Assume you are playing an alternate shot format event. Your partner hits a shot. Upon reaching the ball you determine / declare an unplayable lie and drop the ball appropriately. Does the drop count as your shot? Who hits next?
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Assume you are playing an alternate shot format event. Your partner hits a shot. Upon reaching the ball you determine / declare an unplayable lie and drop the ball appropriately. Does the drop count as your shot? Who hits next?
Are there official rules for alternate shot?
Rule 29-1Are there official rules for alternate shot?
Are there official rules for alternate shot?
Apparently, there are USGA rules for alternate shot. I wish somebody posted about them.
What sarcasm font?Apparently, there are USGA rules for alternate shot. I wish somebody posted about them.
I have a rules question also (maybe a good idea to have a stickie with 'Rules Questions'???):
I hit a really bad shot out of a fairway sand trap.
It ended up a foot off the fence, and under a bush.
I played it out anyways, but this am I was thinking I wonder if I could have:
1) taken a club length relief
2) if in the process of taking a club lengths relief, I could have moved the ball out of the bushes (if I moved the ball backwards 1 club length, it would no longer have been in the bushes)
Sounds like a standard unplayable lie situation???I have a rules question also (maybe a good idea to have a stickie with 'Rules Questions'???):
I hit a really bad shot out of a fairway sand trap.
It ended up a foot off the fence, and under a bush.
I played it out anyways, but this am I was thinking I wonder if I could have:
1) taken a club length relief
2) if in the process of taking a club lengths relief, I could have moved the ball out of the bushes (if I moved the ball backwards 1 club length, it would no longer have been in the bushes)
I have a rules question also (maybe a good idea to have a stickie with 'Rules Questions'???):
I hit a really bad shot out of a fairway sand trap.
It ended up a foot off the fence, and under a bush.
I played it out anyways, but this am I was thinking I wonder if I could have:
1) taken a club length relief
2) if in the process of taking a club lengths relief, I could have moved the ball out of the bushes (if I moved the ball backwards 1 club length, it would no longer have been in the bushes)
As long as the fence wasn't defining out of bounds. If it defines out of bounds, it is not an obstruction, and no you get no relief from it.off the top of my head I would think that if the fence was keeping you from swinging, you could have taken relief from it. Use the rules to your advantage. They are there to help.
As long as the fence wasn't defining out of bounds. If it defines out of bounds, it is not an obstruction, and no you get no relief from it.