The leaderboard behind him shows his distance to the hole at 2'8". The commentators mentioned it. I stopped my PVR and looked at it. The numbers are about a foot high. Very visible to the player. So he can look at the leaderboard for a distance reading. There...

    Started by Kilroy‎, 08-24-2008 05:13 PM
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  12. Designated Drop Zones

    No rules officials please, at least until we have a couple of answers. Thanks. :) A course has a number of "drop zones" set up on specific holes, for relief from shots that are known or virtually certain to have entered the water hazards on those holes. The scorecard mentions these drop zones...

    Started by LobWedge‎, 08-25-2008 01:09 PM
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  13. Carrying a left handed club

    being a right handed player, am I allowed to carry a left handed club. (still not going over 14 clubs). I'm pretty sure the answer to this is yes. I can hit a 6i left handed 150 yards, 15 yards less than my right handed swing. I've never had to flip my club over this year to hit a ball left...

    Started by sillywilly‎, 08-23-2008 10:34 PM
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  14. Improper Relief Taken?

    A player hits their lay-up on a par-5 into the deep rough on the right side of the hole, 3 yards off the fairway, and a half yard from the edge of the semi-rough, about 140 yards from the pin. The player gets to the ball and notices that the ball is sitting way down in the rough, and also...

    Started by LobWedge‎, 08-16-2008 09:58 PM
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  15. This one might be easy

    This one might be easy, but I still wondered. It hasn't happened to me on the course but it happens to me all the time when I'm playing golf on the computer (Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06) I chip from near the green and my ball goes right and the hole and comes to rest stuck between the lip of the...

    Started by Mightiestmik‎, 08-15-2008 10:43 PM
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  16. Question Pin in or out

    Was playing a friendly game with buddies today. I drove short on a par 3, made a miserable chip and was about 5 feet from the edge of the green on the fringe. The flag was still in and everyone else was on the green. One of the guys went to pull the pin and I asked him to leave it in as I was...

    Started by Kiwi‎, 08-04-2008 06:02 PM
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  17. Out of bounds stakes

    Was playing in club championship last Sunday and one player's ball was very close to the white stake, he ask if he could remove the stake and we said no, his ball was in bound but in tall grass ( too much rain and too much trim to do on the course), he proceed to punch the ball out, in his first...

    Started by scrollerpete‎, 08-12-2008 02:55 PM
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  18. Where to drop

    This happened yesterday , and is in this thread for a reason I was teamed up with a scratch golfer , and the runner up club champ These 2 golfers are and were batting #1 in our top interclub teams the last 2 years respectfully Now one of them hits his ball and it finishes some 30yards...

    Started by Kiwi battler‎, 08-11-2008 01:44 AM
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  19. 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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  20. On The Bubble

    Brought up during today's round. Stroke Play Tournament. With all the rain we have had a small portion of the sod on a putting green has separated from the subsoil and an air bubble has been created under the surface. Your ball happens to come to rest on the mound/bubble that was formed. ...

    Started by BC MIST‎, 08-09-2008 05:55 PM
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  21. Ball in a gopher/snake/racoon hole.

    Here is what happened. Likely an easy response. My son's ball landed in an animal hole, it was definitley in the gophers entrance to his house, but we could see it and identify it. This anilmal's house was off the fairway in the rough if that will have an impact. Obviously it was...

    Started by Sparkplug‎, 08-07-2008 09:11 PM
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  22. Where does casual water begin.

    With all of the rain we have been having some water hazards have been overflowing. I was in a match and my ball came to rest in water that was overflowing from the hazard. Lucky me, if it was dry my ball would have been in the hazard. When I sighted a straight line from red stake to red...

    Started by Sparkplug‎, 08-07-2008 09:20 PM
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  23. "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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  24. Free relief ? Tiger can play that shot !

