by Erik J. Barzeski | Jan 9, 2019 | General Rules
In our 30 Days of 2019 Rules Changes series, we highlighted 30 major rules changes. There are, of course, several other smaller rules changes that didn’t quite make the cut. Below, I’ll discuss a chunk of those, and in parentheses, cite the applicable...
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 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...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 30, 2018 | General Rules
This one is pretty simple, and mirrors the Embedded Ball Rule change in essentially flipping an often-used Local Rule into a standard Rule. In 2018’s Rules of Golf, Rule 14-3b, Appendix 1A (section 7), and Appendix IV (section 5) cover distance-measuring devices...
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