Forum: Rules Of Golf

While revising our conditions of competition for 2016 the question arose whether or not to permit play on the competition course between the 2 rounds of our senior club championship strokeplay. Why would we do that, well, it seems that some of the men still have the energy after 18 holes, to play...

Putting this one out there for debate. I don't know the answer, or even if one exists. A player arrives at the first tee to begin his round. The first hole is particularly difficult. Not very long, but the tee shot has to be very precise. The teeing ground is elevated, and the landing area is...

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...

I was golfing with a friend and his son, who's played in many competitive junior events (which is why this question came up). My ball was on the fringe, not on the putting surface. The pin was quite a long ways away, but I wanted him to tend the pin (obviously to pull the pin after I had struck...

What is the ruling when hitting a ball that is close to flowers, cactus or branches etc... Is there a penalty if you break any leafs or flowers or cactus? Asking as i was watching a player close to cactus bush, and when he hit it, he broke a piece of the cactus. Is there a penalty here? Thanks.

After reading Gary’s answers over the last day this should be a relatively simple one to respond to. While playing the Meadows Sat morning on the West 9 one of my FC’s balls landed IN the green-side bunker front-right of the green and about 3 feet from the edge closest to the green. My shot landed...

My friend (peanut butter steve) was playing a match against another friend and it was discovered that he was wearing a rick smith golf glove... obviously he loses the match but even with the glove he didn't play to his cap so his cap is going to go up. My questions, because he was cheating... he...

Has anyone tried this http://www.usga.org/rules/rules-of-golf-experience/#/

So, when that happened on Sunday, I know the rules state you can replace the ball, but seriously, how does anyone know where the ball was originally sitting before it was hit? I can't imagine that happening in a regular round and then trying to figure out where the ball. I can barely see my...

Golf Quebec will be holding four, Level 3 Rules of Golf seminars, in the spring. Locally, one seminar will be held at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club on May 3 and 4, and three others will be held in other Golf Quebec regions and in both English and French. Registration is done through the Golf Quebec...

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...

If the hole you are on is adjacent to a range and you hit a stray ball back to the range will you incur a penilty?

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As suggested, I'm opening up a new thread on the meaning of "The Committee" and a "competition". This was discussed in another thread that had gone off-topic. I'm going to start fresh here with a new angle though. I was reading a discussion on another golf forum about punched greens. It's...

I find it amazing that many clubs still use a form of what they understand as retrogression, ie., best back nine, etc., to break ties, or a "count back," where the golfer with the lower score on #18 is the winner. If the winner of a tournament is the golfer with the lowest score after 18...

I htink this is the appropriate forum to post this, but if not, feel free to move it.... Given all the discussions over the spirit of the rule vs. the letter of the rule, do you think Michelson should drop the 20 year old wedges and get some that conform with the new rules? ...

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...

In the thread on the worst match play defeat possible, there were a couple of suggestions that (a) rules can be interpreted, and that (b) the rules do not make sense. Are there any members willing to describe situations or rulings that they feel fall into either one of these categories? ...

Basically, do one have any options that would allow one to go back to the tee if they don't like their first result for whatever reason even if it is playable and what would the penalty be? Background info: I recently played and hit a wonky first tee shot that hit a tree about 50 yards...

http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/14910200/raising-question-jordan-spieth-spit-higher-power-wgc-cadillac-championship-trump-national-doral Curious as to what the issue would be. Also curious as to the better players opinion of how and if it would help.

I'm a little confused by something. I hit a ball into some red stakes and it was playable but because it was behind the red stakes. Are red stakes marking the out of bounds or are they marking a water hazard? Can someone tell me what each color stake means?

Gbower slices his tee shot into the centre of a bush. He deems it unplayable and measures two club-lengths from the outside of the bush. He drops a ball not nearer the hole, at the maximum distance within the two club-lengths he measured. The ball rolls only two feet and not nearer the hole,...

Garry I was told this long and I was woundering if the rule still applies because it happened today anyway my competitor was waiting to hit his second shoot since the wait was rather long he put a weight on his club and starting practice swinging he took the weight off of his club and...

Tee shot is hit to the right, comes to rest on the cart path (right edge of it.) Player can't hit his ball because it's on the cart path, so he needs relief. Player marks his ball and takes a drop at the nearest point of relief which is a couple of feet right of the cart path. Before...

Is it legal to put your bag or your caddy in such a position that you are blocking the shade: STORY

I was playing the other day in the rain. I hit into a par 3 greenside sand trap. When I got there the ball was in casual water. The entire rear portion of the bunker was full of water, the only way to play the ball and stay in the bunker was to move the ball closer to the hole, about 5 feet...

According to the rules of golf, are you allowed to play a match play and a Stableford match at the same time? For example, if you are a member at a golf course, can you play on men's night (which uses a modified Stableford scoring system) and play a match play at the same time? What happens...

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...

Hi, I thought the only rule around order of play is that the farthest from the hole plays first. Anyways, my brother, who golfs often, claims that there is some sort of "continuation" rule with putting. Basically, whoever starts putting first has the option to finish putting out the hole once...

If you hit your ball into thick bush/trees, and play a provisional, when searching for your original ball, if you see a ball in the bush, do you HAVE to identify the ball to see if it might be yours? In some cases, you may see a ball deep in a bush, and know you're way better off playing the...

One of the main reasons I ask, a lot of my friends (including myself) take another shot if they badly miss a green on a par three if there is no one behind us. They call it a provisional so its not 3 off the tee but they know where there ball is, there is no chance of it being lost. The reason...

friend played a shot today and put it into the trees. He dropped a ball (at my urging) and put his provisional onto the green. He didn't really attempt to look for his ball but neither did I so he pulled out his putter and as he was taking his first step towards the green the cart girl on the next...

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...

Below is a link to a summary of the changes to the Rules of Golf for 2012 to 2015. http://www.randa.org/en/Rules-and-Amateur-Status/~/media/RandA/Related%20Documents/2011/72580ROGCLUBHOUSEforewardprincipal.ashx

Last Sunday I played with some friends at Lombard Glen. I tried to chip a ball with intention around the green of Hole 9 but unfortunately I cut my wedge head into ground before the ball about 3 inches away. The ball didn't move. Should it count as one stroke? My point is my swing was not complete...

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...

My ball comes to rest somewhere in long fescue grass. I see a ball but am not able to identify it. I gently spread the grass apart and see that the ball is mine. Must I now put the grass back into it's orignial position so as not to improve my lie? Thanks !

Yesterday, I shot my ball and kind of sliced it. It landed on the top of the cart shed. As we went to find the ball, we could not see it on the ground beside the building, so I walked a few feets back on top of a small hill and I could see my ball in the drain surounding the roof. There was no...

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...

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...

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...

Question. I hit into a red staked lateral hazard off the tee, note, this was not a water hazard just an area that was covered with heavy brush. After searching my ball was considered lost. Now do I go back to the tee and hit another one or do I take 2 club lengths from where the ball entered the...

I was playing a match play competition with the Slammer Tour this weekend and noticed that one of my opponents had 15 clubs in the bag. This is a guy that is supposed to be a rules guru and he was breaching rules all day and had the nerve to call me on a rule. I did not call him on it...

Another case of penalty woes. Just saw the interview on the GC. Dont know why he is complaining, seems pretty clear to me. What do guys think?

Anyone seen the local rule e-5 posted anywhere they have played. Do you just go ahead and play by that rule anyway. Seem that the local rule should have been made the standard and the old rule should have been the local rule. Yet to see the new local rule posted anywhere.