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GOLF RULES REMINDER Playing original ball vs provisional ball

July 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments

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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GOLF GAME FORMAT: What is foursomes and bloodsomes?

January 26, 2020January 31, 2020 admin 0 Comments

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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Golfer unfairly criticized for calling out a rules violation

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 admin 0 Comments

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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Jesper Parnevik should’ve taken a mulligan in bizarre golf incident

October 14, 2019October 16, 2019 admin 0 Comments

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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Paul Casey escapes penalty after his golf ball rolled over a bug

September 13, 2019September 12, 2019 admin 0 Comments

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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Matt Kuchar criticised for removing many small, loose impediments in waste area

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 admin 0 Comments

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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What to do when you golf ball is right next to another one in a bunker

August 16, 2019 admin 0 Comments

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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RULES OF GOLF You can re-tee your ball if it lands back in the teeing ground

July 26, 2019August 20, 2019 admin 0 Comments

The rules of golf around the teeing ground changed at the start of the year, and this is one alteration that we missed.

It turns out that if your golf ball ends up behind where you just played from, you get to tee it up again and your playing two.

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Rickie Fowler wins Phoenix Open after bizarre triple-bogey

February 4, 2019 admin 0 Comments

Rickie Fowler has won the Waste Management Phoenix Open after overcoming an unlucky triple-bogey along the way.

Rickie Fowler was cruising to victory during the wet, final round at the Waste Management Phoenix Open when things got even wetter for him at the par-4 11th hole at TPC Scottsdale.

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OPINION Lucas Herbert’s explanation simply doesn’t add up

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 admin 0 Comments

It’s the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic and Lucas Herbert is tied for the lead. He’s playing in the final group with Bryson DeChambeau and Ernie Els is in the group in front.

by Scott Warren

Fourteen months earlier, he was ranked 708th in the world.

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