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What about putting your pants around your ankles when you don't make it past the women's tees?
nice
In my social club you have to shout your playing partners a beer at the end.
Get yer willy out. Them's the rules.
Your supposed have your pecker out until second shot made.
@@breich41able lol I'm here to golf, not go to jail
We used to play with a "rules nut". We don't let him know we are playing anymore !
It's fun again.
Paddy K Thats YOUR definition of the "whole point of golf". Some people have more fun following the rules strictly. We should all be able to enjoy the game together though.
Paddy K I guess ithe most important part is, that the entire flight agrees on how the game is played.
RD S hahaha!Sometimes I have a piss in the bush. Rule 23-7 says that's a drop shot!
The most ludicrous rule for the recreational golfer is when you hit your ball off the tee. You get out to where it landed and it's not there....cannot find it. YEAH RIGHT...I'm going back to the tee and hit again. Riiiiight !
RD S I have never understood the rules issue. I like to play within the rules as much as possible so my score is accurate to the game, but some rules are obvious silly such as the "must say I'm hitting a provisional" Who doesn't know when I guy hits another from the tee it's a not a provisional? Does it really need to be said?
With all that said it really comes down to the group to agree on how penalties and other things will be played. For example, I played in league and there were many of guys who would end up in trouble. They would ask "are we playing that?" My answer is simple and always the same, I don't care what you do to an extent but just know I will do the same. If I'm in a match for bragging rights or money then I can and will use the same rules as you do. If your a ball fluffer then I will fluff too. If your taking 4 foot gimmes so will I. Pretty simple. It's the goons who break the rules in many ways then call you out for grounding a club in a hazard that I can't stand.
those may be the rules by the letter of the law, however, in recreational golf on most golf courses, you have to maintain a pace of play and if you start walking back to the tee box, you're going to be asked politely to do something physically impossible with your club.
tchevrier Are people really that angry at your club?
There are Rules that govern pace of play so everyone can actually Play Golf, not something YOU JUST made up. If you ignore the rules you aren't playing golf, you are playing with yourself....
that's why you hit a provisional. if you think your first might be o.b. that's what people do when they want to see how they actually score. hackers like you can tee up every shot for all I care.
LEARN SOME ETIQUETTE YOU IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!
t gre The one that gets you is taking an unplayable. There's no provisional for that. Not that anyone at the tee would want to hear about your unplayable lie, but that's golf. I've done it before, and I'll do it again. If it helps my card, I'm doing it. Call me what you will, I'm there to play the game.
I've been playing my entire life and I've come to the conclusion the rules of golf are needlessly complicated and a few of them are just stupid.
The new rules have been announced and they fixed a few things and made a few things worse. Golfers are already confused about most of it. Especially the new rule that lets you go from OB and drop in the fairway.
The new rules changes are a mess. They didn’t really simplify anything.
Majority of weekend golfers who play with friends don't need these rules. I'm paying £30 £40 a round I want to enjoy it. Not get bogged down with too many rules.
I agree, and most of us don't follow them anyway. We are out there to have fun, not compete for a purse. If one of us hits it OB in a match, many times we just tell them to drop as if it's lateral. A lost ball that should OBVIOUSLY be easy to find because we all saw it land, just drop one close to where it should be and let's move on. Its too slow if you follow all these rules and you are playing with folks who aren't PGA players. Everyone forgets, PGA players are playing 1,2, or 3 shots into par 3's 4's and 5's. Amatures are taking 2 to 3 times as many to get to the same place. That takes TIME, and its why the whole course grinds to a stop. Taking 8 shots and THEN following rules is just slow.
Sloe Bone do you realize that most hackers currently believe that they can simply drop for a lost ball?? Good rule change. Neah. Fantastic change.
I disagree totally. I believe the Rules of Golf are sensible and very consistent.
Bet this guys' a riot
😂😂😂
He's a professional, be thankful for his tips.
Matt Heffernan you can just hear him on the course
What happened to friend rules.
Ian Last I'm not playing for the green jacket
I play for fun. Anyone that anal on the course need to play foot golf instead.