    A somewhat IMO unresolved debate in another thread seemed to under general concenus conlude that , if Tiger Woods or Phil M could play a shot that was more or less impossible for even a low handicapper let alone a newbie to the game ....then if interference from an IO was only a factor when...

    Started by Kiwi battler‎, 07-31-2008 02:48 PM
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  25. Electrifying

    This didn't happen to me but I thought it would be interesting. At metcalfe golf & CC they have overhead power line that on a few holes come right across the fairway in almost the perfect spot for a well placed drive to have a good chance on hitting them. What is the ruling if your drive hits...

    Started by Mightiestmik‎, 07-24-2008 12:51 PM
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  26. Water in sand trap

    When a ball entered a sand bunker and rest in water, what relief do you get? My take is you must drop at the dry spot in the bunker. My opponent mentioned since the only dry area is now closer to the hole, he can opted to drop on grass. We debated a bit since he no longer in the hazzard and...

    Started by Eldred‎, 07-26-2008 11:00 AM
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  27. Pressing the ball into the green

    Hi folks, There are times when it is very hard, if not impossible, to keep the ball on the green from moving when trying to replace it after marking. I've always struggled with this, until someone suggested that I should press the ball into the green slightly. That solved the problem, but I'm...

    Started by Ruskie‎, 07-23-2008 10:42 AM
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  28. Puzzle

    OK--two guys tee off on a blind drive---both fellas playing same ball and same number---balls not marked. They reach their balls and are about 2 feet apart. Who's ball is who's and what is the ruling----they can't identify each others ball? :confused

    Started by big mac‎, 07-22-2008 08:39 AM
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  29. Provisional and unplayable?

    John is in a match. John’s tee shot lands 2 feet to the right of a large tree. John swings right handed. He squeezes up to the tree, does not bend any branches and takes his next stroke. The ball veers right towards a forest and it appears that it may be lost outside of a hazard. John...

    Started by ClubFoot‎, 07-22-2008 10:39 AM
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  30. Lost Ball?

    Playing in a 4some, one member hits a dead straight, down the middle drive on a straight away par 4. The rest of our group see the ball land at the 150 marker and disappear. When we arrive at the 150, the ground is saturated and the ball is no where to be seen. Clearly it embedded in the mud as...

    Started by dougheg‎, 07-19-2008 04:18 PM
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  31. Giving Advice?

    Howdy, While playing in a 2 person team, one person says to their teammate that he just played a 5 iron. It was clearly heard by the other team. Is that giving advice and is there a penalty? It's not match play, but combined score of each team determines the points for the hole.

    Started by BigFlopper‎, 07-17-2008 04:45 PM
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  32. What is the best way to learn the rules??

    Does anyone have a good way of learning the rules of golf? I've read them but without quizes and visuals its really hard to get them to stick. Anyway thoughts? Rules officals, how did you go about studying for your tests?

    Started by sillywilly‎, 07-05-2008 04:44 PM
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  33. Decisions on the Rules of Golf - Say What??

    In researching something, I've gone to the Decisions on the Rules of Golf: http://randapublic.loghar.com/flash/decisions/decisions.html While reading some of these decisions, my reaction when reading them is almost always "Say What!!! You've got to be kidding me" First off, I find the...

    Started by hackzaw‎, 07-14-2008 12:29 PM
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  34. ball landing on another ball? what to do

    i know that if u hit someone elses ball on the green then you play yours where it lies and the person whos ball you hit gets to put theres where is originally was now today a guys ball was on the front on the green on the fairway, i hit my chip hoping it would take a hop on the green and roll near...

    Started by buykrux‎, 07-14-2008 05:46 PM
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  35. ball stuck in the tree?

    at our course, kingsville golf and country club in ontario, on 7 gold there was a large tree on the right hand side somehow someone got a golfball stuck about 30 feet up in between the bark and the tree what do you do if thats your teeshot?

