by Charlie Marks | Jan 8, 2019 | General Rules
Is there a “most important” Rule in the 2019 Rules of Golf? Depends, of course. But Rule 14 (last year’s Rule 20) is pretty important. Every time you touch your ball in play, Rule 14 is somehow involved. The Rule covers when and how the player may mark the spot of a...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Jan 7, 2019 | Rules Events
In what may be one of the first instances of the “Modernized” 2019 Rules of Golf coming into play… Webb Simpson was searching for his ball in the weeds short of the fifth green Saturday at Kapalua when he stepped on a clump of grass and out popped the...
by Charlie Marks | Jan 6, 2019 | General Rules
When your ball lies in a BUNKER, the following are allowed: Not new – You may move movable obstructions. If the ball moves, replace the ball with no penalty. New – You may carefully move loose impediments. If the ball moves, replace the ball and take a...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Jan 2, 2019 | Rules Events
Hey @USGA… is this a penalty? I’m an amateur when it comes to the new rules. Maybe I should ask @b_dechambeau 🤔 He knows the rules. #Weird #AskBryson pic.twitter.com/uSUgGfFlUc — bubba watson (@bubbawatson) December 30, 2018 Yes, unfortunately,...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Jan 1, 2019 | General Rules
Click here and spend ten minutes to read this PDF. (Or, better yet, get the version from the R&A.) The title of the PDF is “Certain Topics or Proposals Not Addressed in the Proposed New Rules of Golf for 2019” and the topic is precisely that. For...
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