Know the rules, then you do whatever you want when you play with your friends.
A fun thing to do for amateur golfers if they play alone and if the course is not so crowded is to play a solo scramble round. Hit 2 drives, 2 seconds shots... and see what score you can post. This takes some pressure off of the 1st and gives you a good look so you can adjust the 2nd shot (such as for putts).
Nice idea
Do you choose the second shots from your preferred drive or shoot from both coz that could take a long time if they’re in opposite directions of the fairway
Damn. You know what this means right? It means my brother was right all along so I owe him a beer. Thanks for sharing.
I don't see how those last two drops went closer to the hole...
risingone I'm not arguing. The answer I was looking for mostly is "oh it went this way so it's not allowed" or something like that. You're not the know all be all either so go away.
I thought the same thing. I replayed it to see if he said it rolled beyond 2 club lengths, but he said it was closer to the hole which looked impossible from that camera angle. Also, I thought where you take your stance was equally important as to where you dropped
What is the answer? Very confusing!
it clearly rolled further away!
I feel like he was just saying that to show you what to do if that did happen. If it didn't roll closer to the hole just hit it.
Nice, easy to understand explanation of the rules. Thanks for sharing.
I hate that rule when you spray one off the tee box. Just go to where your ball was lost, drop another one in that area and you are now hitting three.
Going back to the tee? Are you kidding me? Slow play on courses is bad enough as it is. Gotta keep a round to four hours and under.
+Blake Rostalski plus a stroke for distance (not going back to where you played your last stroke) you're now hitting 4 .
The rule states you must go back, therefore a stroke for distance applies plus one for the lost ball.
If I played with someone who walked back to the tee that would be the last time I ever play with them.
We often play stableford so if you lose your ball and don't play a provisional, you can drop and play on but can't score on that hole. Not the rules but it works for us.
That is the rules for stableford you idiot
Just drop and play the stupid ball. Slow play should be the biggest penalty. Remember there are people behind you. Keep us with the people in front of you.
I agree. As the old saying goes, "play bad but play bad fast".
drop the boll and make a bogey. Don´t take the drop, take 3 swings at the ball in the rough, the last swing over the green, into the water. And walk away with a +5, 15 minutes later...For ONE scratch player holdding the course, i see 100 morons.
he said he had carved it right but then does the next clip from the left hand rough
Alan Frazer glad it wasn’t just me that thought that!
If I understand this correctly one can secure relief within two club lengths or (as one of the two other alternatives) walk back as far as you like eg. sixty club lengths. If this is indeed the case it serves as a clear example as to how ridiculous most golf rules are. What if the golfer declares that he is opting to walk back to a comfortable spot and then drops the ball circa three clubs lengths back? A large part of the over-weighty rule book etc. could be discarded by one simple principle: Play the ball as it lies or in very case play stroke and distance. Apologies if I had misunderstood Jeremy's explanation.
Correct Ivan, taking relief in line with the flag means you can go back one club length or 50! Always a good one to know if you find yourself in the middle of a bush or cluster of trees as you can go far enough back to hit over them.
Important to note that you do get a penalty stroke if you take an unplayable. It is sometimes more prudent to go back 20-30 meters than try to hit a ball from tall heavy grass. Amateurs don't often go backwards on unplayable partly because they don't know they can or because it feels counterproductive to go back away from the hole.
***** You don't get it for free. It's an unplayable, one penalty. But you might be in grass so thick or in a bush so that dropping 2 club lenghts to the side won't give you a proper lie. You can always go backwards as much as you need to get a better lie and a better chance at hitting the green for example.
"I've hit it right" point left 😂😂
He's colour bli... Oh. Deaf? I don't think there is a name for that.
his right
Meh. In a tournament, sure. If crackin' cold ones, just toss one out there. We suck at this game anyways.
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100% agree
Provisional ball? I like it. How about a provisional round?
How did those two drops go nearer to the hole?
Exactly what I was thinking haha
Hello Golf Monthly,
I have played golf for more than 25 years, and I have just watched this video. I had to write some comments to this video. I do not know the guy who made the video but it seemed like he knows what he was talking about. However, unfortunately I am not a big fan of the video.
