by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 9, 2018 | General Rules
A lot of golfers didn’t know that they had five options when they hit the ball into a lateral water hazard. Essentially, they were: Re-hit (stroke and distance). Play it as it lies. Drop within two club lengths of the point where the ball last crossed the margin...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 7, 2018 | General Rules
Though the 2019 Rules of Golf take a number of steps toward trusting players, they take one step that could be viewed as doing the opposite by allowing Committees to impose a Code of Conduct on players. Under the 2018 Rules of Golf, players were able to be...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 5, 2018 | General Rules
In 2018 and years prior, the USGA and R&A placed fairly tight controls on who could mark and lift a player’s ball on the putting green (and elsewhere on the course). The relevant portion of the 2018 rule reads as follows: A ball to be lifted under the Rules...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 3, 2018 | General Rules
In 2018 and before, there was a running joke among Rules Officials who spent any time officiating higher level events about players searching for their balls. They’d tell these tales at Rules Seminars across the land, and they’d typically involve a...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 1, 2018 | General Rules
On December 2, and for each of the next 30 days, RulesGeeks.com is going to be highlighting 30 major changes from the 2019 Rules. Our schedule is as follows: December 2 – Ball in Motion Accidentally Deflected and Double Hits December 3 – Ball Moved During...
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