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Golf Australia’s golf rules guru David Blake has been going through a bunch of golf rules as part of Under The Card’s YouTube channel and this one may surprise you.
If it’s considered reasonable that you would have to play a shot opposite-handed, but you’re stance or swing is being interfered with by an immovable obstruction such as a cart path for example, then you’re entitled to free relief.
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Can you brush away sand from the green?
Golf rules question. You’re faced with a lengthy putt on the putting green but some sand from the greenside bunker sits between you and the hole, do the golf rules allow you to remove the sand from your line?
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The rules of golf forbid a golfer deliberately touching the sand in a bunker. And the same applies to a golfer’s caddie.
The prestigious US Amateur event took place at Bandon Dunes over the weekend. A couple of days of strokeplay sees the top 64 players progress to the knockout match play competition to determine the winner.
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You’ve hit a provisional golf ball after thinking your original ball may be lost. But what happens when your original golf ball is found?
Under The Card posted this nice rules reminder of this situation, and we’re sharing it below.
I think it’s worth noting that once the original ball is found within three minutes, and you choose to go back and play another golf ball as one of your options for an unplayable lie, you cannot use that provisional you first used off the tee.
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Confused about your Presidents Cup formats? Here is the low-down on foursomes along with a few other variations.
Foursomes is played at both the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup, but it is often confused with ambrose. I think it is worthwhile just making the format clear.
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A pro golfer has been unfairly criticised for calling out a rules violation. File this one under pros breaking the rules of golf they never knew about.
If you’re not across the rules controversy that saw two LPGA players penalized two strokes for giving advice then the summary is below.
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Mulligans aren’t officially part of the rules of golf. Or so we thought.
Sweden’s Jesper Parnevik was involved in a very strange situation during the final round of the Champions Tour SAS Championship over the weekend.
Faced with a short putt for bogey, Parnevik’s putt horse-shoed around the hole and hit his foot.
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In case you missed it Paul Casey escaped a penalty after his golf ball rolled over a bug on the green during the European Tour’s Porsche European Open in Germany.
Check out the video below:
One of the weirder golfing rules… 🐛@Paul_Casey #PEO2019 pic.twitter.com/v0gmmDNJk8
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 6, 2019
“I putted the ball, when I looked up, the ball was going in the hole, just crept in, left edge,” Casey said in the video.
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Sometimes golfers use the rules to their advantage, and sometimes it may appear that they’re taking it too far.
Matt Kuchar has had a rough year after being criticised for not paying his caddie enough money, trying to get a free drop and now for breaking the spirit of the game of golf.
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David Blake from Golf Australia explains the correct procedure on what you need to do if you find you need to move your golf ball in a bunker because of interference with another golf ball.
And if you missed it, here is David explaining what you need to do if your golf ball hits a tree and finishes back behind you on the tee.
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