He is trying to explain some very basic rules but leaves out some very important things and I am left with a feeling that this official video from Golf Monthly was not done properly.
I think it is a big responsibility to take on, teaching people the rules of golf and I think it should be done 100% when attempted.
Please let me know if you need some assistance on making the next video explaining the rules. I would love to help.
QUESTION : The guy on the video did not mark where his ball was on the path, and he didn't mark the nearest point of relief either. He did not mark out one club length from the nearest point of relief and he didn't mark out one further club length where the ball is allowed to role. Are you not supposed to do that when following the rules of golf?
QUESTION : When he dropped it in the rough, he was first stepping on the tall grass and thereby improving his lie where he was dropping. Is this allowed?
QUESTION : When hitting your provisional ball off the tee, shouldn't you also identify your ball. For example say, "provisional Titleist 3 with a black dot" ?
Kind regards
Jacob Aaholm
London
No you do not have to mark those things. As long as you are dropping your ball within the correct area, just do it. There is no requirement in the Rules to physically mark it all out with multiple tees.
If he was stamping the grass down before dropping, there would be a problem, but you have to walk in there to it to find it.
The Rules only require you to say 'Provisional'. There is no penalty for not describing the ball further.
The guy mostly knew what he as talking about, but made a error at 2:18 when he said his ball could roll a further two club lengths outside the extent of his original two club lengths. That is not the case. It can roll a further two club lengths, no nearer the hole, than the place it strikes the ground when dropped.
Good video... explains rules well.
Most people don't even use rules when they are golfing. If you hit it into the rough you just kick I right out with you foot. These rules will only apply for tournament players.
The same people who claim to be single digit handicappers when they are clearly not. I can play rounds under par if I don't count the bad shots...
If you want to play the game, you should play by the rules - or don't play.
Try, I absolutely agree.
these rules only apply to tournament players, so you don't play golf you play something else., ignore the rules and you aren't a golfer
Ignore the rules of down-hill competitive skiing and you are not a ski-er ??
question, you yip a one footer, it rolls down the steep Donald Ross green way down the fairway and behind the bunker for an impossible up and down. Can you declare the ball unplayable and go back to the point of your last shot (the one footer)?
No because it's closer to the hole.
I would say yes since you can go back to where you played the original shot from
I wonder if there are any examples of people doing it on tour?
HylomantisLemur They would probably be too embarrassed to do it. Pinehurst, Augusta, and any US Open venue are the only places where something like might happen. If they missed a putt and it went that badly, they probably would not want to have the putt to do over again.
According to the rules of golf, the player is the sole judge of whether a ball is unplayable, so yes!
Everyone should watch this video.
nice video. very well explained.
once I quit keeping score, I had a lot more fun
I want to know if fitting a pool cue as putter shaft is illegal.
According rule book such a shaft dont transgress any of given specs.
Either wooden or graphite......
If its illegal please explain.
I like your point about the provisional in the beginning, but it highlights one of the problems with some rules regarding lost balls. When I'm playing poorly on a hole I can easily lose a ball on, I generally hit one provisional, but if it's in doubt I'm done at that point. At $4.00+ per tour ball, I'm only willing to tolerate so much. When I do knowingly violate a rule like this, then the whole round is invalid if I score it invalid and the card gets tossed in the trash--just a practice session.
I can't remember the last time I saw a touring pro have to take a lost ball penalty. I've probably seen it twice in my life. One of the reasons I play the game is to see how I compare to the greatest of players. If tour players had to play under the exact same conditions of the Average Joe I am convinced it would impact their scoring. I'm not going crazy here and suggesting that there is little difference between their skills and mine, but simply that it would be a factor. I would have far less penalty strokes over the course of my playing years if I had spotters and a gallery to assist me.
