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 Charlie Marks | Jan 8, 2019 | General Rules
Is there a “most important” Rule in the 2019 Rules of Golf? Depends, of course. But Rule 14 (last year’s Rule 20) is pretty important. Every time you touch your ball in play, Rule 14 is somehow involved. The Rule covers when and how the player may mark the spot of a...
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 Charlie Marks | Jan 6, 2019 | General Rules
When your ball lies in a BUNKER, the following are allowed: Not new – You may move movable obstructions. If the ball moves, replace the ball with no penalty. New – You may carefully move loose impediments. If the ball moves, replace the ball and take a...
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 Doug Howell | Dec 31, 2018 | General Rules
In 2018 and before: If the ball was moved by any player, caddie or outside agency (such as an animal, spectator or moving object) it must be replaced on its original spot. If however the ball was moved by wind, water or other natural forces (including when the ball...
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...
by Charlie Marks | Dec 29, 2018 | General Rules
This is yet another splendid simplification of a cumbersome old Rule. The bottom line here: if you damage your club in any way you may continue to use it and you may not replace it. Seems fair, right? Well, what if your driver falls out of the bag and the maniac in...
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