|
Written by JAMES McAFEE
|
|
It's important for golfers to know the exact definition of a “loose impediment” because they can be removed in some cases and not in others. The Rules of Golf state the following: Loose impediments are defined as natural objects including stones, leaves, twigs, branches and the like, dung and worms, insects and the like, and the casts and heaps made by them provided they are not fixed or growing, solidly embedded or adhering to the ball. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Texas Golfer Magazine
|
|
Signing your scorecard to ensure that your scores are legitimate is a very important part of tournament golf. And surprisingly, the honor system is in play even with all of the modern scoring methods that enable everyone to already know the scores. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Written by JAMES McAFEE
|
I'd like to see a new Rule 1-5 added to the Rules of Golf. It could read along these lines: rules officials have the right to apply common sense to determine if the true intent of a rule has been violated.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by JAMES McAFEE
|
Under new rules that take effect in 2008, golfers will now be allowed to lift their golf balls in bunkers or water hazards for identification purposes.
However, there will now be a two-stroke penalty in stroke play or the loss of hole in match play for playing a wrong ball. There had been an exception in the past and players were not penalized for playing the wrong ball.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Written by JAMES McAFEE
|
Hats off to the United States Golf Association for reacting quickly to revise an obviously flawed rules decision that led to a disqualification for Stewart Cink in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans back in March.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
