So you pick & choose which rules you are going to comply with? I suspect you can count them on one hand.
Do you know ALL of them? Here is what you need to know, I play it as it lies, if I hit it ob I count it and the penalty. What else is there? You gonna get mad because I don't drop the ball from knee height but instead just toss one in the same spot it would have landed any damn way? Here is one that will really piss you off, I play out of turn ALL the time. Its called ready golf and it doesn't really matter who goes first. @lsutiga will have a field day with that one Sometimes I will change golf balls too, middle of hole. You know why? Because it doesn't matter as long as I hit it from the same place the other one was. And you know what else? My buddies and I always ask what club we should hit or how we should play a certain hole. All dumb ass rules
Golf does have some really stupid rules. Some of them are so obscure that even google probably doesn't know about. Like the one I posted the other day where a golfer got penalized 2 strokes because his caddy was behind him instead of where the hell else he was supposed to be. OK, that guy was a PGA player so he should have known all the rules but lets face it, none of us here are ever going to play pro golf. What difference does it make how many clubs are in your bag. You can only use 1 at a time. Like the time Tiger Woods got penalized a stroke because some rules nerd saw something trivial on TV and called the officials from a thousand miles away. If I was ever to put on a tournament I would make it The No Silly Rules Open.
That was put in for pace of play but I thought it was only for putts. The new rule,or so I thought was the caddy was no longer allowed to help them read/line up a putt. Guess the conversations were taking too long. I think the one you are talking about the golfer was in a bunker, not sure how or why they assessed a penalty if he wasn't even on the green. Dumb
That's stupid too. It's part of a caddy's job to help the pro read the greens. So it's OK for a caddy to suggest that a player use a wedge instead of a 9 iron to put more backspin on the ball where the green might be unforgiving but not OK to actually read the green.
@COTiger is right. One of the principles of golf is honor and being willing to self enforce the rules. I doubt many know all the rules (I don’t) but I know enough. I usually take either the 4 or 5 wood out (at least metaphorically) depending on the course and practice tee. However depending on the course and the game we may make allowances. If it’s a goat ranch we may move the ball but I wouldn’t record the score. Club tournament etc you need to be strict
Here is the sanctity of golf. If you swing at the ball then it counts and play it as it lies unless you are allowed relief. Not a single one of the other convoluted rules has a damn thing to do with affecting your score.
Sorry Co, no body plays balata balls anymore, 'cause no one makes them, secondly I doubt if many pros play a surlyn ball, harder to spin, most pros are probably playing urethane cover balls.
Man I had no idea there were crazy rules like that. Seems crazy to limit the number of clubs when a man can only swing one at time- plus, each swing counts. And can’t switch balls? Shit, good thing baseball doesn’t do that. Just wondering, in golf, what happens if it goes in the drink and you lose a ball and have to get a different one? Cant believe I’m posting in a fucking GOLF THREAD! Phuck golf.
