fair enough, well I guess thats one I have seen let slide and a lot of times.....
thanks for the clarification
I had a similar thing happen once where a bloke i was playing with just missed an albatross, went up remove the flag and was holding it in one hand (whilst it was on the ground) and tapped in with the other.
He did it so quickly i couldn't even tell him to stop but what was even quicker what the old bloke we were playing with pinging him for doing it
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You can remove the flag and be holding it while you tap in.
Yep you can be holding the flag when you putt. Just like you can have it tended whenever, not just when the ball is on the green.
spasticrap
Sim 2 Max / PRGR
3W 7W 4H - Sim 2 Max
Miura 57 CBs - ADDI
Odessey #7
you can putt with it in, you're only penalised two strokes if you hit it.
a guy at our club did it a few months back. had a 100+ foot putt and thought he had no chance of holing it, so he putt instead of waiting for one of his partners to remove the pin.
do you want to guess what happened next?
a think at least two years, possibly even longer AP.
Yes, but you can't be leaning on it i.e. using it for support. Many seem to interpret that if the flag is touching the green then you are using it for support. Hard to argue with, rightly or wrongly.
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I trust you have briefed your HP guys with the same relaxed view of the "rules" Hux
The problem with not at least pointing out the potential rule breaches is that you just further embed the rules ignorance out there and set them up for a fall when they next get paired with a rule nazi. I am continually amazed at the how some interpret even the most basic and regularly used rules e.g. NPRs and hazard options.
You can definitely have it touching the ground, but I can't find anything about disallowing the use of the flagstick to support yourself. This seems discriminatory against fat people or skinny people in windy conditions.
17 1/5 in the decision book says it is allowed to hold the flagstick while putting.
spasticrap
Sim 2 Max / PRGR
3W 7W 4H - Sim 2 Max
Miura 57 CBs - ADDI
Odessey #7
I was told by our Course Director that rule 14-3 applies.
They're not mine - ask ddasey about their state of relaxation on rules However let me say they always have the power of discretion....fits my point above!
But yes I work in a rules based organisation and have a reasonable understanding on the ones I need, however I can also tell you that no one knows everything!!
The thing with calling rules breaches is that we see here some quite disparate interpretations on rules amongst people who are reading rules and interpreting decisions. Which are right...stands to reason that at least 50% of conflicting views are wrong.
So call someone for a penalty on a debateable point or something done in good faith and all you will end up with is someone who thinks you are a prick with nothing else to do bar be the golf course lawyer. Personally I deal daily with conflict - don't need to take it home or on the course.
How and when you chose to educate someone on golf rules would probably have a lot to do with how it is received.
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We have preferred lies at our course. Have had for ages. My ball pulled up 6 feet short of a water hazard (mown grass, decent lie), but I improved it. I then realised my ball was about 2 feet inside the red painted line (worn out - only realised the paint 5m to my left).
Not happy Jan. As easy as it would have been to 'let it slide', I pointed it out to one of the guys in my group - he had no idea until I told him.
The fact the area was mown and I had a decent lie.... I didn't even stop to think that I was in the hazard.
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Something that is very common is the gimme putt. If it's an inch or two I don't have a problem but some people stretch it way too far. I've missed too many 6 inch putts over the years to consider them a gimme.
When I was playing at Fox Hills I was putting on very heavily (poorly) cored and sanded greens. My ball was sitting in a very large hole about the same distance away. When I went to tap it in, I effectively ran my putter across the top of the ball. I was very embarrassed but the game went on.
I later thought about it though - the ball never moved from its position, the shot didn't necessarily count as a stroke.
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