To add insult to injury, when I discover that I cannot find a ball I had every reason to believe was playable, I turn around and there's a foursome waiting impatiently on the tee. I have on an occasion of a meaningful round driven back to the tee on a cart, but I usually walk and I can think of few things that would be more perturbing to the group behind you than walking back to re-tee it. One avid golfer I know says he drops back a few steps, takes his penalty stroke and plays the hole and scores it as such, arguing that, under the circumstances of course play, that IS as close to the original shot as he can play it. That's not the intention of the rule, obviously.
Just an example of a rule I think it unfair and unreasonable, given it disproportionately punishes the amateur, recreational player for the reasons I've outlined above. Personally, I think lost ball should be stroke or distance...but not both. I just think that would be more reasonable. This is one of the reasons I haven't been a USGA member since 2013. Sadly, "for the good of the game" is much more of a BS marketing slogan than a description of what the USGA actually does for the average player, IMO. If you want to slow the decline of the game, or even maybe grow it again, you need reasonable and relatively simple to understand rules, not completely different courses of action for almost identical scenarios. I really believe more golfers would adhere to the rules if they were more simple, but maybe I'm wrong on that.
With all the spectators they'll almost always find the ball. Also the holes are riddled with ball spotters and rules officials so I can definitely see what you mean.
+Srixon Driver Great points. I've, at times, genuinely believed little course trolls are running out of bushes and robbing my balls. I've lost over 2 dozen golf balls in the time i've been playing (2 months) and i've only ever hit 2 balls OOB. Sometimes you just can't find them in the rough. Sometimes you hit them into relatively shallow rough and just cannot find it.
Pros don't have this trouble because of the marshalls, cameras, spectators, caddy helping them. Maybe i would have more success finding it if i didn't play alone, but if i do lose it in a place where it should have been easy to find, and believe it would have been playable i just drop another ball and continue as if it were my original, without penalty. If i were playing with others i would take a shot for it but on my own i'm definitely not taking a penalty for a ball that would be easy to find with people/cameras/caddy/playing partners helping me.
+Beta Vulgaris (A View From Europe) i have the same problem! Especially on my home course which is ffing damp all the time (I live in the Netherlands). The balls just burry themselves in the mud and they are a right pain in the behind to find.
If you have actual MUD on the course, you're a member of the wrong club.. My guess; Spaarnwoude, Sluispolder, de Zaansche.
+steven koutstaal holthuizen in roden. I'm at a different club now needless to say :p
I would have thought building a fairway tee with club and kicking ball from rough to fairway would have ranked higher.
you are talking about deliberate infractions, he's talking about ignorant fools
if I know it's gone off I hit another and if I can't find it with a quick look I play the 2nd ball with that extra stroke. if I'm on a shit artificial spot I drop it no closer. it may not be the immediate but on a weekend of golf with friends *it doesn't matter*
The dumbest golf statement I’ve ever heard was,when Roger What’s his name used to say, if you’re going to play this game know the rules, Damn even the pros don’t know the rules.
If the ball is unplayable what's the penalty
What do you do if you are on a path and then you get a call from your wife’s friend, explaining to you that she’s been cheating for two years?
Joe Clavette you hit that ball so hard it breaks
I'd worry about that once you've finished the round. And had a pint.
That entirely depends on whether it was the wife cheating for two years or the friend giving you her own confession
You get to throw the ball towards the hole
phone should be OFF
There is reasons why people don't tend to play a provisional. Assuming it's not under competition rules. Firstly, it stops even more balls being lost off the tee, and more importantly it prevents slow play for people who might be behind you.
+Mitjitsu because instead of losing one ball, you'd lose 2 :)
27-2 says " to save time the player may play another ball provisionally in accordance with Rule 27-1". Provisional balls save time since they avoid you having to return to take a stroke from the same spot.
It's right. If you don't care about your score, do what you like. But anyone submitting a card for a handicap must play by the rules or the whole system is fucked.
Shouldn’t you have measured one club length from Nearest Point of Relief with any club mark the spot and if it rolls closer to the pin drop again and if it rolls again closer place the ball on the spot where the ball dropped the second time?
Sorry your wrong about the ruling if your ball rolls a further 2 club lengths, from your 2 club relief. It can roll 2 further club lengths from where the ball impacts the ground.
