by Charlie Marks | Dec 8, 2018 | General Rules
I have a hot stock tip for you… find the company who makes red stakes and buy their shares now. Oh, and short those who make yellow and white stakes. As we all know, the 2018 Rules allow relief with penalty when a ball is in a “water hazard” (marked yellow) or a...
by Charlie Marks | Dec 6, 2018 | General Rules
Hey! A Rules change for all of you who play (or caddie) on the LPGA Tour! 😉 Under the 2018 Rules, a player taking her stance is allowed to have her caddie stand behind her to help her line up to the target. Under the 2019 Rules (Rule 10.2b(4)), once you begin taking a...
by Charlie Marks | Dec 2, 2018 | General Rules
One of the most often asked questions of me is “My ball hit something. What should I do?” In the past the answer was often “It depends.” The “It depends” answer wasn’t too tough for me because as a referee, I deal with that problem often. But for the everyday player,...
by Charlie Marks | Nov 29, 2018 | Rules Events
Remember a few weeks ago there was a mild kerfuffle about an LPGA player, a moved ball, and her subsequent DQ? Golf.com reported: A former NCAA champion was disqualified from the LPGA’s qualifying event after hitting a ball that had been moved by an outside agency...
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