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10-04-2006 02:57 PM #1
Throwing the putter.
So, I found this ...
Frank,
During our club championship this past weekend we had an incident where a contestant threw his putter in anger and it struck another player. We could not find a rule that covers this situation. Is there a rule that would penalize or DQ the offender?
Scott, IL.
Scott,
I have had to dig deep to get some sound information to you on this one. The answer is fairly complex and has nothing to do with how the Attorney General would rule on this violation of etiquette.
The multifaceted answer is as follows: First it depends on whether or not the club conforms to the Rules of Golf. If you can determine this then it will be a good start.
If it doesn't conform then he (the thrower) would be disqualified for carrying a non-conforming club. If it conforms but the impact resulted in blood being deposited on the face of the putter then the intent of the action needs to be established. If intentional and the result was to deposit foreign material on the face of the putter, this is not good.
One is not allowed to apply foreign material by whatever means, during a round, to the putter face for the purpose of influencing the movement of the ball. Also, if the playing characteristics of the club were changed as a result of the impact, and this is action is considered "not in the normal course of play" so in either case of this, the penalty is disqualification.
There is no reason to be concerned about whether the impacted player lived through the incident or not as this is irrelevant as long as the thrower yelled "FORE" during the flight of the putter.
If, however, "The Committee" established prior to the event that as a "Conditions of the Competition" it was not permissible to throw putters at other players, and posted this notice appropriately, then it (the committee) is entitled to request the player to relinquish his putter for the rest of the round.
The most serious penalty is that his buddies forget his phone number.
My area of expertise covers the equipment and in some cases its trajectory rather than the conditions of the competition established by the committee.
By the way how is the victim?
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10-04-2006 03:13 PM #2When applying the Rules, you follow them line by line. You don't read between them.
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10-19-2006 05:47 PM #3
That must have hurt. I am surprised there is not a specific rule pertaining to this.
PinShark
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