Brushing sand on the green when the ball is on the fringe is also very often done -which is not allowed
+Johnno NB You are incorrect. Sand and Loose soil on the green are loose impediments. Loose impediments can always be moved, regardless of where the ball lies.
Carl. Absolutely not....Rule 23. Google it-there are countless references to it. I take it that you have broken this rule on many occasions.
+Johnno NB Think you can as long as the sand is on the green.
+john g If you are on the fringe and your playing partner hits a sand shot and covers the fringe with sand you are also entitled to remove the sand from the fringe inline to the hole.
Ummm..Johnny...why did you point us all to a rule that REFUTES what you claim?
"If the ball lies anywhere other than on the putting green and the removal of a loose impediment by the player causes the ball to move, Rule 18-2 applies."
I didn't bother with checking Rule 18-2, but if it wasn't allowed AT ALL, then that wouldn't be part of the rule at all.
Doesn't the two club length roll apply to point of contact and not the furthest possible drop distance?
Yes, he is incorrect
20-2c(vi)
I follow the two main rules of golf, I have fun and I keep up with the person I'm playing with, even if that means picking up my ball sometimes.
The main rules? Did not know the were prioritised. All are part of the game.
timothy nash
So you just ignore the rules? Then you might as well play hockey.
how badly do u not want him at a dinner party
What if it lands on Frankenstein's foot
Matthew Viafora play it as it lies.
Even off Frankenstein's fat foot Shooter.
Note that when you are identifying a spot to drop for the unplayable, that spot cannot be nearer to the hole.
Those rules are simple enough and when used properly keep pace of play.
when the ball is dropped, it may roll up to two club lengths from where it strikes the ground first (not nearer the hole), change the video
OK, that rationale makes sense. I don't want people taking provisionals all the time without good reason. I just need to persuade my golf buddies to start hitting provisional balls and playing by the rules instead of just dropping a new ball where they've lost one.
Plus, the most important part....the penalty stroke
The most broken rule in golf would be a violation against the definition of 'Holed'. Nearly everyone I have ever played with at some stage picks their ball out of the hole before it actually comes to rest in the hole.
Not like it's going to jump out of the hole...
dan989
I don't think anyone ever suggested the rules of golf are 'logical'.
How? it doesn't take very long for the ball to drop in the hole and stop
Next time you tap a ball in from inside of a foot, you will almost certainly notice that the ball is still bouncing around in there by the time you reach in to collect it.
I've been playing since 1972 and I've never seen someone do that..... you play with some dickheads.....
hahaha when i don't see the course marshal around, i play 10 provisional balls! (i always play in a flight of 2 or 3, and i only do this when the flight behind is a lot slower)
💪💯 great video....
Was this before the new ball drop rule?
Good to know.. I didn’t, formally. Thanx
When taking relief from the unplayable lie, what if you can't see the flagstick to line up your drop?
I particularly like the first drop from unplayable, onto an area he has walked flat while considering options!
I suspect there would be some raised eyebrows if he tried to pull a stunt like that in competition...!!!
+Peter Kelly Yes, but if you've ever actually tried that, you'll find the ball rolls straight off the bit you carefully flattened, through an even worse patch of rough and into the nearest canal.
there have been pros accused of similar actions. Hanging onto your driver and using it to address the ball while the caddie is still walking up with the bag... then taking out another club for the stroke. I'm sure there's a video with examples of cheating on tour.
Peter, I'm a marshal at pro tournaments, and that is done often. It's usually done with a three wood.
you gotta make the call! I'm usually the 'bad guy' on my Tuesday comp. I called a guy for hitting a ball he found (lost the tournament by a shot, too!) But I just say it's not about me, I'm just looking after the rest of the field. And improving one's lie is just a shocking cheat! I hate it.
Peter McGill, it's against the rules to ignore a rule infraction, you WILL be penalised if you do it. so Keep On picking on the rule cheats.... if you don't you ARE one
How many provisional balls am I allowed? Hope there isnt a limit to that.
