Forum: Rules Of Golf

Gary are the pure spin and other diamond faced irons conforming or not????? Thanks

I would like to know what the ruling is if there is an island green and a gravel path going from the cart path to the area of the green and this path is inside the lateral hazard markings and a ball comes to rest in this area do you have to play the ball as if it's in the hazard or is there an...

A player chips up to the pin and the ball looks close so he goes to his bag to get his putter and walks up to the hole, pulls the pin and as he's pulling the pin the ball falls into the hole without being touched by anything. What would the ruling be on this situation???? Adding to this, what...

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...

This happened today but want to see what people think the player is lying and where he's to hit his shot from. Tee shot goes right into lateral water hazard (LWH) but is playable from within the hazard. Player hits ball out of hazard with the ball travelling over the water towards the fairway...

Here is the situation.. On the second hole at my home course (which is a par3) there is a protective fence to protect people on the green from airant tee shots of both the first and third tees. The ruling that is enforced here is you get swing relief only while playing any hole other than #2. While...

Ok I don't have a decisions book so I need some help on this one.. I know that you can practice putt after holeing out in stroke play (providing you don't hold up play). Here is what happened yesterday.. We are a 9 hole course. After our first round of the CC yesterday someone on the deck possed...

We have a protective fence out on my course (subject to other rules previously). This fence is behind the 2nd green and is a mesh fence. When playing any hole other than #2 you do not get line of site relief. You do get swing/stance relief. Directly behind the fence are 20 or so pine trees. So when...

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...

Hey folks, hoping someone can answer this juan..... As you know many people put a line on there ball for putting purposes ( line em up ) and I was playing with a good friend yesterday who now has placed that line for his Tee shot, aims the line down the left, at the pin wherever... I am...

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I played Pakenham today. My ball rolled into the bunker and came to rest beside the handle of a rake that was left in the bunker. I'm sure my ball would have continued to roll out of the bunker. I moved the rake and took my shot. My partner wondered if I should have played the ball as is, leave the...

Are the players allowed to communicate via cell phones while playing a PGA/Major event? Do they, for example, tweet or text during their rounds? Just curious??

What some of the top etiquette rules to cover (in your opinion) when introducing golf to a beginner?

Hey everyone. Im new to the forum but hope to be an active poster in the future. I was wondering whether anyone could help me with this question: What is the proper order of play if 2 players' drives land very close to each other on the fairway, so that the player who is away has his opponent's...

Ruling required! A ball is in the line of an opponents putt on the green. You place your putter behind the ball and place a mark using a line of reference. You replace the placement of the ball only this time you place a mark instead of the ball and put the ball in front of the mark. The ball...

Temporary Green Scoring, how does this work. Two greens were Temps due to maintenance on the course, all they did was stick a flag in the ground 35 yards in front of the green. How do you score these two holes for the purpose of handicap, you sure can't putt them??

Ok, here we go, two players chip from off of the green to the green at the same time, the balls collide on the green. I suggest the balls are played from where they come to a rest. My opponent thinks otherwise. Any ruling on this?

I enjoy reading the rules section, but rarely retain some of them, so hopefully you'll be able to help, but it needs some backstory, and if its too long to give any answers, its fine. I went golfing today with a good friend, who I will call MR X, and 6 friends of his. We were 2 groups of 4. I...

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?

In stroke play, is there a penalty for playing out of turn?

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

Just wondering if the Taylormade R9 Driver legal in Tournaments ?

Par 3 I hit my ball from the tee and landed 3 feet from a small tree. I tried to chip it on the green but hit the tree, then it hit me and landed on the green. When I hit the tree, my reaction is to cover my face and while doing that, I "knock" the ball and landed on the green. Do I get a...

Sometimes I wonder why some players withdrawn or disqualified from a tournament. Withdrawn: My guess is that the player knows he's not playing well, so he call it a quit. - Can the player actually just call it a quit & starts walking back to the parking lot ? Disqualification: The only...

Q1: If ball drops in the water, where can I drop & how far can I drop ? Q2: If ball drops in the water on the far right side, where to drop ? Q3: If ball hits a rock & lands in the water, where to drop ? Q4: If ball gets stuck between rocks, what to do ? My guess:

I was watching a video of Outside the Ropes with Ian Poulter. His most embarrassing moment was at Players Championship when he accidently threw his ball in the lake. Any penalty ? I watched the video many times and I can't see if there was a ball mark before he threw his ball.

I was watching the Golf Channel, women's golf event, and they showed a player examining a mark (actually a raised bit of turf) that was in the line of her putt. The announcer said that they determined it was a spike mark, so it couldn't be fixed, so the player had to put through the 'bump'. Is it...

What is the ruling for a ball stuck in the green. Today My ball got stuck approx 1/2 the ball was stuck in the green. What is the rule for this? I lifted my ball tried fixing the divot and placed the ball over the divot but the divot caused my ball to bounce and ended up being a horrible...

Some clarification from you much better versed rules people than me please. Can someone please explain to me what role the RCGA (or Golf Canada) actually plays in establishing the rules of golf. I am often reading that tournament play will be "governed by the RCGA Rules of golf" (that taken...

I was playing a few holes as practice after work the other day not keeping score as I was only going to play 3 or 4 holes and was playing 2 or 3 balls at once just for on-course practice. Anyhow, as I addressed a ball on the tee with my iron I just touched the ball and it started to wobble. I...

I was playing alone the other evening and on an adjacent tee box I watched a player taking practice swings with his driver with the head cover still on. In light on Julie Inkster's DQ earlier this year I started wondering if this is a similar infraction...is a head cover considered a training...

So, I had a slightly unusual situation happen to me at Canadian GC yesterday on their 9 hole East course. They have cut two holes on each green, one regular hole and one larger hole with a yellow flag to help youngsters and beginners (an excellent idea I believe btw). However, on the par 3 6th...

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...

Is there a rule against this? There have been times when I have a long putt with lots of slope and I have thought, "I should use a wedge to get over the trouble areas." Can I use a wedge or really any other club on a green? I've never done this nor have I seen anyone do it, but it seems that...

hi, So friend and I are wondering on what he should have done. #18 Stonebridge. In the greenside bunker in front of green (side farthest from water/clubhouse). Hits ball out of bunker, over green, over the water and lands on the grass on the otherside (to the left). We don't recall if that...

Is there any penalty hitting your opponentès golf cart ?

How do we inform the "Handicapper" that their entry for rivendell is incorrect Blue 70.6/126 76.5/140 White 69.4/125 74.9/130 Red 66.4/117 70.9/124

Took us a while to figure out where my ball went, but Jeff's landed right on top of mine and totally buried it. What's the ruling?

I have a question about where to drop the ball after hitting it into the water. Ok, let's say it's a par 3 and you're hitting to an island green. You hit the ball from the tee and it lands 1 yard off the edge of the island, in the water. It did not touch any land. The ball is close enough to the...

Girlfriend out of all people sent me this: RCGA Changes in Golf Rules for Senior Golfers Aged 55+ > > <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Rule 1.a.5 <o:p></o:p> > A ball sliced or hooked into the Rough shall be lifted and...

Had a situation this weekend, nobody knew the correct ruling. Player hits his ball into a red hazard right of the green, finds a ball on a very steep slope, walking down trying to get to his ball to identify he slips a little causing the ball to move, what happens, he doesn't know that's his ball...

Since joining this community and reading, with interest, all of the little nuiances to the Rules of Golf I realized how little I really knew about the rules so I bought 2 copies of the RCGA Rules of Golf - one that I keep at home and 1 that I keep in my bag. I think that it would be interesting...

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?