When you mark your ball during a weather day, are you allowed to sub in a new ball when play resumes? Rules Guy has the answer. The post Rules Guy: Can I sub in a new ball after a mid-hole weather delay? appeared first on Golf.
When people talk about shooting from the hip, I’m not quite sure this is what they mean. Hideki Matsyama’s drive, from the 10th hole at Liberty National in the second round of the 2021 Northern Trust, went right, bounced a couple of times on a path, between the legs of a spectator, and up into […] The post Rules of Golf explained: My ball hit another person – what happens now? appeared first on National Club Golfer.
What do you do when you accidentally skull your ball into the water with a practice swing? Rules Guy has the answer. The post Rules Guy: I hit my ball with a practice swing, after taking a free drop. What now? appeared first on Golf.
As soon as he saw it loitering in the background of the video – a scene of the Postage Stamp at Royal Troon – Paul Lawrie knew he’d be fending off comments. “I was waiting for it happening,” he tells NCG’s From the Clubhouse podcast. “Because I can see the trolley in the video behind […] The post ‘It’s the sort of mentality we’ve got to get rid of’: Why Paul Lawrie says golf’s ‘rules’ need to change 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’m asking: Can I […] The post Rules of Golf Explained with John Paramor: Dropping out of a divot appeared first on National Club Golfer.
There is little worse in golf than a short putt sliding by the hole. It’s a miserable tap-in followed by an insatiable urge to rake it back and hit it once more. Whether it’s to see whether the line was right or wrong, or just to get a bad stroke out of the system, it’s […] The post Rules of Golf explained: Can I practise putting or chipping during a round? appeared first on National Club Golfer.
In this week's edition of The Etiquetteist, we address a problem of dollars and sense: is it poor form to deny an opponent's press? The post The Etiquetteist: Am I allowed to deny an opponent’s press? appeared first on Golf.
In the final round of the Saturday’s Colbert Charity Classic, an All Pro Tour event, Brett White was disqualified for one of the most bizarre rules infractions we have seen in awhile. As reported by Ryan French of the Fire Pit Collective, White was disqualified for having his rangefinder in “slope mode,” which is apparently […]
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Brett White was disqualified during the final round of the mini-tour All Pro Tour after a bizarre incident involving a rangefinder. The post Bizarre rangefinder incident leads to rules disqualification for pro appeared first on Golf.
A Bryson DeChambeau-themed column this week – he’s never out of the news is he? – and we’re focusing on the final round of the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational. At the 6th hole at TPC Southwind, Bryson flared his tee shot into a fence on the right-hand side of the fairway. The ball was trapped […] The post Rules of Golf explained: Is my ball out of bounds? appeared first on National Club Golfer.
