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06-10-2004 06:19 PM #1
Match Play Question
Hi Gary,
In the spirit of the season (it is a Ryder Cup year after all) I have a match-play question.
Players A and B are opponents in a singles match. Both player’s balls are on the green, A is lying 3, B lies 2 and has a putt to win the hole. B strokes his putt and misses and his ball rolls past the hole. While B’s ball is still in motion A says “that’s good”.
Does B win the hole with a score of 3 because the stroke wasn’t completed before the concession, or does he mark down 4 because the stroke was considered complete as soon as the ball passed the hole?When applying the Rules, you follow them line by line. You don't read between them.
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06-10-2004 06:45 PM #2
Wouldn't this clinically define player A as a moron? I'm not sure about this, but wouldn't the concession apply only to the next putt as a gimmie? Player B would still win the hole, but do the number of strokes matter anyway??
Interested in the response from Gary...
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06-10-2004 07:06 PM #3Originally Posted by broken27
Originally Posted by broken27When applying the Rules, you follow them line by line. You don't read between them.
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06-10-2004 07:23 PM #4
I would say that because of the way you described it,
his ball rolls past the hole
stroke wasn’t completed before the concession
Gary????I've spent most of my life golfing .... the rest I've just wasted"
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06-11-2004 06:34 AM #5
When you concede a stroke in match play, you are conceding the NEXT stroke.
It is irrelevant whether or not the ball is still in motion.
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A “stroke’’ is the forward movement of the club made with the intention of striking at and moving the ball, but if a player checks his downswing voluntarily before the clubhead reaches the ball he has not made a stroke.
A "stroke" has nothing to do with the movement of the ball, the ball leaving the putter, or the putter touching the ball.
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06-11-2004 01:59 PM #6Originally Posted by Gary HillStrive for perfection, but never expect it!
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06-11-2004 02:05 PM #7
yep
I've spent most of my life golfing .... the rest I've just wasted"
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06-11-2004 02:57 PM #8
As a matter of fact, I had to call a "whiff" on myself at the OGT event at Casselview. Remember Steve?
When applying the Rules, you follow them line by line. You don't read between them.
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06-11-2004 06:40 PM #9
I certainly do lobwedge
And it was a thing of beauty
We 've all been there before. :shakeI've spent most of my life golfing .... the rest I've just wasted"
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06-11-2004 07:22 PM #10Originally Posted by Steve Karam
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06-11-2004 07:58 PM #11
michael michael michael
"you can have that putt, that's good. pick it up" for the first 8 holes until the 9th hole and then "no that's not a gimmie"I've spent most of my life golfing .... the rest I've just wasted"
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06-11-2004 09:43 PM #12Originally Posted by Steve KaramIt could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
Colby
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