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09-09-2006 10:45 PM #1
Spike Marks on the Green
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 really a golf rule that you can't repair any marks other than ball marks on the green?
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09-09-2006 10:47 PM #2"Richard"Guest
yup, just another rule like no relief from divots
Originally Posted by Golf_PutzLast edited by Gary Hill; 09-10-2006 at 12:53 AM. Reason: Edited for content
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09-09-2006 11:02 PM #3
Is there a penalty that can be imposed then, if an opposing player deliberately walks across another player's line? I've never seen it happen in a PGA tourney - but it would seem that if someone wanted to be nasty, they could 'drag' their foot a little and cause a rippling in an opponent's line to the hole. That doesn't seem fair - and I've always thought that the point of the Rules of Golf was to level the playing field for everyone involved and make the game as fair for everone as possible.
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09-09-2006 11:12 PM #4"Richard"Guest
My playing partner walks across everyones line all the time. I've told him a few times but now I just sit back and laugh because its funny. I dont' think an FC would walk across your line just to pull up grass because a) it would be hard to do without metal spikes b) you could really flip out at them and give them a good talking down to... not worth it from them just to maybe effect your putt.
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09-10-2006 12:56 AM #5Originally Posted by Golf_Putz
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09-10-2006 03:38 AM #6
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I believe you can repair damage caused to your line if its done after your ball came to rest........and old hole plugs can be repaired as well
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09-10-2006 03:54 AM #7"Richard"Guest
don't think you are allowed to do that...
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09-10-2006 04:08 AM #8
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Originally Posted by Kiwi battler
2) Repair of old hole plugs is allowed specifically by the rule
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09-11-2006 08:24 AM #9Originally Posted by Golf_Putz
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09-11-2006 08:57 AM #10
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Originally Posted by em69
his line of play or a reasonable extension of that line beyond the hole,
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09-11-2006 08:54 PM #11
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garry
you stated that one would be disqualified for damaging an opponents line of putt where is that rule in the book
I always though you just did it out of etiquette
thanks dave
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09-11-2006 08:59 PM #12
hacker1, see the following.
33-7. Disqualification Penalty; Committee Discretion
A penalty of disqualification may in exceptional individual cases be waived, modified or imposed if the Committee considers such action warranted.
Any penalty less than disqualification must not be waived or modified.
If a Committee considers that a player is guilty of a serious breach of etiquette, it may impose a penalty of disqualification under this Rule.
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09-12-2006 08:22 AM #13
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Originally Posted by Richard
There are golfers and people who play golf.
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09-12-2006 08:56 AM #14
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Originally Posted by BC MIST
BINGO.My opinions are my own, I do not follow others.
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09-12-2006 09:39 AM #15
I guess that I am surpirsed by the 'official rule'. I have only been playing golf for about 4 years (Sorry to say it took me 50 years to learn the error of my ways ) and it seems that just about everyone I have played with will take the time to pat down raised marks, even slightly raised ones, in their line to the hole, that were obviously caused by previous groups walking around the hole and other parts of the green before us.
Do you think that the majority of golfers are aware of this rule?
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09-12-2006 01:03 PM #16
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Seems not, certainly in Ontario.
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