SlightDraw
Well-known member
If I hit a ball off a tee (and it's clearly in play and there is no reasonable need for a provisional)..... and if I can't find it, there is no chance I am walking back to re-tee
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This too! AND I hate it. I just wish this custom would be squashed. Ta hell with pace of play as an excuse, I want to play golf not some other game.
AND YET! I want to fit in. So thank you and off to the next tee box.
I'd have polite words though, if someone gave a youngster a birdie putt. Because you know, it ain't earned if given.
If someone gives you a putt but you still hit it anyways and it doesn't go in whats the unwritten rule there...
Why? Its not against the rules an in match play is encouraged. Since I assume in this instance it is not a stroke play event, a gimme can be just fine, right?
It was given and I'll write down like it was made. That miss will carry on. That is why I pick up given putts despite my completionist view.
I asked because it happens all the time with me. People giving me putts I didn't ask for in non competitive matches. I'm like dude, I got this sweet putter I have been meaning to use but hey thanks for the no pressure putt now since the putt was conceded before the shot.
1. My friends and I, about 20 years ago, adopted the "liberal lateral drop". If your ball goes, out-of-bounds, into a hazard, or is lost. You drop the ball into the fairway at the point closest to where you last saw it, and add a stroke. No going back to the tee, no stroke and distance, no keeping your ball between the hole and the place it crossed the margin. Just drop in the fairway, add a stroke, keep playing.
2. We move a ball off a tree root. No one needs to risk injury.
3. If your ball lands in an area with lots of pebbles, rocks or stones, you get a free drop. We don't get free equipment like the pros and it's not worth gashing up your clubs.
In addition to some of what's already been said...we also play double par max per hole. Just to keep it moving, write your 8 down and move on.
Luckily that rarely happens for me.
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In addition to some of what's already been said...we also play double par max per hole. Just to keep it moving, write your 8 down and move on.
Luckily that rarely happens for me.
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1. My friends and I, about 20 years ago, adopted the "liberal lateral drop". If your ball goes, out-of-bounds, into a hazard, or is lost. You drop the ball into the fairway at the point closest to where you last saw it, and add a stroke. No going back to the tee, no stroke and distance, no keeping your ball between the hole and the place it crossed the margin. Just drop in the fairway, add a stroke, keep playing.
2. We move a ball off a tree root. No one needs to risk injury.
3. If your ball lands in an area with lots of pebbles, rocks or stones, you get a free drop. We don't get free equipment like the pros and it's not worth gashing up your clubs.
... There is only one rule that I knowingly ignore: substitution of ball on the green. I HATE putting a scuffed or dirty ball and almost always replace with a clean one I keep in my pocket after I've marked it on the green. I would stop if anyone called me out on it but thankfully I havent played with a stickler yet this year.
If I hit into a divot I move it to right behind the divot on the very edge of fresh grass. This is only in the fairway though.
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.
1. My friends and I, about 20 years ago, adopted the "liberal lateral drop". If your ball goes, out-of-bounds, into a hazard, or is lost. You drop the ball into the fairway at the point closest to where you last saw it, and add a stroke. No going back to the tee, no stroke and distance, no keeping your ball between the hole and the place it crossed the margin. Just drop in the fairway, add a stroke, keep playing.
2. We move a ball off a tree root. No one needs to risk injury.
3. If your ball lands in an area with lots of pebbles, rocks or stones, you get a free drop. We don't get free equipment like the pros and it's not worth gashing up your clubs.