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Rules Review: What does ‘known or virtually certain’ really mean?
According to the R&A and USGA, “known or virtually certain” means “more than just possible or probable”.
Rules Review: Do you have to use a putter on the green?
As long as the club is conforming (Rule 4), you can use any club in your bag anywhere on the golf course.
Rules Review: You’re playing a Srixon. Two holes later, it’s a Callaway. Is switching golf balls mid-round allowed?
If you start playing your round with one type of golf ball, do you have to keep playing the same type of ball the rest of the round?
Rules Review: I hit a horrible shot. I’m waaaaay better off if I don’t find it. Can I just declare it lost?
According to the Rules of Golf, a ball is not officially lost until a player, his or her caddie or partner searches for it for a full three minutes.
Rules Review: I’m on the green, my opponent is not. Who’s away?
There are certain situations, specifically during a matchplay competition, where there is an order that needs to be followed.
Rules Review: Is sneaking a peek in another player’s bag considered getting advice?
While you can’t physically go over to another player’s bag and start rummaging through it to figure how what club that person just used, there’s nothing illegal about watching the club get replaced.
Rules Review: What do I do if my golf ball is stuck in a tree?
While you never want your ball to end up in a tree, you do have some options on what to do with it as long as you can identify it.
Rules Review: I conceded a putt. My opponent putted anyway and missed. Is that a penalty?
In honour of this last dance in Texas, it seems appropriate to explore one of the more intriguing – and awkward – rules situations that can occur in matchplay.
Rules Review: What is casual water and how do I play around it?
To put it simply, if your ball is in a giant pool of water that isn’t in a penalty area, you take free relief at the nearest point of complete relief (a dry area) no closer to the hole.
Rules Review: I thought my ball was lost and put another in play, then found my first in the hole(!) Which ball counts?
Sometimes the Rules of Golf actually have a softer side after all.
Rules Review: What happens if you can’t tell your provisional ball from your original?
According to Rule 18.3c(2), you must choose one of the two and treat it as the provisional – not the original.
Rules Review: What exactly is an embedded ball?
Thanks to a revision in 2019, Rule 16.3 allows for relief anywhere in the general area except when it plugs in sand higher than fairway height.
Rules Review: Does a ball actually have to be unplayable to declare it unplayable?
Rule 19 says the player, and only the player, can say whether his or her ball is or isn’t playable.
WATCH: Mini-tour pro wins event in playoff only to be DQ’d after rules review
It’s never over until it’s over is a cliché that took on new meaning this past week at a mini-tour event in England when the apparent winner had his title taken away.
Rules of Golf Review: I got upset, bent my putter and it’s actually working better now. Can I still use it?
It seems a little crazy, but it’s true. Say you just three-putted from six feet. And say, three-putting from six feet makes you a little angry (just a little). And say, you slam your putter against something hard and it bends. Then, here’s the crazy part: The orientation of the face changed just enough that Read more…
Rules of Golf Review: How long can you take to hit a shot?
Setting aside the utter frustration and annoyance you might feel over a slow player, if you’re wondering if the Rules of Golf has anything to say about how long it should take to play a shot – it does.
Rules of Golf Review: How do I find my ‘nearest point of relief’?
Your lie, stance and swing should not be impeded in any way – it’s known as taking complete relief.
