Forum: Rules Of Golf

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? ...

John and I both hit our tee shots down the right side of the fairway and mine is just a foot in the rough and John's is a foot or two in the fairway right beside mine. John hits first and takes a monster divot that blows apart. Now when I address the ball I'm standing in the crater that he just...

A competitor's ball comes to rest on an old cart path in a poor lie. He lifts the ball and drops it two club-lengths from the nearest point of relief. After playing it, he is told that he dropped the ball in a wrong place. He announces that he will play a second ball under Rule 3-3 and wishes to...

A player's ball is at rest in grass on the fairway side of a water hazard stake, close to the stake but not touching it. He removes the stake and coincidentally the ball falls into the hole where the stake was previously located. The movement of the ball was not attributable to the removal of the...

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In a stroke play competition, fellow competitors Dave and Bob, strike their tee shots into trees bordering the fairway. When they arrive where the balls are likely to be, Dave sees a ball on a cart path, which he incorrectly identifies as that of Bob. Dave finds another ball adjacent to the cart...

Taylor has a new TP wedge with a replaceable face held in with 2 screws. If the face place comes loose during play can it be retightend? Terry

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So, my regular Sunday game is always with the same foursome. Three of us are "close" in handicap, and the fourth is..... not. We always alternate the partnerships, and do a two-man best ball; i.e. two against two, and take the low score of one twosome against the low of the other twosome, and...

Just throwing this one out for discussion. How is a hole, match or stroke conceded in a match. If I go over and pick up your ball marker is that conceding the next stroke? If I pick up your ball is that conceding the next stroke or hole? :book

Perhaps Kilroy, you know this. Does anyone know for certain how close to the side of a green a hole can be cut and where this is set down? I don't think it is really a rules issue, but I get asked all the time and would like to have a supportable answer.

Hey gbower and BCMIST, lets put this one to everyone else. ;) The following question was posed to us by Level 4 official, Gayle Faulkner, as part of a warm-up quiz to our discussion of Rule 27. Have a go. :-) A competitor plays a provisional ball believing his original ball may be lost in...

From The Leith Society website. Open to anyone including those with rules certification. Straightaway Par 4 with water all the way down the left side and in front of the tee. Player hits his first ball into the water directly in front of the tee. Goes to the end of the tee box, drops a...

A player's ball is on the green but far away to the hole. B player's ball isn't on the green but close to the hole. Who shall play first? Thanks!

These are the balls with the microchip transmitter and a radio reciever ball finder. I have been looking around and the only thing I have been able to find with regards to the acceptability of these balls for handicapping or competition is the manufacturer's claim. From their website FAQ: ...

Ok how does this work? as most of you know I was eaten alive to mosquitos last month at irish after shooting a 33 on the front nine. Finished hole 10 as well. Never entered anything for handicap. yesterday i was playing mississippi with adam781 and shot a 43 on the front... decide not...

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...

Gary I'm in need of a little clarification of the "local rules". If you are playing in a tournament and they call it "lift clean and place throughout", are you allowed to go from rough to fairway or even rough to green under this local rule. Is there a set amount of relief you can take? Is it...

I came across an unusual situation last week and wonder what your thoughts are and whether any of you have ever encountered this before. The hole(s) in question has a ten foot wide band of fescue between the fairway and a large ESA. I would have thought that the fescue was originally intended to...

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...

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

A player does a T. C. Chen double hit and the ball come back off the club and hits him. What is your ruling and what is the penalty?

Hit an iron shot to the green and the ball roll on the fringe. Can I fix my ball mark before chipping/putting my ball from the fringe? Am I only allowed to fix ball mark after my ball is on the green? Thanks

I had a hole in one, had to leave after 11 holes due to bleeding from mosquito bites. Does my hole in one count??? IF NOT, am I allowed to go back to the course now and finish my round? I would love to finish that round as I was 3 under after 11. Like Mpare said, i've never read a rule...

This is not a trick question. Situation: You have marked your ball on the putting surface and on a severe incline.:thumbsdow There is also a strong wind that could start the ball moving once you replace your marker with the ball. You understand that if the ball moves once you address it...

