15th January 2016. Which golfing rule would you like to
ignore? And I do not necessarily mean your own play. The answer should of course
be none.
So
often little rules are overlooked by players and the point I am making is the
fact that some players may make an innocent mistake but their markers who may be
aware, fail to point out the mistake and advise the player he has erred and
apply the penalty to the players score for the hole.
For
example, take the following rule Once your Ball is in play, except with
your club at address and making the stroke, you are not allowed to touch your
ball unless you have advised your marker you are
implementing an appropriate Rule, you must then mark the position your ball
before lifting and applying the rule.
This
is also true when identifying your ball through the green, also when on the
green, so many, having failed to mark their ball first, bend down and align the
ball marking to their line of putt, you should apply a penalty shot for touching
the ball. (Bear in mind marking the ball position with the putter head is
permitted).
This action may seem petty but elsewhere
somebody in a similar situation may be applying the rule and subsequent penalty,
and in doing so your player effectively, now has a stroke advantaged compared
the player who applied the penalty. Please apply ruling as they occur and
not as you see fit. I have often heard “you would not have lost that shot if Fred
was not with us,” let us hear instead what would we do in this situation if Fred
(or Don) were with us. Sheriff
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