[Corkblowin]

D'oh - forgot what the thread was about

[stockdam]

Preferred lies - The player is only entitled to prefer the lie once, so the spot on which to place the ball must be chosen carefully! The ball is in play as soon as it is placed on the ground. If the player picks it up again and moves it, he would incur a penalty stroke for moving his ball in play and the ball must be replaced

Edit - the above is the rule.

The Mythical Rule is that you can place the ball and if you don't like it or see a piece of dirt on it then you can replace it. It's one that has caught me out before but not in a competition!

[GreeBo]

I think everyone should try to phrase their posts in such a way that its obvious they are posting a mythical rule and not posting an actual rule in reply to someone else...otherwise this is going to get very confusing!

[slave1]

Originally Posted by Myksyk

Nope. Rule 25-2: A ball embedded in its own pitch mark in the ground in any closely mown area through the green may be lifted, cleaned and dropped without penalty, as close as possible to where it lay but not nearer the hole.

I think you might be confusing this with embedded ball in the rough, which does in fact require a local rule to be in place.

Yes, correct, my bad, too quick on the typing there on my behalf

[Myksyk]

Originally Posted by Whyner

Too funny.......

Warning: If you're going to post in this thread check the rule first.

So have ever taken an unplayable because your ball was plugged in the fairway with no local rule? Where did you get your info? Off a friend or mis-interpreted from the rule book?

I'm not prefect with the rules either but I would check something after being told. That's a really bad one not to know, could have ruined your day with the soggy fairways lately

I presume you're talking to Slave as opposed to me!?

[Whyner]

Originally Posted by Myksyk

I presume you're talking to Slave as opposed to me!?

Yeah

[ajcurry123]

Quiet an interesting piece here from last nights John Deere Classic playoff.

A lot of rules explained... even if I am still a little confused.

Also pretty strange the way Zach Johnson hits his tee 5 times in a row while dropping!

http://www.aussiegolfer.net/2012/07/...and-again.html

[GreeBo]

Originally Posted by ajcurry123

Quiet an interesting piece here from last nights John Deere Classic playoff.

A lot of rules explained... even if I am still a little confused.

Also pretty strange the way Zach Johnson hits his tee 5 times in a row while dropping!

http://www.aussiegolfer.net/2012/07/...and-again.html

He had to keep redropping because he kept dropping it outside of the 2 clublengths, not because he hit the tee.

[ajcurry123]

Originally Posted by GreeBo

He had to keep redropping because he kept dropping it outside of the 2 clublengths, not because he hit the tee.

Was that clarifying something I said or something said on the video?

My understanding is
The tee itself and outside of that represents area that ball cannot be dropped.
Anything inside tee (but not including tee) is ok.

He had to re drop as he kept hitting the tee (which is outside permitted area)!

[SnowDrifts]

Originally Posted by Myksyk

Nope. Rule 25-2: A ball embedded in its own pitch mark in the ground in any closely mown area through the green may be lifted, cleaned and dropped without penalty, as close as possible to where it lay but not nearer the hole.

I think you might be confusing this with embedded ball in the rough, which does in fact require a local rule to be in place.

I regularly play with a sub scratch handicap (not being specific in case identity revealed) who was "100% certain, not a shadow of doubt" that the embedded ball rule has recently been changed to include rough and semi.

I told him he must have been confused with the local rule provision but he was having none of it. I even showed him the rule on the RANDA site. He insisted that he got a ruling by an official in a GUI comp and said the rule had changed.

So somewhere out there, there is a sub scratch golfer getting alot of help when his ball embeds in rough.

[phkk]

Originally Posted by SnowDrifts

I regularly play with a sub scratch handicap (not being specific in case identity revealed) who was "100% certain, not a shadow of doubt" that the embedded ball rule has recently been changed to include rough and semi.

I told him he must have been confused with the local rule provision but he was having none of it. I even showed him the rule on the RANDA site. He insisted that he got a ruling by an official in a GUI comp and said the rule had changed.

So somewhere out there, there is a sub scratch golfer getting alot of help when his ball embeds in rough.

But how can you play a shot if it's plugged be it in fairway or rough... seems a ridiculous rule to me!

[SnowDrifts]

Originally Posted by phkk

But how can you play a shot if it's plugged be it in fairway or rough... seems a ridiculous rule to me!

It is a ridiculous rule but it is the rule. Only happened me yesterday. If you dont want to hack it out, then take an unplayable.

[cadobady]

Originally Posted by SnowDrifts

It is a ridiculous rule but it is the rule. Only happened me yesterday. If you dont want to hack it out, then take an unplayable.

any club that doesn't have a local rule to this effect probably deserves to hacked up considering the weather we are getting!

[SnowDrifts]

Originally Posted by cadobady

any club that doesn't have a local rule to this effect probably deserves to hacked up considering the weather we are getting!

Again totally agree, but I have yet to play in a course where this local rule is in effect during the summer months.

[Sandwlch]

Originally Posted by SnowDrifts

I regularly play with a sub scratch handicap (not being specific in case identity revealed) who was "100% certain, not a shadow of doubt" that the embedded ball rule has recently been changed to include rough and semi.
So somewhere out there, there is a sub scratch golfer getting alot of help when his ball embeds in rough.

Want to be the most successful golfer you can be ? Dont read the rules - knowing them can be seriously harmful to your score!