A real life example for you to ponder. One of the golf The post Our balls have landed side by side – what do we do? appeared first on National Club Golfer.
Is it permissible for your playing partner to smooth the sand of a bunker you're in? Rules Guy has the answer. The post Rules Guy: Is it legal for my partner to smooth the sand in my bunker? appeared first on Golf.
A wild post-round during the Korn Ferry Tour’s Tour Championship cost Shad Tuten his PGA Tour card. “It makes me sick.” The post ‘It makes me sick’: Wild post-round ruling costs pro his PGA Tour card appeared first on Golf.
BBC Sport explains the 'Gimme-gate' controversy that dominated the 2015 Solheim Cup.
There’s little worse than getting it a bit clean out of a greenside bunker and watching it sail over the flag. I tell a lie. There is something worse. Hitting it out of bounds too, which is exactly the woe David McLaren revealed to me in an email… “My partner hit his bunker shot over […] The post Rules of Golf explained: I’ve hit my ball OB from a bunker – can I rake the sand? appeared first on National Club Golfer.
In this Rules of Golf Explained series in association with TaylorMade, I’m joined by former European Tour chief referee John Paramor to discuss various situations in which you might find yourself on the golf course and how you deal with them within the boundaries of the game’s laws. In this episode, I’ve managed to lodge […] The post Rules of Golf Explained with John Paramor: What happens if your golf ball is stuck in a tree? appeared first on National Club Golfer.
Markers are hugely helpful on the golf course. Some tell us how far we’ve got to go to the green, some mark the boundaries of the layout and others tell us whether we’re in a penalty area or not. Sometimes, though, they get in the way. As they did for Adrian Spring’s partner. He emailed […] The post Rules of Golf explained: Can I move a penalty area stake if it’s interfering with my shot? appeared first on National Club Golfer.
The start of a golf hole -- played from a space called the tee box or teeing ground -- is the only time golfers are allowed to tee up their golf ball. Everywhere else on the golf course, a player has to hit the ball from the ground on which their ball sits (even if […]
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In this Rules of Golf Explained series in association with TaylorMade, I’m joined by former European Tour chief referee John Paramor to discuss various situations in which you might find yourself on the golf course and how you deal with them within the boundaries of the game’s laws. Rules of Golf explained: Ball resting against […] The post Rules of Golf explained with John Paramor: My ball is resting against the flagstick – is it holed? appeared first on National Club Golfer.
Are you allowed to tamp down the grass behind your ball when hitting from heavy rough? Rules Guy has the answer. The post Rules Guy: When hitting from heavy rough, is it permissible to flatten the grass behind the ball with your club? appeared first on Golf.
