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01-07-2008 06:17 PM #1
Which golf rule would you like to see changed?
Simple question, of the rules of golf, which one do you think is the most archiac and would like to see changed/updated/eliminated?
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01-07-2008 06:37 PM #2
Fixing spike marks.
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01-07-2008 09:01 PM #3
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The ones that imply or state that you have to include all shots ... so unfair.
Back at it.
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01-07-2008 09:05 PM #4
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01-07-2008 10:06 PM #5
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01-07-2008 10:11 PM #6
Hitting out of divots.. and spike marks.
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01-07-2008 10:14 PM #7
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01-07-2008 11:58 PM #8
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01-08-2008 04:28 AM #9
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This question being asked within four years of it last being asked
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01-08-2008 05:50 AM #10
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01-08-2008 08:09 AM #11
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No, I meant being raised before four years had elapsed.
This topic appears on more rules forums than pretty well anything else and always comes up with same items by usually the same people every time. Virtually all have been considered and disregarded by the Ruling Bodies many times.
Major revisions are reviewed every four years and adjustments made in the Decisions every two years. Actually I would be happy with a two year embargo.
But to be honest I don't think it will happen in the same way the 'regulars' (divot holes, spike marks, OOB penalty) will not be changed by the RBs
I'll just have to live with it and with the rules
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01-08-2008 08:21 AM #12
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Golf is many things but one of its fundamentals is that we play the course as we find it. Eliminating this and we eliminate one of the games significant challenges. However, if implemented, disallowing having to play out of a divot would make the Rules a little simpler, as there would be no need for Rule 13, "Ball Played as it Lies." Every lie that one finds that is less than perfect, of course, is in an "old" divot, and subject to moving and this is exactly how many would see it. The "call" would become too subjective.
Instead, I would ADD two rules:
Rule 35: Before playing his next stroke the golfer MUST replace any divots he took, AND, if the ball impacted the putting green, the ball mark MUST be repaired. (Unless the golfer who is away requests that the ball mark NOT be repaired) Penalty: Two strokes or loss of hole.
Rule 36: When it is the golfers turn to play, he has 40 seconds to make his stroke.
Penalty: Two strokes or loss of hole. It's called the move your butt rule.
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01-08-2008 08:29 AM #13
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01-08-2008 09:14 AM #14
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I would submit that the most-ignored rule in golf is Rule 8-1 and it should be deleted (or perhaps used as a CoC in tournaments only):
During a stipulated round, a player must not:
(a) give advice to anyone in the competition playing on the course other than his partner, or
(b) ask for advice from anyone other than his partner or either of their caddies.
When you think about it, it is a rule that penalizes people for helping others. It just doesn't seem to be in keeping with the spirit of the game, does it?
Most rounds of golf are strictly recreational anyway, so who really cares about what people talk about? If someone asks me what club I used, where I think their putt breaks or whether their backswing is going past parallel - I'll tell them. The game is tough enough - I don't think we need a rule that says golfers can't help each other.
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01-08-2008 10:01 AM #15
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Jack Nicklaus has said the same thing for years. Divots should be classed as Ground Under Repair and be treated as such. But I bet we'll never see that change!
Spike marks really should not be an issue now with soft spikes. Unless IGOR drags his clod hoppers around on the greenMy opinions are my own, I do not follow others.
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01-08-2008 10:51 AM #16
Jack's comment was specifically about sand filled divots. Since they are sand filled, they are literally ground under repair.
As for spike marks, I am very glad they are rare now, but to me that's a good reason to allow them to be fixed. There is no good reason to be forced to putt on a damaged line.Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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01-08-2008 11:02 AM #17
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Remember, there may be a hundred other players in the tournament. Are you going to give them all the benefit of your experience ? Shouldn't therefore every player in the field be entitled to exchange information about the pace of the greens, the break on this one or that one? Ever player must be treated the same. If the first to tee off on a par 3 in the group ahead finds the green is soggy and he tells his group should he come back and tell you?
Most rounds of golf are strictly recreational anyway, so who really cares about what people talk about? If someone asks me what club I used, where I think their putt breaks or whether their backswing is going past parallel - I'll tell them. The game is tough enough - I don't think we need a rule that says golfers can't help each other.
But if you are playing for money is everyone involved (ie other groups) aware of just which rules are being ignored?
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01-08-2008 11:10 AM #18
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Now then Dan, you know better than that
'ground under repair' is defined in the rules. It will only mislead the rule 'beginners' to imply ground being repaired fits the definition.
You know that I know that you know ......... that you are literally correct in using the word literally - but.
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01-08-2008 11:27 AM #19
How come you can use this arguement here yet choose to ignore it when talking about hitting from divots?
If every player must be treated the same then why are the players in the last group of the day forced to play from divots that did not even exist when the first group of the day played the hole?? or why are players expected to deal with spike marks that didn't exist before the idiot who doesn't know how to walk properly in the preceeding group played the hole??
You don't need to answer because we already know what the answer will be according to the rules.
I only raise this as a perfect illustration of how the inconsistencies in the rules of golf drive some of us CRAZY
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01-08-2008 11:28 AM #20
This ones easy for me.
I wish a rule could be adjusted or a new one created that could properly control slow play. If we could play every round in 4 hours or less, I think this would enhance the game of golf in a big way. Maybe it would involve a sniper or trap doors in the fairways or a referee issuing red flags or something.
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01-08-2008 11:39 AM #21
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Id like to see super harsh penalties for committees/clubs , who continue to act outside the rules , often to serve their own cause
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01-08-2008 12:07 PM #23
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01-08-2008 12:13 PM #24
One is improperly marking lateral hazzards at tree lines to speed up play. It is done at a lot of courses.
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01-08-2008 12:20 PM #25
I'd like them to remove the limit to the number of clubs you can carry.
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01-08-2008 12:25 PM #26
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Either no limit to the clubs you can carry or increase it to 15.
There are so many club options these days the golfer should be able to decide for themself.
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01-08-2008 12:36 PM #27
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Most golf rounds are not in tournament play, so the notion of a "field" to protect is really not that relevant. You could always keep this for tournament play only like they do with the "one-ball" rule.
And since when have all players been treated the same anyway? The wind picks up (or not), the sun is in your eyes (or not), it rains (or it doesn't), there are divot marks (or not) - it is different for everybody even if they are playing in the same group. Random events just happen in golf, and who you happen to be playing with and what they know is just another lucky (or perhaps unlucky) one.
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01-08-2008 01:00 PM #28
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Choosing to play with a scratch player in a tournament and asking about your swing or what club to take is not a random event. The rule controls this.
But feel free to talk as much as you like in social golf, I do.
But then handicaps are not based on all cards being returned over here.
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01-08-2008 01:03 PM #29
You should not have to play out of someone else's footprint in a bunker just because they were to lazy to rake.
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01-08-2008 01:47 PM #30
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Not trying to make a point or anything but here is an extract from the 1886 rules from the Royal Isle of Wight Club which is of historic interest.
Asking Advice
21. A player may not ask advice about the game, of any one, either by word, look or gesture, excepting of his partner and of his own or partner's caddie.
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