Forum: Rules Of Golf

If I am not mistaken, this rule can actually be used to your advantage. A player, at any point can deem his ball unplayable. You then have 3 options for your next shot. Go back and re-hit from previous spot(1 stroke penalty) Drop with current position between you and flag(1 stroke penalty)...

Ok so white stakes O.B. Red stakes dont lose your distance. Yellow stakes anyone???

Question about getting an official handicap. I have been tracking my cap on here for the last 3 years but am thinking about getting an official one to enter some tournaments. I am wondering if I sign up for a public players membership to get the ability to track it officially do I have to start...

While reading someof the threads in this section it has occurred to me that it sounds as if many people are taking this far too seriously, and do not have the " fun " they are suppose to when playing this game. For instance, i read the thread about the father taking his 11 year old boy golfing and...

I have a question. On Saturday morning at Casselview I was away and next to putt. There was a ball that really wasn't in my line so the other player did not mark. As I was to putt, someone yelled fore and I pushed the putt and hit the other player's ball ( his going closer to the hole and mine...

Let me first start by saying that I am definitely not a rules guru. I think I have gotten only a few of your questions right so far Dan. My question is this and perhaps Gary can shed some light on it. This was last week's question and answer " In match play, before playing from the teeing...

Does anyone have an opinion on the claim by Ken Venturi that Arnold Palmer "did wrong" in the 1958 Masters. The issue resurfaced recently with Venturi's book on his life in golf. Apparently Palmer, who was leading the tournament overshot a par three and plugged his ball. He asked for a ruling and...

At Casselview a playing partner experienced his ball in bounds, but he couldn't swing because he was too close to a farmers fence. There were no white stakes to indicate out of bounds. With his ball on the course, but a hindrance which was not part of the course, I believe he gets free relief. ...

What are the rules of Golf about giving advice. Can I make comments about the slowness or quickness of the green, the break, or moisture before or after my partners have played their shots? Also is it permissible to talk club selection after the shots have been struck? One more thing _...

Whilst playing Loch March today , on hole #5 i was lining up a putt for birdie , about 3 ft , i hit the ball dead straight towards the cup , the ball went right down , into the hole , hit the ledge of the cup and rebounded straight back up and back on the same line i putted from ! I was amazed , i...

Is it allowable to place your palm on the putting surface and sweep back and forth to remove any debris or sand from your putting line ?

In my usual foursomes I'm known as being pretty picky <INSERT phrase disallowwed be to likely>about playing the ball down. But I think I'm going to start playing lift clean and place until it either get's warmer, dries up, or May 1st comes around. I've already started unplugging balls "through...

doesn't happen on the fairway, but in the rough when the ball shimmers because you disturb the grass around the ball, is this a ball moving? I suppose with a microscope it might not be in axactly the same spot it was, but it really hasn't moved. You guys that play local tournyments, ro even club...

this gets confusing but I think I know what's right. You hit ball, there is a hazard, you aren't sure if it's in, or maybe you didn't know it was staked, you declare and hit provisional. Get up there and can't find ball anywhere. I see two results 1) if you can't be virtually certain...

Can you take releif? I don't know but Im guessing it's not considered "through the green" even though you are in "a" fairway.

Move or Moved: A ball is deemed to have "moved" if it leaves its position and comes to rest in any other place. so, when you ground your club in the rough and the ball leans one way a tiny bit as the grass bends, just to go back where it was when the grass unbends after you lift your club...

so I go up to tap in an 8 incher, having told my playing partner I want to sink it, he was going to send it back to me. I take a stance, I forget if I had grounded the putter, I don't think so, but am not sure, tha ball moves half an inch. it's not a windy day, but there is some wind, and...

so this year I got an rcga account. I started entering my scores. Last year I kept track on the system on this website, I was in the low teens say. So when I started keeping scores on the rcga network I was using the new 7 max rule. It occurred to me, that untill the system spit out an index I...

You pop up your driver. It's late on the course, no one waiting for the tee and it's been a couple of holes since you hit a good one, or maybe you just want to see how far down the fairway you can hit one that doesn't count, so you say "I might not find that one" lol, and tee another up. ...

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...

What exactly is the rule on this. How far can you move your ball if its on the fairway, woods etc..?

Can another player in the foursome give advice to his friend who is competing in a match play ?

I was thinking on using my iphone for tournament play and I was told it was illegal because it had a compass?

As I heard of 2008 changed rules, when you call unplayable in bunker, you can follow the line between hole and teebox and drop the ball out of bunker(behind)... Is this true ? This is what I got from 2008 USGA rule ;;; Rule 24 (ii) In a Bunker: If the ball is in a bunker, the player...

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

Seasons Greeting all - just found this forum and think it will be helpful. Player A, holes a 6-foot putt, but leaves the ball in the hole. PLayer B, holes a 5-foot putt, with player A's ball still in the cup. Are there any penalties incurred for this action? If so, who is...

Question for you rule gurus. So we all know the local rules regarding hitting a wire or tower and that is to replay the ball and there is no choice in doing so. We also know that if the tower interferes with the players stance or swing, that they get relief. My question relates to...

I found I was in error previously so I want to make sure I am doing this right. At the link: http://forum.golfresource.net/showthread.php?t=9104 The chart shows 1 through 18, then 19 through 32. I am now below 19, as in 18.6, so I would now only take a maximum of 2 strokes over par for the...