by Erik J. Barzeski | Mar 26, 2019 | Rules Events
With the start of the WGC Match Play tournament about to begin, we thought now was an appropriate time to point out that holes are no longer halved, the status of the match is now the score, and that “dormie” has gone the way of the dodo. Yes, with the...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Mar 20, 2019 | Rules Events
Golf is hard. pic.twitter.com/QuEyVihnGZ — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 7, 2019 They say hindsight is 20/20. Phil Mickelson drove a ball near an OB fence and the ball was determined to be in bounds. He opted to play the next shot right-handed, turning over one of...
by Charlie Marks | Mar 12, 2019 | General Rules
A player sees a pine cone fall on his ball at rest in a bunker, pushing it slightly downwards into the sand. 9.6 tells us if we have KVC (known or virtually certain) the ball must be replaced. 9.6 Ball Lifted or Moved by Outside Influence If it is known or virtually...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Mar 4, 2019 | Rules Events
I apologize for the length of this post. If I had more time I’d have written a shorter one. – Erik J. Barzeski “That Haotong Li penalty was an outrage! He didn’t gain an advantage, and that rule is stupid! Plus why is it two strokes?! This is...
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