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who what when

What happens when you smack a perfectly good drive straight down the fairway and when you walk down there you cant find the ball?
Happens to me at least once per round this time year due to plugged balls etc

PhilipMarlowe

Lost ball, back to the tee and play your 3rd (assuming you want to bother). If it's a stableford competition and you don't want to bother then scratch the hole and tee it up on the next. Such is life when ground conditions are soft... leaves etc. Doesn't tend to happen when competitions 'matter' (i.e. for qualifying competitions when your handicap can be affected).

Jul3s

who what when wrote: »

What happens when you smack a perfectly good drive straight down the fairway and when you walk down there you cant find the ball?
Happens to me at least once per round this time year due to plugged balls etc

If you don't know, then you really shouln't be playing golf.

IITYWYBMAD

Jul3s wrote: »

If you don't know, then you really shouln't be playing golf.

Lol....Maybe we should appoint you the font of all knowledge....

who what when

Jul3s wrote: »

If you don't know, then you really shouln't be playing golf.

Its people with attitudes like this that give golf such a bad name!!!

Well so far ive been scratching the holes but at the same time dropping a ball where I reckon it landed and continuing just for the practice.
No-one seems to have a problem with this. Although Jul3s, you're probably now going to tell me that under section 5, paragraph 9 i should be banned for life!

conno16

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Lol....Maybe we should appoint you the font of all knowledge....

good title. Not

PhilipMarlowe

No, not banned, just maimed is all....
If it's a competition, technically you can't drop a ball and practice (you can only practice chipping and putting @ the green / next teebox & you can't delay play).
If it's not a competition then you can do what you want (within reason)!

IITYWYBMAD

conno16 wrote: »

good title. Not

I'd search for a faceplam conno, but it would be wasted on you....

Thequite an

Loose it completely,lash out at everything and anything,curse and swear,it wont stop you from having to leg all the way back to the tee but you will feel better when you have hit a beauty and are taking your fourth ,my friends (at the few I have) think I am a loony but it makes me feel great knowing I got all that pent up anger off your chest

MiniGolf

Here ya go!!

f22

You need one of these

Jul3s

who what when wrote: »

Its people with attitudes like this that give golf such a bad name!!!

Well so far ive been scratching the holes but at the same time dropping a ball where I reckon it landed and continuing just for the practice.
No-one seems to have a problem with this. Although Jul3s, you're probably now going to tell me that under section 5, paragraph 9 i should be banned for life!

On the contrary you'll find it's people like yourself that are "a la carte" with the rules are the ones that give the game a bad name.

IITYWYBMAD

Jul3s wrote: »

On the contrary you'll find it's people like yourself that are "a la carte" with the rules are the ones that give the game a bad name.

Lighten up will you? I've been playing golf for years, and I still question the rules. At least the guy/girl concerned has the gumption to ask the question, and not assume the answer like 1 or 2 seasoned golfers I have seen in certain situations.

We don't all spend 6 month's digesting the rules of golf before hitting a ball, like your good self, so maybe just cut a bit of slack here....By the way, where are the rules being treated "a la carte" (whatever that is supposed to mean)?

upthe19th

who what when wrote: »

What happens when you smack a perfectly good drive straight down the fairway and when you walk down there you cant find the ball?
Happens to me at least once per round this time year due to plugged balls etc

I like to rant and rave for a few minutes, build up plenty of tension for the rest of the next 5 holes...which I successfully scratch....served me well to date.:o

Irishvillian

f22 wrote: »

You need one of these

What difference will a sharpie make:rolleyes:

conno16

who what when wrote: »

What happens when you smack a perfectly good drive straight down the fairway and when you walk down there you cant find the ball?
Happens to me at least once per round this time year due to plugged balls etc

OP - with respect it sounds like you need to start playing on a proper golf course and not the mud bath you're currently muddling through
that is of course if ur hitting the fairways as you claim to be

who what when

conno16 wrote: »

OP - with respect it sounds like you need to start playing on a proper golf course and not the mud bath you're currently muddling through
that is of course if ur hitting the fairways as you claim to be

The courses I play are by and large decent enough courses.

f22

Irishvillian wrote: »

What difference will a sharpie make:rolleyes:

He can write idiot on his forehead

charlieIRL

i'd forgotten its mid-term in schools

ShriekingSheet

Jul3s wrote: »

If you don't know, then you really shouln't be playing golf.

