greenOak
Well-known member
If you're meant to hit it in a pond but not OB, why not make the penalty 2 strokes + distance? Or automatic DQ? At the end of the day stroke + distance is a totally arbitrary penalty.
Also, as to the new OB rule that "lets" someone not have to re-tee, it doesn't really work in practice. If I drill a ball OB, Unless I'm completely fed up and want the round to end, I'm not going to play 4 from the point where it left golf course property (which will be short and in the rough) because on average I'm going to get a better result from re-teeing. The same applies to lost ball penalties. If all you're playing is Sunday league, just make everything a lateral to speed things up - rounds are already painfully slow when you get stuck behind leagues. Its also weird how only golfers seem to have this obsession that you need to follow the rules exactly how they're written regardless of where or what level ones playing. In our low level mens baseball league the strike zone is enormous - definitely not called as listed in the rule book and for good reason. The games would take forever otherwise. Yet somehow the local courses don't give a **** about their leagues taking 5 hours with players hitting provisionals every other hole and looking for balls deep in the trees because the penalty is so steep. On a tangential note, thats one good thing about corona golf - no leagues.
Also, as to the new OB rule that "lets" someone not have to re-tee, it doesn't really work in practice. If I drill a ball OB, Unless I'm completely fed up and want the round to end, I'm not going to play 4 from the point where it left golf course property (which will be short and in the rough) because on average I'm going to get a better result from re-teeing. The same applies to lost ball penalties. If all you're playing is Sunday league, just make everything a lateral to speed things up - rounds are already painfully slow when you get stuck behind leagues. Its also weird how only golfers seem to have this obsession that you need to follow the rules exactly how they're written regardless of where or what level ones playing. In our low level mens baseball league the strike zone is enormous - definitely not called as listed in the rule book and for good reason. The games would take forever otherwise. Yet somehow the local courses don't give a **** about their leagues taking 5 hours with players hitting provisionals every other hole and looking for balls deep in the trees because the penalty is so steep. On a tangential note, thats one good thing about corona golf - no leagues.
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