Forum: Rules Of Golf

Just a follow up question to last weeks answer. Say that A holes a putt, and B has a putt to tie the hole. A then picks up B's ball is A peanalized 1 stroke for picking up the ball or is the hole halved? (Assume this is a match play situation) This could be very important if the match...

Ok, this is not a rules question, but is an etiquette question. A funny situation happened today. My son and I were playing the whites, and my wife was playing the reds. I teed off first, and sent my ball well into the fairway. Then my son teed up and topped it and it rolled only a few...

O Rules Gods, who's pronunciations are law........... Rule 16 (1) a (ii) states that a player may place his putter ahead of the ball along the line of putt during address, except that it can't "press down anything". Does this mean that I can sole the club, providing that there is no obstruction...

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 was playing in a club championship and was teamed up in a group where the other 3 guys were all buddies. We were playing a Par three and one of the guys was taking a practice swing with his wedge prior to chipping onto the green. he proceeded to actually hit his ball on the practice chip and it...

The USGA and the R&A have introduced a new local rule and new video protocols for 2018. A working group led by the USGA and The R&A has unanimously agreed to adopt a new set of protocols for video review when applying the Rules of Golf. The group, consisting of the PGA Tour, LPGA, PGA...

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I'm sure I could find this easily on google, but I thought I would ask here first. Is there a rule about hitting out of turn? Either on the tee, fairway or green? Is it the same during stroke and match play? To avoid slow play, my regular group plays "ready golf" and we only stick to honours...

I came across these local rules, which were apparently in effect at Richmond Golf Club in London during World War II. It made me realise that playing in the wind and rain is not that much of a problem. Cheers, Tim Richmond Golf Club Temporary Rules, 1941 1. Players are asked to collect...

Prompted by musings in another thread, I got to thinking about playing single. If you come up behind a group, are they obliged to let you through? I was brought up to believe that a single player has no rights over a group. Therefore, it is completely up to the discretion of the group in...

Playing Falconridge 17th hole. Hit a bad tee shot, went right and landed in long grass maybe into light bush. I hit a provisional ball. Get up there and if I choose to look for my ball I'm in ankle deep water. There are no red stakes. Couldn't find my ball but my playing partner agreed it was in...

Thanks for all the responses to my ankle deep water question. It seems that one rules question has started me asking more. 1. Back on Falconridge hole #16 a par 3 short of the green left there is a stand of trees. One has broken and the top is on the ground but it is still attached to the...

An interesting situation came up in a 2 man best ball. Our opponents; one right handed and one left handed. On their drive the left handed guy's ball is gone and the right handed guy's ball is on a cart path. Now , I want to say I think they did the right thing. I just found it interesting how...

I watched Camillo on a par 5 chip up a hill and have the ball roll back. The next time he chipped it rolled back again. While it was still rolling he was brushing some grass or part of a divot away with is club. It looked relatively close to his line. But even if it wasn't is this legal?

When Tiger took his drop it looked to be very near a hazard line on his left. When he set up it looked to me like his back heel was very close to the line. My question is if his heel was on the hazard line does that constitute not taking total relief? If that is the case should he have dropped...

Maybe my eyes are bad but it looked like his shot landed over the hazard and then bounced back into the water. If that was the case why didn't he get to place his ball on the fringe rather than reteeing? Even if I was wrong in where Rory's ball landed, hypothetically what would be the ruling if...

Playing match play Men's senior intersectional at Eagle Creek. Par 3 8th hole. I am on the right side just inside the bush line. I have a stick I can't move behind the ball. When I go to make my swing I hit a branch. (not sure how that happened because I don't remember a branch being a problem...

Hit your tee shot into a red staked area. It lands in a pile of branches that are to be removed. Do you get relief? Does it change things if part of the pile is outside the hazard? This is what I found online. Definition: An "abnormal ground condition" is any of several conditions that, when...

This is a bit convoluted. Our cart path takes a 90 degree bend to the right then a quick 90 degree left. It follows a red staked hazard line on the right side. Now, at the first bend there is a worn out area where people drive off the cart path. It is just dirt. It is used as an exit point...

A player at our club had won their matches. The other competitors that still had unsettled matches asked this person to stop playing and go back to the clubhouse. This player was having a good round and wanted to continue but due to the unfriendly environment went back to the clubhouse. A couple...

Beside a 100 yd stake. ( a 4 by 4) I removed the stake but the grass around it was 6 inches long. My ball was in light rough but my backswing had to be much stepper because of the long grass. I played it where it was but had to alter my swing. A friend wondered why I hadn't left the red stake in...

My buddy who I have discussed the free drop (see last post) chunks a shot towards the water. He lands in an area that is yellow staked. He laughs and say free drop because the stake is in his way. ( he is joking) I pulled the hazard stake that was in his way. My question is was I right to pull...

Playing today and this occurred. Player A and Player B we both approx 15 Yds off the green. Player A chips and puts it 6 ft left of pin and approx pin high. He walks up and begins to mark his ball. Player B not paying much attention is not aware Player A is going to mark his ball. Player B chips...