Jul3s wrote: »

On the contrary you'll find it's people like yourself that are "a la carte" with the rules are the ones that give the game a bad name.

Can you get the boat please?

If you want people playing golf to know the rules, why discourage them for asking questions?

G1032

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Lighten up will you? I've been playing golf for years, and I still question the rules. At least the guy/girl concerned has the gumption to ask the question, and not assume the answer like 1 or 2 seasoned golfers I have seen in certain situations.

We don't all spend 6 month's digesting the rules of golf before hitting a ball, like your good self, so maybe just cut a bit of slack here....By the way, where are the rules being treated "a la carte" (whatever that is supposed to mean)?

Seriously though?
This problem of people not knowing the rules is becoming bigger and bigger all the time. A golfer should not have to come on to boards.ie to ask what he should do when he's lost his drive. This is rules class 101. It's as basic as it gets. It's not complicated. He shouldn't have to ask a question like that. Open the rule book and look it up. That doesn't take 6 months to do. He should have a rule book in his bag. If its an unusual ruling he's looking for, then fine, go on boards and ask others or search the net. But asking what to do when he's lost a ball?? Give me a break............

IITYWYBMAD

G1032 wrote: »

Seriously though?
This problem of people not knowing the rules is becoming bigger and bigger all the time. A golfer should not have to come on to boards.ie to ask what he should do when he's lost his drive. This is rules class 101. It's as basic as it gets. It's not complicated. He shouldn't have to ask a question like that. Open the rule book and look it up. That doesn't take 6 months to do. He should have a rule book in his bag. If its an unusual ruling he's looking for, then fine, go on boards and ask others or search the net. But asking what to do when he's lost a ball?? Give me a break............

Apologies, I didn't realise that there was a criteria and grading of questions that could be asked.....

My bottom line is, that assuming the question is a valid one, and not some troll, the poster has as much right to ask it, as anybody else. If you feel that the answer to the question is beneath your intellect, well then just don't answer it or log off. But I don't think it's really up to you what questions/points/posts can be answered/asked or not, but maybe I'm wrong....

Fore Iron

Wow. Just mad people! The OP asked a perfectly reasonable question. I agree I'm surprised he didn't already know the answer, but at least he got on here and tried to find out!!

As for the practicing thing, if you are playing a stableford competition and took a drop when you were not entitled to under the rules and play out the hole without correcting your error, then you receive a 2 stroke penalty at best or the score for that hole becomes void at worst. If it was strokeplay you run the risk of disqualification, but under stableford it is only that one hole score that is affected. It really is simply playing a ball from the wrong place - although it would also be considered a serious breach of the rules.

So if the OP drops a ball near where he thinks his first ball was, does not declare that he is practicing, finishes out the hole, records a scratch on the scorecard, and proceeds to the next tee, then who can argue?

If he says "I'm just going to hit this ball for the practice" then fine, that's a no-no.

who what when

I'm kinda sorry I asked the question now!
But yes I did have a fair idea what the rule was, I was just looking for clarification! And to clarify further I was talking about the rare occasions you hit a lovely drive fully expecting to have a handy second shot awaiting you only to discover that there is no sign of your ball.
Its happened to me a few times now and is very very annoying.
In particular last weekend.

Picture the scene. A 330 yard slightly downhill hole with very open fairway. Connected perfectly with the drive and from the tee box looked to land about 40-50 yards short in line with the right side of the green.
Happy days! Then arrived down at the hole, no sign of the ball.
Its hard to accept that a very likely par is gone down the drain!

