The Golf Thread - 2018!
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Digger said:
Back of a fag packet.... a fourball each taking approximately 15 seconds to line up their putts (using the line) would save around 20 minutes per round 
There’s absolutely no reason in a non competitive round they couldn’t all be lining it up at the same time, as long as they aren’t on each other’s line. Widespread adherence to ready golf would speed things up. The number of times i see a group walk to the first ball, the player does his thing, hits his shot then they all walk to the second ball. Crazy.
Not that I think slow play is a particular issue.
HaplessBoyLard said:
There’s absolutely no reason in a non competitive round they couldn’t all be lining it up at the same time, as long as they aren’t on each other’s line.
Widespread adherence to ready golf would speed things up. The number of times i see a group walk to the first ball, the player does his thing, hits his shot then they all walk to the second ball. Crazy.
Not that I think slow play is a particular issue.
Back in the late 70s and early 80s we spent the first week of April in Spain getting the rust out of our swings. We played all the top courses for about £10 per day, we carried our bags, and we played three rounds a day, starting at 8am, soup and sandwich lunch another round in the afternoon and one in the evening too. Minimum 15 rounds the week. In club competitions we allowed 3 1/4 hours for single medal as a three ball, 3 1/2 for a four ball better ball. I watch people today who have no idea how save time by parking their (electric) trolley near the next tee and taking a sand iron and putter to the other side to finish the hole, those who spend an age helping find a lost ball before playing their own shots, and so on. And as regards the proverbial Henry Longhurst fag packet, my observation as to understanding and playing to the rules today is pretty non-existent. Here's a question i am sure you can answer. I am one down on the 17th tee in single matchplay. I won the match 2&1 on the 17th green. A true story, but very few today can give the correct reply.Widespread adherence to ready golf would speed things up. The number of times i see a group walk to the first ball, the player does his thing, hits his shot then they all walk to the second ball. Crazy.
Not that I think slow play is a particular issue.
I repeat - there is only one correct answer to the rule relating to this situation. So far it seems that I am right in that people do not know the rules. Here's another one; I am aligning a putt just off the green. My ball is sitting on a flattened molehill. I have taken my stance preparatory to putting. Then the ball moves. we think because the mole is back. Is there a penalty?
lowdrag said:
I repeat - there is only one correct answer to the rule relating to this situation. So far it seems that I am right in that people do not know the rules. Here's another one; I am aligning a putt just off the green. My ball is sitting on a flattened molehill. I have taken my stance preparatory to putting. Then the ball moves. we think because the mole is back. Is there a penalty?
If it moves if it’s own accord (wind, etc.) then play from new position without penalty.If you think something caused it to move (the mole?) replace and play without penalty.
I think
lowdrag said:
I repeat - there is only one correct answer to the rule relating to this situation. So far it seems that I am right in that people do not know the rules. Here's another one; I am aligning a putt just off the green. My ball is sitting on a flattened molehill. I have taken my stance preparatory to putting. Then the ball moves. we think because the mole is back. Is there a penalty?
I think there is.You could have taken relief from an abnormal ground condition, but by addressing the ball (you've addressed the ball, right?), you've elected to play it as it lies.
If the ball moves after addressing it, you're deemed to have moved it so are penalised one stroke, unless you can be certain that an outside agency (the mole) is responsible.
This is what happened to DJ when he won the US Open, minus the mole.
No idea about the match play one.
Dear oh dear. I want to play matchplay against you lot. You'd lose early doors! The answer is because I noticed on the 17th tee that he had 15 clubs in his bag. Before anyone comments, you can carry thirty if you want, but you must declare those over the maximum of 14 not in play. He had forgotten he had two putters in his bag, had not declared one out of play, and so the penalty is a loss of maximum two holes. If I had noticed on the 2nd and had won the 1st it is one hole being the maximum at that point. So he went from one up to one down on the 17th tee, then hit his drive out of bounds and lost the 17th. Game over. I bought the beers though, because it was the semi-final of the club scratch championship.
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