RULING Dogleg left hole Cart path on left side with small margin of light rough to the left of path. Wide enough to take a drop with stance. Player takes stance with ball position just off cart path. Now Wants to take their club length across the cart path. If they get to place it after two...

A painful question. I attempted to back into a tree to take my stance. It was a very large thorn bush! Needless to say I leapt out from that bush wth a howl. Much to the delight of my friends! So, I took a drop. My question is what is the ruling when a plant is injurious to your health?...

Players both agree before playing hole 16 that it is to dark to continue beyond that hole. At the completion of hole 16 player A says no, I want to continue to hole 17. Player B says no and leaves the course. What is the ruling? Do it make a difference if player B has cater acts and has...

Player A has to give player B 14 strokes. Question 1 Player A says no strokes on par 3's Player B agrees. But according to the card one of the par 3's should have been a stroke hole. Is this legal or do players have to use the card's hole handicap ratings? Question 2 Play is suspended in the...

Playing Stonebridge, hole 12. Tee shot lands just over the cart path. There is approx 6 ft of room between me and the hazard.( I am right handed) I can take my stance put my first tee in the ground. My second tee will be in the hazard. There is about one foot of drop area between the two tees...

Thanks folks for answering my rules questions. It really helps. So a boundary fence has a cart path running right beside it. A player hits a tee shot that results in the ball resting between the fence and the cart path. The player's stance is on the cart path. Their swing is inhibited by the...

Example White tees 70.0/118 Red tees 65.0/ 106 Two men with 7 hdcps are playing a match. One has only ever played from the reds and the other only ever played from the whites. My understanding for their match the calculation is: 70.0-65.0=5 So the player from the red must give the player from...

A player is setting up to putt. Question one. They take a practice stroke. There was no intention of hitting the ball. The practice stroke grazes the golf ball. The ball occilates but does not move. What is the ruling? Question two. What happens if the ball moves slightly during the practice...

My ball ended up up against a tree. The tree is about two feet on the left side of a cart path and I am right handed. It is a big tree. This is not hazard. My best shot to advance the ball is to hit it left handed. This puts my feet on the cart path. What is my nearest point of relief? If I...

Team A's putts are both away against Team B on a par 5 and are both putting for birdie. Team A player 1 putts and leaves it 5 ft short. (Dang!) Team A player 2 would like Team A player 1 to putt out to see if he can sink the par putt. Here is the problem: for Team A player 1 to take his stance...

In a match play event. Player A hits his ball into the woods. It is red staked. He looks briefly for it but can't find it. So he drops a ball and is about to play. Then he realizes his tee shot had kicked out onto the fairway! He has not hit the dropped ball. He asks if he can hit his original...

Playing Equinelle hole number 8. Pin in back. Player is in the sand short to the right of the green. Air mails the green with bunker shot and it lands in the water over the back of the green on the fly. (Tough shot) The player took a drop just inside the red stake. I am under the understanding...

Is it legal to change clubs when you are taking relief from a cart path? A rules official once told me I could use my driver to take my stance then once relief was given switch clubs. I thought you had to take your stance with the club you were going to use?

In match play. 4 players individual matches. Player A sees spike marks in his line. Comments on them but does not fix them. He putts then fixes the cleat marks before all the other competitors have putted out. Is that OK Very small detail but sometimes you have lots of time on greens. ( I did...

This discussion occurred on the course. Someone has a driver grip that is so worn that the shaft shows in spots. It looks like one of those grip training grips. It has contours now that his hands fit in. Does this constitute a damaged club or one that is modified/altered thru wear from it's...

Not sure where to put this post. A question to clubs running their match play championships. Are contestants allowed caddies? I wonder this because of of this scenario. A low handicapper is playing a high handicapper. Full handicaps in play. There is cash on the line for the winner. A high...

Four players all playing individual matches against the other 3 golfers. Player A hits Player B's ball. Player B hits player A's ball. Player C puts 2 balls in the water and scores a 10. Player A and B say they can go back once they realize their error take their penalty and still have a chance...

Match play. Players A & B against Players C & D. On the green Player A is away with a birdie putt. His teammate Player B has a shorter par putt and Player A wants him to go first. However, Player B will have to stand in the line of Player C of the other team. Player C says you can’t stand in my...

The Old Course at St-Andrews has 7 double greens. Question 1 : What happens if a ball enters the wrong hole? Do you get free relief or do you have to declare your ball unplayable? Question 2 : Lets say your playing the third hole and your ball is on the green of the fifteenth ( at St-Andrews, all...

If you're standing on a slope in a bunker and you are trying to stabilise your footing by trampling down the sand, could you be in effect building up your stance?

Last week's question, or the one before that, was something like this; Your ball is lost in a tree growing in ground under repair. Can you get relief without penalty? I answered NO, because I thought that you would have to identify your ball before taking relief, which apprently was not possible...

As a rule change proposition, I suggest if: 13-4/8 When Club Touches Ground in Grass in Water Hazard Q.If a player's ball lies in a water hazard, when is his club in tall grass considered to be touching the ground in the water hazard, in breach of Rule 13-4b? A.When the grass is compressed...