Is the rule any different if you suspect someone has taken your ball.
Dont think this happened in the above situation but it has happened before aswell.

G1032

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Apologies, I didn't realise that there was a criteria and grading of questions that could be asked.....

My bottom line is, that assuming the question is a valid one, and not some troll, the poster has as much right to ask it, as anybody else. If you feel that the answer to the question is beneath your intellect, well then just don't answer it or log off. But I don't think it's really up to you what questions/points/posts can be answered/asked or not, but maybe I'm wrong....

No, there is isn't a grading criteria for posting, but my point is that if someone wants to play the game of golf then he/she has a duty to himself/herself and to his/her fellow competitors to learn and play by the rules of the game. It's apparent from the question asked in the original post that the poster hasn't bothered to obtain a rule book and learn a few of the basic rules. Thats one of the major problems with golf in Ireland today.............people playing with absolutely no idea whatsoever of the rules. But it's OK.....they can just come on here and ask about them and pretend to learn them. Why do the R&A bother to print the rule books at all since nobody seems to be reading them? Sure there's always boards.ie to learn the rules from.

Mister Sifter

G1032 wrote: »

No, there is isn't a grading criteria for posting, but my point is that if someone wants to play the game of golf then he/she has a duty to himself/herself and to his/her fellow competitors to learn and play by the rules of the game. It's apparent from the question asked in the original post that the poster hasn't bothered to obtain a rule book and learn a few of the basic rules. Thats one of the major problems with golf in Ireland today.............people playing with absolutely no idea whatsoever of the rules. But it's OK.....they can just come on here and ask about them and pretend to learn them. Why do the R&A bother to print the rule books at all since nobody seems to be reading them? Sure there's always boards.ie to learn the rules from.

Get off yer high horse, man. There are many ways of learning the rules of golf. I personally don't care how you do it - if it means posting on here, great stuff. Gives us all something to prattle on about/discuss etc while the clock ticks down to 5pm. Sitting down and reading the rules book is about as appealling as reading the dictionary. The more rules threads the better in my opinion as i'm pretty sure there are a lot more posters/readers who have learnt something from this thread than just the OP.

Pretty much all my knowledge of rules has came from playing/listening to others. This place is an ideal spot for people to brush on rules etc.

G1032

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Get off yer high horse, man. There are many ways of learning the rules of golf. I personally don't care how you do it - if it means posting on here, great stuff. Gives us all something to prattle on about/discuss etc while the clock ticks down to 5pm. Sitting down and reading the rules book is about as appealling as reading the dictionary. The more rules threads the better in my opinion as i'm pretty sure there are a lot more posters/readers who have learnt something from this thread than just the OP.

Pretty much all my knowledge of rules has came from playing/listening to others. This place is an ideal spot for people to brush on rules etc.

Your missing the point. This is a rule that crops up most days we're out golfing. It should be known as soon as you start playing. There has been plenty of interesting rules topics discussed here, unusual rules that you don't come across every day and that most of us wouldn't know off the top of our head.
Getting to know the basic rules doesn't take hours of reading through a rule book.
Asking what to do after a lost ball is not brushing up on rules as you put it. It's just showing that he/she couldn't be bothered to learn the basic rules of the game in the first place.
Furthermore he/she should be carrying a rule book in their bag and a 2 minute look at that would have given them the answer to their question.

IITYWYBMAD

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Get off yer high horse, man. There are many ways of learning the rules of golf. I personally don't care how you do it - if it means posting on here, great stuff. Gives us all something to prattle on about/discuss etc while the clock ticks down to 5pm. Sitting down and reading the rules book is about as appealling as reading the dictionary. The more rules threads the better in my opinion as i'm pretty sure there are a lot more posters/readers who have learnt something from this thread than just the OP.

Pretty much all my knowledge of rules has came from playing/listening to others. This place is an ideal spot for people to brush on rules etc.

+1

G1032 wrote: »

Your missing the point........

Oh the irony...