Archive for the ‘Rules’ Category

High Winds suspend the 2nd Round of the British Open

I honestly can’t tell you the last time a tournament, let alone a Major Championship has been suspended because of high winds. The winds today were gusting so hard golf balls were moving on the greens. I am not sure if its a local rule or not, but if the golf balls are unable to […]

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Are you kidding me…Woods fined for off the cuff criticism of rules official

The PGA Tour has come out and said no fine would be given to Tiger due to an erroneous report…translation public pressure
On the 16th hole during the final round of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational, Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington were put on the clock apparently due to slow play. They were 17 minutes out of […]

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Michelle Wie got screwed, plain and simple

Having played golf since I was 7, 4 years in high school and than 4 years in college, I can say I have learned a thing or two about the rules of golf. I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I can honestly say that when Michelle Wie took her “illegal” […]

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Amateur Status breached?

So I ran into an interesting rule through email with the USGA. I had a question about whether the videos on videos page would put an amateur in violation. The videos do not fall on a page where any ads exist, there is no narration, so technically, those videos do not put either me or […]

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Slow Play

We have all been there before. The victim of slow play! Although it is not a written rule, I consider it to be an unwritten rule. If you are playing slow, let others that are playing faster play through please!

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Divots in your own fairway

Sometimes, when playing a round of golf, you come across a ruling that you just think to yourself, Man, that is a stupid rule.
That is how I feel about the rule of having your ball fall into a divot in your own fairway.

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