A bit of revision - what are the 4 defined areas of the course? You need to know them because different rules apply in different areas. https://videopress.com/v/q2Us7f0E?preloadContent=metadata Defined Areas of the Course: Teeing Area, Penalty Area, Bunker, Green If part of your ball is in both the general area and one of these specific areas, … Continue reading Areas of the Course
Boundary of a Penalty Area
A decision from a junior competition a couple of years ago. The general view is on the left, while the position of the ball, half under the sleepers edging the path, is shown in the right hand picture. The middle picture shows the plan view with the green to which they were playing. While the … Continue reading Boundary of a Penalty Area
Still in the Teeing Area
Here is Lee again having just driven from the 18th tee at Cumberwell. Not his best drive as his ball is still in the picture having come to rest a few feet behind where it was played from. If this was 2018 Lee would be playing his second from there as it lies, but now, … Continue reading Still in the Teeing Area
Referee Challenge – Who is it to Play?
Surely the easiest decision in golf is whose turn it is to play. While "Ready Golf" is to be very much encouraged in stroke play, in match play it should be strictly the farthest from the hole at all times (and you can have your stroke recalled by your opponent if you play out of … Continue reading Referee Challenge – Who is it to Play?
Penalty Area and Immovable Obstruction
A bridge over a penalty area with balls in 5 different positions playing to the green and flag that you can see. What relief can you get for each situation? Ball number 1 is in the Red Penalty Area and as the ditch is dry at this time of year many players would consider playing … Continue reading Penalty Area and Immovable Obstruction
Bale Out!
Mark finds his ball on top of a large bale of hay........
Know the Rules – Save a Stroke
For some reason strange things seem to happen to my friend Lee on the golf course. Here he is with an ambitious attempt at getting a wood to a plugged (embedded) ball on the bank of a fairway bunker. To be fair to him this was before the 2019 rules came into force which now … Continue reading Know the Rules – Save a Stroke
Unplayable Lie in A Tree
Here is my friend Pete who managed to get his drive stuck halfway up a tree. (This is a picture of a real occurrence from a couple of winters ago - not a reconstruction). If Pete doesn't want to play the ball as it lies, what are his options? Rule 19 "Unplayable Ball" covers this … Continue reading Unplayable Lie in A Tree
Advice!
https://youtu.be/yCYszCbMF0c I see this so often on the course as golfers try to help one another in the monthly medal or stableford, but you really shouldn't. The advice giver immediately gets the General Penalty (loss of hole in match play - or 2 strokes in strokeplay). The receiver gets no immediate penalty as they didn't … Continue reading Advice!
Referee Challenge 2
https://youtu.be/mOio-73rEeQ So, its a strokeplay competition and we have a ball in the battery compartment of a trolley which is on an artificially surfaced path and then the wind blows the trolley and the ball to a new position. What rules apply and how should the player proceed?
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