I'll drop a ball if I hit one OB and thought it was in or if it is unexpectedly lost. However, I charge myself two strokes.
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Is that against the rules now? Assuming the "committee" allowed the local rule.I'll drop a ball if I hit one OB and thought it was in or if it is unexpectedly lost. However, I charge myself two strokes.
Is that against the rules now? Assuming the "committee" allowed the local rule.
No, it's not, but in a really casual game, I won't always make sure I define the drop area perfectly. Most people also only charge themselves a single stroke, local rule or not.
Let me ask you this. I golf with someone once every other month or so, older friend, helped me a lot with Golf. He tees off with a SuperSoft then changes ball to the ProV1 on approach shots.
I don’t care at all. Would you?
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PNW golf lol. I'm guilty of this too.Main one I violate is that I'll play LCP sometimes even when the course is under "summer rules".
I didn't pay $80 to slap a muddy ball around.
I don't understand the just causally taking a drop for OB or lost ball to speed up play. Just hit a provisional. You know from the tee if it is marginal to find so why do you have to drive/walk down there then back? My league implemented a max quad so I play that as well. If you are teeing up a 3rd time just take your quad (ESC done for inputting score).
I get the tree root argument as well but at least take an unplayable so there is a cost to it. I love hitting out of trees and the desert as it helps my confidence when I really need to hit it in a tournament. My wrist, shoulder, and elbow on my right side have been injured many times (only once from golf) and I never go into a shot (divot, tree root, tire rut) scared of injury. If there is a doubt I call it unplayable and take the stroke.
My clubs are tools for a job not an art piece. I take care of them but having scuffs from rocks in the desert doesn't bother me at all. They get checked for loft and lie 2x a year and really I don't see a lot of movement in my forged clubs.
Because sometimes it isn't "lost" because the entire group saw where it went - It's in the trees, but it's right by tree x easy find, but then it turned out that some bush swallowed it when you got there. We're not always playing in a league. In casual play just drop the ball in the first cut +2 strokes and continue. Like today, I found the impossible to find ball that was in a bush - took an unplayable, yet lost the one that should have been an easy find.
I will move my ball off a tree root, and not give myself a penalty. Or anyone else who does it, as golf clubs aren't cheap.
I post solo rounds all the time.
I don't understand the just causally taking a drop for OB or lost ball to speed up play. Just hit a provisional. You know from the tee if it is marginal to find so why do you have to drive/walk down there then back? My league implemented a max quad so I play that as well. If you are teeing up a 3rd time just take your quad (ESC done for inputting score).
I get the tree root argument as well but at least take an unplayable so there is a cost to it. I love hitting out of trees and the desert as it helps my confidence when I really need to hit it in a tournament. My wrist, shoulder, and elbow on my right side have been injured many times (only once from golf) and I never go into a shot (divot, tree root, tire rut) scared of injury. If there is a doubt I call it unplayable and take the stroke.
My clubs are tools for a job not an art piece. I take care of them but having scuffs from rocks in the desert doesn't bother me at all. They get checked for loft and lie 2x a year and really I don't see a lot of movement in my forged clubs.
For me, I'll flip this the other way. The only rule I FOLLOW is have fun!
If someone gives you a putt but you still hit it anyways and it doesn't go in whats the unwritten rule there...
All of them, usually.
I'm not any good. I'll never play in a tournament. Hell, I'm not even that concerned about counting strokes anymore.
It's a headspace that makes me happy and makes the game I play more enjoyable, and I understand the game I play is not golf.