Saving Strokes 4: When you have a choice on which condition to take relief from

This is a bit involved so quite a long video. In summary, if your stance and / or area of intended swing is interfered with by more than one condition from which you could get free relief you may choose which condition you take relief from first. This decision can lead to very different places … Continue reading Saving Strokes 4: When you have a choice on which condition to take relief from

Saving Strokes 3: Abnormal Strokes

Most of the time you may not take up an unusual stance or attempt an abnormal stroke in order to get free relief from, for example, an Abnormal Course Conditions (e.g. temporary water, GUR, an immovable obstruction, or an animal hole) or a Dangerous Animal Condition. However, there are situations where an abnormal stroke is … Continue reading Saving Strokes 3: Abnormal Strokes

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?

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?

Taking Relief from a Path

https://youtu.be/a9rr3NW0Axo How to take relief from an artificially surfaced path (an "Immovable Obstruction") or similar "Abnormal Course Condition". Remember to tell your playing partners or opponents what you are doing before you touch your ball. Also, leave your ball where it is until you have established your "Reference Point" and then your "Relief Area". Relative … Continue reading Taking Relief from a Path

We’d Better Get A Referee – Video Challenge

Watch this video and let me know your decision(s). https://videopress.com/v/5bBmL8ae?preloadContent=metadata What happened and what penalties apply in MATCHPLAY The player on screen touches his ball when not allowed to - 1 penalty stroke under Rule 9.4b and - under Rule 9.4a the ball must be replaced on its original spot The player off screen advises … Continue reading We’d Better Get A Referee – Video Challenge