Dickie Green, bit of a numb nut!

[Captain Nemo]

Dont know if anyone caught it.
Richard Green in that Euro event Sicilian Open.
2nd round, first hole has a dummy spit, breaks his putter and uses his wedge for the rest of the round!
Was running 4th or something like that at the time!
Finished tied 49th, prob cost hime a fair bit of $$$'s:roll:

[3oneday]

Your pc is ****ed isn't it !

[henno]

Why didn't he just send his putter off to get a new shaft put in it? He would have had it back in a hole or two at worst.

[Captain Nemo]

Yes 3, whats happened now!

[Captain Nemo]

Why didn't he just send his putter off to get a new shaft put in it? He would have had it back in a hole or two at worst.

Didnt think you can do that?

[henno]

Didnt think you can do that?

I have no idea on the specifics of the rules. Maybe he can't because he did it on purpose. (I can imagine it'd be an easy loop hole if you're hitting your driver like a dog due to a particular shaft profile and you know you've got a stretch of holes not requiring driver, you could just snap the shaft and have it replaced with something else.)

[Marto65]

Cant change the playing characteristics of the club once you have started a round.

[henno]

Cant change the playing characteristics of the club once you have started a round.

I figured that, which is kinda the point I was trying to make. I guess the question is whether you can get the club repaired to the same characteristics even if the breakage is intentional.

[Marto65]

Even though it's the same specs ... it's a different shaft ... no chance.

[PeteyD]

Pretty sure you can't repair deliberate damage. Accidental damage you can return it to what it was, pretty sure you have to if you want to keep using it.

[Marto65]

Jeff Wagner won the St Michaels cup one year putting with his sand wedge ..

[rodders]

Wasn't the lack of putter that hurt - that was later in the comp.

I watched it on foxtel and it was bloody impressive. Green shot 6 birdies with his wedge! Finished 4 under for that round.

His 3rd and 4th round stuffed him. Should have stuck to his wedge to putt.

[markTHEblake]

Pretty sure you can't repair deliberate damage. Accidental damage you can return it to what it was, pretty sure you have to if you want to keep using it.

Neither. Henno's loophole is tightly closed.

If damaged in the course of play you can continue using it, repair it, or replace it with any club.

If damaged by throwing a wobbly, you cant use it again during that round no matter what, and you cant replace it.

[IanO]

MTB is correct

[Moe Norman]

didn't he have 68 after busting his putter?

then blew up on the other days when he had it in the bag?

[kpac]

Neither. Henno's loophole is tightly closed.


phew