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"Just playin golf pally"
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The amateur local rule of dropping in fw with 2 strokes is what Im a fan of and in fact I used to do that with myself before it became a rule. Hitting Provisionals for both mid and high cappers who too often struggle with ball striking is the worst thing. So often the player simply can now have two balls to look for and whats worse is when the two balls are on opposite sides of a layout. I personally think in amateur golf Provisionals should be banned and adopting the "fw 2-stroke drop" rule should be the only option.
But thats all assuming one wishes to play by the rules. If one doesnt then do whatever the heck you want to do. No one cares nor should we.
There are times I feel we shouldnt lose any stroke simply cause we cant find a ball that the entire group knows should be found rather easily. Pros can hit balls occasionally way off target into woods. weeds, fescue ,etc...and the ball 99.9% the time is found for them before they even leave the tee box. I feel its totaly unfair that we may simply lose one in what may not even be an errant shot but simply might be hidden by grass or a single leaf or anything in what would easily be found with just some minor tracking and or minor assistance. We just dont have that advantage. Sure when hitting errantly into heavy woods or fescue or whatever I understand. But just simply in the rough or perhaps simply under a thin clean tree canopy between to holes, or in a spot where siome leaves or flower blooms are or anything that is relatively open area.....you get the point. In those situations I dont even think losing one stroke is fair let alone two. So i have no issue taking that liberty on such the occasion while a pro can hit a far worse shot deep into something and the ball is found for them. Just my thoughts with that
But thats all assuming one wishes to play by the rules. If one doesnt then do whatever the heck you want to do. No one cares nor should we.
There are times I feel we shouldnt lose any stroke simply cause we cant find a ball that the entire group knows should be found rather easily. Pros can hit balls occasionally way off target into woods. weeds, fescue ,etc...and the ball 99.9% the time is found for them before they even leave the tee box. I feel its totaly unfair that we may simply lose one in what may not even be an errant shot but simply might be hidden by grass or a single leaf or anything in what would easily be found with just some minor tracking and or minor assistance. We just dont have that advantage. Sure when hitting errantly into heavy woods or fescue or whatever I understand. But just simply in the rough or perhaps simply under a thin clean tree canopy between to holes, or in a spot where siome leaves or flower blooms are or anything that is relatively open area.....you get the point. In those situations I dont even think losing one stroke is fair let alone two. So i have no issue taking that liberty on such the occasion while a pro can hit a far worse shot deep into something and the ball is found for them. Just my thoughts with that
