New Golf Rules for seniors


I thought you would want to know.

The CARP Organization (Canadian Association of Retired People) has
negotiated with the USGA & the Canadian Golf Association to modify the Rules
of Golf for seniors, effective January 1, 2008.

Rule 1.a.5

A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the
fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough
with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized for tall grass which
groundskeepers failed to mow.

Rule 2.d.6 (b)

A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is
simply bad luck and luck has no placed in a scientific game. The senior
player must estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not
hit the tree and play the ball from there.

Rule 3.b.3 (g) (now renamed the Moffat rule)

There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The missing ball is on or near
the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, making
it a stolen ball. The player is not to compound the felony by charging
himself or herself with a penalty.

Rule 4.c.7 (h)

If a putt passes ove r a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped.
The law of gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf.

Rule 5

Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be
blown in. This does not apply to balls more than six inches from the hole.
No one wants to make a travesty of the game.

Rule 6.a.9 (k)

There is no penalty for so-called "out of bounds." If penny-pinching golf
course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur. The senior
golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty.

Rule 7.g.15 (z)

There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should
float. Senior golfers should not be penalized for manufacturers'
shortcomings.

Rule 8.k.9 (s)

Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new golf
equipment. Since this is financially impracticable for many senior golfers,
one-half stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old equipment.

Please advise all your senior friends of these important rule changes,
especially those Snowbirds who spend the winter in warmer climates.