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South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli first assumed he’d just made one of the most amazing pars of his life when he walked off the par-4 6th hole during the final round of the RBC Heritage.
Frittelli’s wayward drive at the Harbour Town Links sixth hole finished in a tree.
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Golf’s governing bodies the R&A and USGA released a statement that included the curiously named “Areas of Interest” that signals the beginning of their intent to roll back the increase in distances the golf ball is going in professional golf.
The Areas of Interest are outlined as potential changes to the way golf ball testing is achieved, and the introduction of local rules designed to minimise the effect of the “spring-like effect and moment of inertia in drivers”.
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Newly installed Ryder Cup captain and two-time major champion, Zach Johnson did something more reminiscent of a weekend hacker.
This is just weird. Zach Johnson accidentally hit his golf ball during his practice swing at THE PLAYERS Championship.
In the video below, you can see the toe of Johnson’s driver hit the ball on his practice swing and it careers off into the crowd.
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Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson laughed later about hitting from the wrong tee, but it was clear things weren’t so happy when it happened.
In the first group out, Jordan Speith and Henrik Stenson just played from the same teeing area at the ninth hole that they had all week.
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Here is a simple, visual explainer on what happens when your golf ball finishes up against a bunker rake.
Australian golf rules guru David Blake has been answering a series of questions at his GolfRules Questions YouTube Channel. You can also follow him on Facebook and Instagram, and there’s already a stack of great content – a lot of it concerning the commonly misunderstood rules of golf.
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The divot rule. It seems that every six months or so, the debate over whether golfers should get a free drop out of divots resurfaces.
It’s perhaps the most annoying “non-rule in golf; you don’t get free relief if your golf ball is lying in a divot.
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Korea’s Seonghyeon Kim finished his final round at The CJ Cup this morning in controversial circumstances.
Faced with a four-foot putt for birdie at the 18th hole, Kim’s golf ball cruelly lipped out and sat precariously on the edge of the hole.
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Seonghyeon Kim was assessed a one-stroke penalty for his ball falling into the hole on No.
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A new local golf rule can be used to limit the length of a golf club to 46-inches, and Phil Mickelson isn’t happy.
In the first step (and hopefully not the last) to curb the distances that modern, elite golfers are hitting the golf ball, governing bodies have announced the introduction of a local rule to limit the length of a golf club that will come into effect on January 1, 2022.
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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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