So I can use a wedge on a green??????????

BenEadir

Hi,

Just saw big Phil use a wedge (unsiccessfully) on a green. Always thought you weren't allowed use anything other than a putter on a green.

Not that I intend doing it but if the situation arose where I couldn't putt to the hole because of the contours of the green could I, as an amateur, actually use a wedge? Would the greens officer shoot me???

Ben

PARlance

BenThere wrote: »

Hi,

Just saw big Phil use a wedge (unsiccessfully) on a green. Always thought you weren't allowed use anything other than a putter on a green.

Not that I intend doing it but if the situation arose where I couldn't putt to the hole because of the contours of the green could I, as an amateur, actually use a wedge? Would the greens officer shoot me???

Ben

Yes, you're allowed but...
Yes, the green keeper (officer?? ) would and should shoot you

big_drive

Ya you can do it. The green keepers at your club will be delighted

slave1

...on the green in play, yes, else you must drop off IIRC

Almaviva

You can indeed.

I see it as bad form though - unless in one exception : a hole is hidden in the corner of a kidney or odd shaped green and the fairway/rough intrudes into your line. Fire away: the greenkeepers have only themselves to blame for any damage for putting it there.

Almaviva

slave1 wrote: »

...on the green in play, yes, else you must drop off IIRC

Jimdagym

Almaviva wrote: »

I think they mean you can use it on your green but must drop if its on the wrong green.

Senna

I've seen him do this a few times, he done it at on the final day at Augusta (i think the 16th) a few years back too, IIRC it worked out a lot better that time.

DuckSlice

You can use any club anywhere you like.

PARlance

etxp wrote: »

You can use any club anywhere you like.

Not exactly true, you can use any club but not anywhere you like.

DuckSlice

ajcurry123 wrote: »

Not exactly true, you can use any club but not anywhere you like.

explain where then?

PARlance

etxp wrote: »

explain where then?

Ground under repair can be forbidden if stated.

As mentioned already, wrong putting green:
b. Relief

If a player’s ball lies on a wrong putting green, he must not play the ball as it lies. He must take relief, without penalty, as follows:

Protected areas, young trees etc where the club has enforced a local rule

DuckSlice

ajcurry123 wrote: »

Ground under repair can be forbidden if stated.

As mentioned already, wrong putting green:
b. Relief

If a player’s ball lies on a wrong putting green, he must not play the ball as it lies. He must take relief, without penalty, as follows:

Protected areas, young trees etc where the club has enforced a local rule

well obviously, i meant anywhere in play or that you are not instructed to take a drop from.

PARlance

etxp wrote: »

well obviously, i meant anywhere in play or that you are not instructed to take a drop from.

It's golf, not all things are obvious.
OP wasn't aware about being allowed to use a wedge on the correct green.
So to say "any club anywhere" could lead others to draw the wrong conclusions.
It's pedantic, it's golf

BenEadir

ajcurry123 wrote: »

Not exactly true, you can use any club but not anywhere you like.

Ok, so you can use any club anywhere you're allowed to strike the ball?

DuckSlice

BenThere wrote: »

Ok, so you can use any club anywhere you're allowed to strike the ball?

this is what i should have wrote.

PARlance

etxp wrote: »

this is what i should have wrote.

What have I become....
Used to shrug the head at lads pulling others up on minor things like that

PARlance

BenThere wrote: »

Ok, so you can use any club anywhere you're allowed to strike the ball?

Exactly! Just don't use a bloody wedge on any green

Myksyk

Saw Karlsson do that to great effect a few years ago ... can't remember when or where but the green was impossibly undulating and he just chipped it over all the hills and rolls and stiffed it.

Few clubs where you might need it ... Doonbeg ... hole with bunker on the green - have seen guys chip over that ... if you're going to put a bunker on the green what do you expect? ... the European club have some mad green (not sure if it's the huge one) where you can be on the green but have absolutely no line to the hole ... I say 'chip away'.

harpsman

pretty sure phil did it at ryder cup in 02 and it wasnt even a case where his line was obstucted by collar/rough iirc

alxmorgan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GOlNTPTfvU

Rikand

you probably wouldnt want to do it on the greens at Augusta either..... unless your name is david howell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X4l9CJNk3Y

harpsman

Rickylovesuall wrote: »

you probably wouldnt want to do it on the greens at Augusta either..... unless your name is david howell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X4l9CJNk3Y

wow dont remember howell leading the masters-was that mid 2nd round?- dont see tiger on lboard

Dolph Starbeam

Garcia during the Wells Fargo this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnhPlgKvJTs

Don't think I've ever needed to do it myself, off such a tight lie you would want to have a lot of confidence in your wedge play, you could easily end up further away than you started.

newport2

Never seen an amateur do it. I would be in favour of local rules banning it if they did, it damages the course. Golf is difficult enough without having to putt through divots on the green.

Imagine hitting it to 15 feet on a par 5 only to arrive up and find you're in a divot!

mike12

Myksyk wrote: »

Saw Karlsson do that to great effect a few years ago ... can't remember when or where but the green was impossibly undulating and he just chipped it over all the hills and rolls and stiffed it.

Few clubs where you might need it ... Doonbeg ... hole with bunker on the green - have seen guys chip over that ... if you're going to put a bunker on the green what do you expect? ... the European club have some mad green (not sure if it's the huge one) where you can be on the green but have absolutely no line to the hole ... I say 'chip away'.

Against the rules in the European putter only.

Mike

newport2

mike12 wrote: »

Against the rules in the European putter only.

Mike

I don't know what the rules are in various clubs, but I can't imagine not getting thrown off any course for taking a nice big divot out of one of their greens.

DuckSlice

newport2 wrote: »

Never seen an amateur do it. I would be in favour of local rules banning it if they did, it damages the course. Golf is difficult enough without having to putt through divots on the green.

Imagine hitting it to 15 feet on a par 5 only to arrive up and find you're in a divot!

If you use the bounce of the wedge the damage would be minimal!!

BenEadir

mike12 wrote: »

Against the rules in the European putter only.

Mike

Specific local rule or just accepted etiquette?

Ben

realgolfgeek

newport2 wrote: »

I don't know what the rules are in various clubs, but I can't imagine not getting thrown off any course for taking a nice big divot out of one of their greens.

why, if the course is designed where you can't have a normal putt on a proper green, without having to go off it to get the line right, then they should expect to get some divots, and they should be expected to repair those divots also !!

absolutely nothing wrong with it if required imo.