Thechosen1
#Thistagwilltravel
I always play it down unless weather plays a part or if I'm having a bad round and am trying to figure out whats wrong with my swing. But 99% of the time I play it as it lies
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In season (Apr - Oct) we generally play it down unless the course is really wet or the fairways have been aerated. Common sense rule applies to ground under repair since our course isn't marked. Once in the while the course is so wet we have to play it up everywhere. Off season is winter rules in which we roll the ball in the fairway and depending on the time of year we'll play it up in the traps (since groundskeeper has a skeleton crew from Dec-Feb). We can't post scores in the off season so it doesn't really impact handicaps.
You'd get laughed at if you asked to hit a 2nd ball on the 1st tee in my group. The same goes with gimmies - everything must hit the bottom of the cup!
Agreed, that's the only way to play.Playing it down means playing it as it lies. I typically always play that way unless the course is saturated and balls plug and stuff.
So whats the actual rule concerning a plugged ball?
If a ball is in its own pitch mark in a closely mowed area then you may lift the ball, clean it and drop it at the same location. If it goes back in its own pitch mark, you can redrop. You may NOT repair the pitch mark until after you hit your shot. If it is not in a closely mowed area play it as it lies.
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Here it is from the rules (25-2)
A ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground in any closely mown area through the green may be lifted, cleaned and dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the coursethrough the green. "Closely mown area" means any area of the course, including paths through the rough, cut to fairway height or less.
Always down. Always. Never even understood the mindset which would play any other way. Actually, I play by the rules, and they say play the ball as it lies unless there is a specific exception (Embedded ball, for example). So that's what I do.
Quite frankly, I don't usually enjoy playing with someone like that. I'm not an on course rules preacher or anything of the sort, but I'd rather play with someone who at least makes an attempt to play by the rules as he knows them.
I'm curious why some of you say you won't take advantage of lift, clean and place when it is allowed. I've never seen a guy on tour, or any tournament, for that matter, refuse to do so.
Very bush league. You can't/shouldn't even do this in a scramble.I once played with a guy who "played it up" before every shot. And then kept telling me that he had an incredible round of 71 two days prior. Obviously wasn't a true 71 in my book.
He shot a "80" that day. Not truly an 80 when you take your half-buried ball out of a bunker (fluffy sand, no water) and place it as a perfect lie sitting up on top of the sand. Then when you hit the ball thin and don't get out of the bunker, picking up and placing it in rough laterally to avoid the bunker altogether!
Never again will I play with someone like that. The rules of golf were written for a particular reason. If you're not following them, you're not playing golf.
I'm curious why some of you say you won't take advantage of lift, clean and place when it is allowed. I've never seen a guy on tour, or any tournament, for that matter, refuse to do so.
I'm curious why some of you say you won't take advantage of lift, clean and place when it is allowed. I've never seen a guy on tour, or any tournament, for that matter, refuse to do so.
What are winter rules?