by Doug Howell | Dec 19, 2018 | General Rules
In 2018, Rule 25 allows relief for a ball embedded in its own pitch mark when the ball is embedded in grass cut to fairway height or lower through the green. However a Committee may adopt a Local Rule that extends this relief to a ball embedded anywhere outside a...
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 Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 17, 2018 | General Rules
In my opinion, this is one of the best Rules changes made for 2019, and it will eliminate a lot of confusion over how and where to drop and, more importantly, when a re-drop is required, and when placing becomes mandatory. In 2018 and before, a player when taking...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 16, 2018 | General Rules
Dustin Johnson’s ball moved, and the golf world erupted in controversy. In 2018 and before, in the absence of a Local Rule modifying 18-2, if a player (or opponent) accidentally caused the player’s ball to move anywhere on the course, there was often a...
by Doug Howell | Dec 15, 2018 | General Rules
In 2018, there are (or were) a number of actions a player must not do when their ball is in a bunker but which are permitted elsewhere on the course. With exceptions (which always seem to make the rules more complex) the player must not: Test the condition of the...
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 Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 13, 2018 | General Rules
When the USGA and R&A released the first draft of the proposed rules many many months ago, they included a provision to have fixed distances for measuring drop zones. Rather than use club lengths, golfers were going to have to measure out 40 inches, or 80 inches,...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 12, 2018 | General Rules
Rule 1 has always established the basis by which the game of golf is played. Broken down into four parts (1-1 General, 1-2 Exerting Influence on Movement of Ball or Altering Physical Conditions, 1-3 Agreement to Waive Rules, 1-4 Points Not Covered by Rules), two of...
by Erik J. Barzeski | Dec 11, 2018 | General Rules
In 2018 and earlier, the Rules of Golf required that players play without “undue delay.” Rule 6-7 read as follows: The player must play without undue delay and in accordance with any pace of play guidelines that the Committee may establish. Between...
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