When ever you take a drop you must mark the ball before lifting it, it you don't do this you would have taken the ball out of play
20-1 says "The position of the ball must be marked before it is lifted under a Rule that requires it to be replaced." Replaced, not dropped.
If the ball in the long grass , can my club tig tru the long grass near to my ball . Tq
+Kelvin Chai Eh?
+Daniel Wake Yes but every swing you take hacking at it is a stroke, whether you hit the ball or not
When taking nearest point of relief your stance can still be on the path if you believe it longer impacts your swing, not complete relief as he stated.
Which rule are you referencing?
You're not even going to tell us whether or not it's in a hazard or if it's O.B. - that's a HUGE difference in what you can do right off the bat.
Notice in example one that the provisional ball is not an option.
so i wasn't clear on the scoring and strokes there. if it's unplayable, you take a penalty stroke for dropping the ball in its new location?
Yes. Its a one shot penalty.
And now the drop rule will be amended to 4 or 6 inches above the ground, rather than shoulder height? At least this evens out the game. Short guy vs tall guy etc.
Oh the wonderful world of golf rules. Which book is thicker. The rules of golf or a flight manual for a 747
Your last chip was pretty good from that lie
Golf's a very unforgiving game, and it wouldn't be enjoyable at all for most people if they played strictly to the official rules. It would become nothing short than a masochistic past time. That said, everyone plays their own game. The only time I care how others play is if we're being slow or if they start trying to be competitive with me.
That is three? Rules are weird...
Let's see...
Case 1: Tee shot, ball not found, replay tee shot, what shot was it?
Case 2: Tee shot, OB, back to tee, what shot it is?
Case 3: Tee shot, water hazard, drop, what shot is next?
Case 4: Tee shot, unplayable, drop, what shot is next?
Am I missing any other cases? :)
here's another.
Tee Shot, find ball in fairway, accidentally move it before playing, put it back where it was?
Yes, you have found a pattern of rules that incur a one stroke penalty. Not sure why it's weird.
This shit is why people think golf is boring - unless you're in a competition then whatever rules you play, the most important thing is that you ALL play by them.
most people just play themselves in casual/recreation play. That way everyone can play the way they enjoy.
If you hit a shit shot from the tee box go to where you think it landed, find the first ball and complain to your friends that you were playing a Callaway 3 and not a Titleist 1
I think the rule that should be included here is the drop rule in terms of height wise.
The rules need to be simplified. Make everything a red hazard. You lose a ball or it goes into the water. One penalty stroke and you take a drop. The worst is when the golf course changes the hazards. My home club likes to change red hazards to yellow. Instead of dropping you get to go back to the tee and hit another. Making slow play even worse.
what happens if the path is between two knee deep long areas of grass? do I have to still choose the nearest point of relief in the thick stuff? My ball also rolled like 70 yards Down the path to that point is there any rule that helps in this situation as i dropped into an unplayable position and had to hack out, resulting in a round collapse. :-(
Unfortunately nearest point of relief doesn't mean nicest point of relief! So your choice would be to play off the path as it lies, or drop in the knee deep areas. Your ball has to stop within 2 club lengths when you drop it, so if it rolls down the path outside of 2 club lengths you get to drop again, if it rolls away again you can place it.
We say......."I'll take an I.R.A" everyone knows it's a provisional....😂😂
So for all of those examples, is a one shot penalty incurred??
No, relief from an immovable obstruction such as a path under Rule 24-2b incurs no penalty. See the full rule here: www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-of-Golf/Rule-24/
i understand the drop. but seriously . just place the ball on the ground.
Oh dear. Got that last one wrong and I can't recall any other friends getting it right either. Embarrassed.
You can only take it straight back in line with the flag unless your in a hazard.
You can come back in line with the flag if you are in a bunker, but your ball has to be dropped in the bunker.
What if you can’t find your ball but you seen where it went in the weeds ?
Golf is slow enough without having hackers walking back to the tee box.
I honestly thought this was going to be about how the rules where broken...not how people brake the rules.
