Forum: Rules Of Golf

On The Golf Channel one of the instructors made the following suggestion to determine whether a golfer had sufficient loft on a club to hit the ball over trees that would be in front of him: Place the back of the club head on the ground and step on it. Sight along the shaft and if the shaft is...

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...

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...

Anyone know of a simplified golf rules book or a golf rules book for beginners or dummies? :laughing: The cheaper the better. ;) Thanks in advance. David

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...

"When I poked a little, he said that he has a very good friend and source close to the USGA, which said that they are quietly but strongly making a firm push to have no putters longer than a pitching wedge by 2008." Got this off google after searching to see if they were banning belly putters. ...

Rule 33 says that the committee has no power to waive a rule of golf. The RB definitions indicate that roads that are artificially surfaced are obstructions, so roads that are NOT artificially surfaced are NOT obstructions. Brilliant, eh? Running parallel to the 17th at Mississippi GC is a...

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...

Well, the USGA has formally announced it's intent to change the rules for groove. I'm sure the lawyers have started their engines already. http://www.usga.org/news/2007/february/2007_11.html

Not sure last weeks Rules Contest was right. It was: Norm breaks a club during a round while using it as a cane to climb a hill. Is he allowed to replace the club? No. A club broken in such circumstances is not considered to have become “damaged in the normal course of play” as its use as a...

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...

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...

Hi. I am a junior golfer, 16 years old, and was playing in the mayors cup yesterday, when I noticed one of my playing parteners moving his ball ahead of where he marked it (intentionaly). He would mark his ball, pick it up, and replace it about an inch ahead of where the marker was. He would...

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?

For beginners ONLY. This actually happened at a recent local tournament. As a golfer was taking his stance, water appeared at the base of his shoes and there was a squishing sound under his feet. Is the player entitled to relief under the casual water rule?

Is there a penalty if you touch you ball with your club at address in a sand trap but the ball does not change position? Did no touch the sand with the club.:wallbash TY Mike

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...

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...

Hoolio and I had this discussion driving up to play Renfrew on the weekend: Lets' say that there is a metal stake marking an out of bounds line next to a body of water. The metal stake is bent halfway up, facing back towards the fairway. You hit your drive, and it hits the section of the...

I read this somewhere and I would like to know if its true. When my ball goes into bunker and ball is in the footprint, I get a free drop out of the footprint. Is this true ? Thanks

if I turn the slope off, can it be used in a match?

Check it out. http://www.usga.org/mobile/

Last year I was playing with a FC who consistantly out drove me. On one hole, I had a very good drive, and my FC also had a good hit in the same direction. When we walked over the crest of the hill, I could see both of our balls - with one about five yards ahead of the other. I took my 3 wood...

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...

During my last round at Stonebridge, I hit a tee shot into the fescue. Then one of my fellow competitors hit a shot that ended up less than a foot from my ball... pretty much directly behind my intended line of play. As a result of him hitting his ball out onto the fairway, he may have improved...

Hello, I am somewhat new to the game of golf so I still don't know all the rules. What do you get relief from? the reason I ask is that my buddy hit a tee shot on a par 3 into a mound of large rocks that was beside the green. Does he get a clubs length from that without a penalty? if he...

I play in a men's league once a week. It's always a team game, so your foursome is playing against the other foursomes that week. The format of the game is always changing. Examples of games are 1-2-3 (take only 1 score on the first hole, 2 scores on the second, 3 on the third, and repeat). ...

Can someone clear this up for me - where to drop red stakes drop is 2 clubs from point of entry yellow stakes is point of entry behind hazard and in line with hole at coden on hole 10 and 18 the two ponds inbetween are yellow staked if you hit into pond do you have to go behind pond i have...

I need a bit of help in understanding who was right... I was playing my yearly friendly competition with a buddy and the game was very close with only a couple of holes left to play and only a couple of strokes between us (I was down). My opponent ran into difficulty and lost a ball out of...

Gerry (gbower) and I have discussed the possibility of giving a free clinic to any Ottawa Golf Forum members who may be interested in increasing their knowledge of the Rules of Golf. We would hold the clinic in the early evening of a week day at our home course, Greensmere Golf Club, in late May....

Dave hits his tee shot right, in to a stand of trees. He declares to his FC that he will play a provisional ball, and hits it to the right as well. Dave, in his frustration, grabs a third ball from his bag, and without declaring it to be a provisional ball, hits it straight down the middle in the...

QUESTION, if your in a grass hazard to what extent is your club considered grounding. if there is alot of grass you would have to i believe be touching ground before you incur a penalty. if there is alot of grass you almost can't groung your club, is this correct.

This is probably an easy ruling but it happened to me today and I ended up playing two balls until I got a ruling after the round. Im on a slope and cant see the green and i hit my shot, my f.c. says great shot. i go to find the ball and do not see it after a quick scan (2minutes). So i tell...

What's the rule if you check in a competitor's bag to see what he just hit on a par 3 ? Penalty of stroke?

My wife made a comment about the water in the bunkers at the Open. Why dont they just vacuum the water out of the bunkers? Does anyone know the ruling of the R&A . I see they have to play them when wet. Thanks

I'd posted this in the spring opening thread where a discussion broke out regarding the merit of entering rounds into the HC system played in very poor conditions, or specifically, in poor conditions early in the season... "My cap is at an all time high since I started recording it. Ironically...

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Can anyone tell me if Finau who won in Puerto Rico did the right thing in the final round when he hit his ball into the hazard, and took a penalty drop. I saw him drop his ball once, then he dropped it again and then he picked it up and repositioned it in the waste bunker. It just seemed odd to me....

Hello. New to handicap and have not registered with gao yet. I play when I can at public courses and have no membership at any club. I read the rules on gao.ca. I consider most of my rounds when I can play practice. Because I am generally teamed up with people I do not know, they may or may...

Dunno if this is the right place to post this question, but.... What does a Slope rating sheet look like. I'm curious to know what is rated and how it's rated in coming up with a slope for a course. I guess my ulterior motive is to second-guess the slopes of various courses, but it just seems...

Did anybody catch Walter Morgan's "whiff" on the weekend? For those who didn't see it, long putt for birdie misses by inches. He then half-*****edly "practice swings" at the ball - once. After his "practice swing" he straightens himself up a bit and actually putts the ball in the hole. Marks a parr...

Can anybody explain to me why Sergio got relief from the sprinkler on the 15th hole?

A small pool of rainwater has accumulated on a bridge over a water hazard. The player's ball ends up on the bridge and in the puddle. May he ground his club? May he take relief from the puddle?

With this nice rainy weather was wondering if you can wrap a towel or something else on your grip to help hold the club when really wet????? Or is stuff like "Grip-it" legal??? Thanks

On the third hole at Le Geant at Mont Tremblant yesterday, one of the deer standing around the hole came over and started to lick my ball, which caused it to move off the back fringe and onto the green. I replaced the ball, which I believe falls under rule 18-1, an outside agency, before I...

In the City and District Championship at Greensmere on Tuesday, my fellow competitor hit his ball into a washed out area to the left of #18, which was also in a roped, newly seeded area(GUR). Asking for a ruling, I suggested that he first take relief from the washed out area, which was...

Played at a course near Belleville the other day (Trillium Woods). Beautiful course, but some odd ball situations. They were having a tournament later, so we were told to keep pace (no problem). Later, I noticed the greens were hard, which explains why this may have happened: At the second...