    Started by buykrux‎, 07-14-2008 05:57 PM
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  36. Moved: ball landing on another ball? what to do

    Started by buykrux‎, 07-14-2008 05:49 PM
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  37. They blew the horn to get off the course but I kept playin in the dark..hcp?

    They blew the horn to get off the course but I kept playing in the dark. Had I stopped on that hole I would have had to take a 5... but instead I parred it, can I count the par? What if I had a 6?? It was a 4 for and the 9th hardest hole.. 19.7 handicap thanks boys

    Started by sillywilly‎, 07-13-2008 10:34 PM
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  38. 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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  39. 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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  40. GPS in tournaments

    Hey guys Not sure if this has been discussed before but I am curious whether or not I can use my skycaddie in the Citizen Amateur as well as OVGA events? Thanks alot :scratchch

    Started by Riddell‎, 05-24-2008 10:05 AM
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  41. Flagstick Usage

    What are the occasions where it is acceptable to have the flagstick lying on the green next to the hole, where you can use it as a backstop or something to have the ball run along where the ball could easily end up in the hole?

    Started by BC MIST‎, 07-13-2008 07:54 AM
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  42. how many strokes do you give someone?

    playing today and the stroke dif is 1.9 do you round it up or down?

    Started by sillywilly‎, 06-29-2008 11:39 AM
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  43. Diamond Face Wedges

    Hey was wondering if anyone had any input on the use and legality of some of the diamond face, abrasive face's, tungsten inserts wedges like the Pure Spin series. Im aware of the USGA rule against "foreign materials" applied to the face that would change the natural movement of the ball, but also...

    Started by newglove‎, 07-11-2008 08:28 PM
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  44. Can anyone thing of a situation in which a ball must be dropped on the green?

    I don't know the answer but was thinking of a few situations in which someone would be required or would be able to drop on the green

    Started by sillywilly‎, 07-05-2008 09:42 PM
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  45. Ball marker in putt line

    Just curious what the ruling is on -one players ball marker being directly in putting line of another players. What options does the putter have ? thanks in advance And sorry if this was already a thread, i did look but couldn't find anything.

    Started by Mick-Mulli‎, 07-07-2008 10:33 PM
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  46. Handicap on course using 'hybrid' set of tees

    I was just looking over the planned yardages for a couple of the courses at the upcoming Citizen tournament. They are planning to use 'hybrid' sets of tees for most of the rounds. At Talon it looks like about 10 or 11 of the holes use the back tees while the remainder use the second from back. ...

    Started by mjf‎, 06-23-2008 10:57 PM
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  47. Question about order of relief

    Something close to this situation happened to me today and given the amount of rain we keep getting it may happen again so I figure I should ask. My tee shot came to rest in casual water on a cart path. The ball was on the right side of the path about 1 foot from the edge. My question is,...

    Started by jvincent‎, 07-03-2008 08:52 PM
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  48. On the Tee

    On the tee, player takes a massive swing with his 3 wood whiffs at the ball.:biting: He then takes the ball off the tee and puts it on the grass and hits his ball to the fairrway. What shot is playing next?:scratchch and explain how you got that number.:-)

    Started by NoBack‎, 07-08-2008 11:56 AM
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  49. Exposed landscape fabric in bunker / drainage pipe in fairway

    I was playing at Loch March last night and one of my shots ended up in a greenside bunker. 3 inches behind my ball there was about 18 inches of exposed landscape fabric which ran perpindicular to my line. It was close enough that I could have hit it during my swing or maybe just miss it (as it...

    Started by mjf‎, 07-08-2008 09:21 AM
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  50. Two Quickies - Loose Impediment & Fixing Ball Mark

    1. A player chips on to the green, close to the hole and marks the ball. He then picks up a clump of grass (loose impediment) from someone's shoe that is right beside the hole. Another player who is on the green and away, asks that the clump of grass be replaced. Does it have to be replaced? 2....

    Started by BC MIST‎, 07-05-2008 03:36 PM
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    07-06-2008 01:17 PM Go to last post

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