by Charlie Marks | Dec 25, 2018 | General Rules
What are the odds that the golf ball manufacturers were in on this? 🙂 In my experience as a referee, many players are inclined to give up before my stopwatch hits five minutes, the 2018 limit. 2019 Rule: Under Rule 18.2, the time for a ball search (before the ball...
by Charlie Marks | Dec 21, 2018 | General Rules
Hey, my ball moved! I don’t know how or from whence it moved. What do I do now? Well, we know that 1) you must make your best estimate for its original location and then 2) get it back there. In the past sometimes we dropped it and sometimes we placed it . . ....
by Charlie Marks | Dec 18, 2018 | General Rules
Before 2017, when estimating or measuring a spot, point, line, area or distance under a Rule, sometimes a player might end up playing from a wrong place based on a wrong estimate or measurement. Even if only by a small amount, players may incur a penalty. In 2017,...
by Charlie Marks | Dec 14, 2018 | General Rules
This is a “new” idea? Really, don’t many of us already play some form of recreational golf, such as Stableford, in which we pick it up when all hope is lost? 🙂 Well, what’s “new” is that the Rules have caught up to how many of us play. “Maximum Score” will be a new...
by Charlie Marks | Dec 10, 2018 | General Rules
I like this one! In casual play most players don’t even know of the requirement and in tournament play it’s most often an unnecessary inconvenience. 2018 Rule: A special procedure applies when you intend to lift a ball in three specific situations. Before lifting the...
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