One rule I don't understand is that if a player hits a provisional ball and finds his original ball not out of bounds, but unplayable, he must abandon the provisional and go back to the tee. Or am I misinterpreting what I've read in rule 27.2.c?
The provisional ball is abandoned and the same rule applies as per a regular unplayable ball (with the options in the video). You found your ball in bounds, the provisional doesn't count. Should you find your ball out of bounds or you're unable to find it, you play your provisional ball.
I understand that's what the tour states. But if the original ball happens to be unplayable, one of the options is to go back to the place where the shot was struck. Wouldn't it make sense to be able to use the provisional instead of walking back and playing another stroke?
Rule, not tour
Dan Smith Ah I follow you. Interested to know the answer now!
HylomantisLemur if you choose to take the penalty and return to play the shot again, you cannot take the provisional instead because you would then be choosing between two known results. That would lead to some players playing a provisional on almost every shot just in case they might not like their lie (for example, if the ball is in a pot bunker or up against an obstacle with no clear route around). There would quickly be too many strategic provisionals being played which would slow the game down.
The tightest lie in the world of golf that was pretty funny
You've got to stand on the tee with your feet spread exactly two club-lengths apart, drop two balls and hit the one that stops farthest from the hole after saying "this is my provisional shot just in case I cannot find my tee-shot within 5 minutes of...NOW!"
There are a lot of stupid rules in golf that should be changed. The requirement on the tour that you sign a correct scorecard at the end of the round is probably the worst and most outdated rule in all of sports - literally every shot you take is being recorded on camera and there is no possible way to cheat. Also, you should get free relief in fairways from divots.
Understood everything except for where you are playing?
Centurion Golf Club near St. Albans in England. He mentions it at the beginning of the video.
you don't have to use your longest club
rule number one .. make sure you get the right dosage of beer for 18 holes .
What did he say?
If your gonna lose a stroke and hit it out of the rough why wouldn’t you just hit it out of the bad shit like 3 yards onto the fairway
You don't HAVE to take relief, you can play off the path if you want to. The rule is that you are entitled to take relief, it isn't obligatory.
watching this video, with about 5 foot of snow outside
Just use colored balls.
I didnt know you could go back in line for a unplayable lie. I thought that was just water.
+gmonkey808 No, thats fine - just drop the ball between the flag and where the ball was when you found it
+Golf Monthly I would prefer that to a two club drop quite often. thanks. good video
+gmonkey808 Just depends what there is behind you - often this isn't an option because there is deep rough etc on that line
28 b
"just drop the ball between the flag and where the ball was when you found it"
Wouldn't that be closer to the hole?
Not from knee height?
the ball not your feet,right
Tournament play, sure. Crowded public golf course play, absolutely not
Hi
As long as you're not playing for money, who cares? Just declare that this is a "practice round". Then you can just drop a ball and keep moving.
Incorrect drop in 2019
Recently I took a drop from a sprinkler head which was in the fringe. I dropped the ball onto the green (no closer to the hole) and the rules Nazi in our group said 'you can't drop onto the green' to which I replied 'sure you can'. he says go ahead and cheat. To this day he thinks I took an illegal drop when in fact I did not.
Don't compare scores with him. Let him play his game and you play yours. That way, he shouldn't give care if you play differently or not.
Depends. If you called it unplayable, you can drop it on the green within two club lengths at the cost of a penalty stroke (28c). If you took free relief (24-2b(i)) you can't drop it on the green.
It can't roll on to the green (20-2c(iii)).
Also, "stays within 1 club length" is not the rule. It can roll up to two club lengths (20-2c(vi)) from where it first strikes the course. As +RyanADillon notes, the presenter gets this wrong at 2'16".
How did I end here
He's not even accurate. Says at 2:19 that when he drops it, it can roll two club lengths outside his furthest point. Not true, it's two club lengths more from the point it hits the ground on the drop.
Some of these procedures are no longer correct, since Jan 2019.
Unless you're playing in an official competition , who cares?
I don't
just use a foot wedge
When I golf.....,
Farting in my opponents backswing,
Not tipping the cart drink gal
Spilling mustard on your white polo at the turn