Interesting ruling today in our first round of the CC at the Hunt... I hit a ball left into the trees between North 9 and North 1. While walking up, I could see a group in a cart scouring the area where my ball was. When I approached, one of the players just hit. After not being able to find my...

Hi All, New to the forum. So I've been thinking about this for a couple days and can't explain it other than he just didn't like hitting from that spot so...why didn't Paddy just drop from his original spot after putting his ball in the water? Don't the rules state he can hit from his...

Haven't been able to play too much but managed to get out for a round yesterday. Caught an individual picking up my ball on the 10th hole and wasn't sure what the ruling was. The ball was replaced to where the individual said it was, so I played the ball from where it came to rest. Was that...

can somebody tell me what the rule is when you are only practicing your put,while on the green,and you inadvertantly hit your ball.Is there a penalty stroke?

I believe I have an answer from the RCGA regarding the "putting miscue" thread. Does anyone know of (or if it is even possible) how one rectifies an incorrect disqualification? Tournament was a week ago, but the scores are used for qualifying for a significant tournament in the fall.

Is it legal to shadow the ball after you putt it to try and get it to go in the hole. I do know you have 10 seconds after you have hit the ball to wait for it to drop however shadowing the ball seems to me like you are changing the nature of the shot...it really is pretty much like blowing on...

It wasn't intentional but i asked my FC today what shot he was on, he said 7. After I putt he said he was shooting 6, not 7. What is the ruling? this was match play I pulled the putt back and reputt as the decision to go for a sure two putt was based on him being on his 7th shot. But if he...

Anderson Links hole #5 has an unmarked drainage ditch that crosses the fairway shy of the green. My ball was just on the edge of the ditch. Possible to take a shot. If the water is high due to rain, can one take relief under casual water rule? Thanks in advance.

I played a round at the Marshes tonight and I was playing from the tees that are planned to be used for the 3rd round of the Citizen. It turns out there are 10 back tees, 7 blue tees and one white. Can I submit this round for handicapping purposes? If so, how? I would think that at worst I...

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.

Yesterday in the Citizen one of my FCs hit a ball into the left fescue on #12, then he hit his provisional way right out of sight over a bunker (likely into more fescue). Then he hit his 2nd provisional right down the middle. We all searched in the left rough for a few minutes but couldn't find...

This morning I happened to play with a fellow who would stand with one foot on each side of his putting line and would hold the putter with both hands in what seemed an awkward grip and putt that way (he was almost standing over his ball). He did that for pretty much every putt inside 5 feet...

The Rules of Golf, all the way back to the 18th century. Very interesting stuff. :thumbsup http://www.ruleshistory.com/ p.s. For those who don't think that the rules are being edited and simplified, as late as 1983 there were 41 rules, instead of the current 34. ;)

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...

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...

Played our match (byerxa/snowman vs Eldred/bobblehead) on Sunday at Cartier and came upon a fence. It was a par 5 dogleg right with water to the left of the final 100 yards wrapping around the back of the green. 2 of us hit and ran over the green, into what would normally have been the drink....

The last par 5 on the gold course has a planter pot on a tree stump. I pop flied my tee-shot to with-in a couple of yards of the planter. How would I have scored this if I would have ended up in the pot? (I ended up with a par after a great #2 hybrid bomb to within 80 yds and then a good chip...

I have added hockey tape to my putter grip, and twisted a length to run around the grip from top to bottom under the tape (same as my hockey stick grip). The result is a continuous raised rib that goes around the grip about 10 times. Is this legal?

Okay so we were playing Pineview this evening and guess what they were doing. The were planting new trees. Now these are not those little 2 foot trees, these were actually 20 - 30 feet high trees. Now these trees were not there when we started and the dirt/ground around the base is still fresh...

Due to a some physical limitations I find it very difficult to squat down (don't make fun) to line up my putt and put a marker down. If I kneel on the green behind the ball what rules am I breaking, if any?