Dropping

July 29th, 2026

Rules Review: His dropped ball rolled closer to the hole. He claims it was a legal drop and played on. Was he right?

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March 21st, 2024

Does golf’s dropping procedure need an overhaul?

It seems the game has dropped the ball in the metaphorical sense when it comes to the simple deed of dropping the ball.

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1	Karl Vilips	-9	F	1
2	Kensei Hirata	-8	F	1
T3	Ben Griffin	-7	F	1
T3	Marco Penge	-7	F	1
T3	Garrick Higgo	-7	F	1
T3	Jeffrey Kang	-7	F	1
T3	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-7	F	1
T8	Pi Coody	-6	F	1
T8	Mackenzie Hughes	-6	F	1
T8	Doug Ghim	-6	F	1
T8	Alvaro Ortiz	-6	F	1
T8	Matthieu Pavon	-6	F	1
T8	Max Greyserman	-6	F	1
T14	Max Homa	-5	F	1
T14	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-5	F	1
T14	Trent Phillips	-5	F	1
T14	Max McGreevy	-5	F	1
T14	Ben Silverman	-5	F	1
T14	Jackson Suber	-5	F	1
T14	Hayden Springer	-5	F	1
T14	Luke Clanton	-5	F	1
T22	Denny McCarthy	-4	F	1
T22	Jeremy Paul	-4	F	1
T22	Steven Fisk	-4	F	1
T22	Andrew Novak	-4	F	1
T22	Joel Dahmen	-4	F	1
T22	Gordon Sargent	-4	F	1
T22	Trace Crowe	-4	F	1
T22	Tom Kim	-4	F	1
T22	Brian Campbell	-4	F	1
T22	Joe Highsmith	-4	F	1
T22	Mac Meissner	-4	F	1
T22	Marcelo Rozo	-4	F	1
T22	Kihei Akina	-4	F	1
T35	Austin Eckroat	-3	F	1
T35	Beau Hossler	-3	F	1
T35	Justin Lower	-3	F	1
T35	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-3	F	1
T35	Tony Finau	-3	F	1
T35	Corey Conners	-3	F	1
T35	Kevin Roy	-3	F	1
T35	Tyler Duncan	-3	F	1
T35	Chad Ramey	-3	F	1
T35	Isaiah Salinda	-3	F	1
T35	John Parry	-3	F	1
T35	Vince Whaley	-3	F	1
T35	Zac Blair	-3	F	1
T35	Brice Garnett	-3	F	1
T35	Neal Shipley	-3	F	1
T35	Zecheng Dou	-3	F	1
T35	Blades Brown	-3	F	1
T35	Keita Nakajima	-3	F	1
T35	Jesper Svensson	-3	F	1
T54	Erik van Rooyen	-2	F	1
T54	Jordan Smith	-2	F	1
T54	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-2	F	1
T54	Emiliano Grillo	-2	F	1
T54	Davis Riley	-2	F	1
T54	Rico Hoey	-2	F	1
T54	Dylan Wu	-2	F	1
T54	Chandler Phillips	-2	F	1
T54	Wyndham Clark	-2	F	1
T54	Harry Hall	-2	F	1
T54	Ryder Cowan	-2	F	1
T54	Jimmy Stanger	-2	F	1
T54	Patrick Fishburn	-2	F	1
T54	Kristoffer Ventura	-2	F	1
T68	Nick Hardy	-1	F	1
T68	A.J. Ewart	-1	F	1
T68	John Daly II	-1	F	1
T68	Christo Lamprecht	-1	F	1
T68	David Skinns	-1	F	1
T68	William Mouw	-1	F	1
T68	Kevin Streelman	-1	F	1
T68	Will Gordon	-1	F	1
T68	Haotong Li	-1	F	1
T77	David Lipsky	E	F	1
T77	Nick Dunlap	E	F	1
T77	Taylor Pendrith	E	F	1
T77	Cam Davis	E	F	1
T77	Harry Higgs	E	F	1
T77	Chandler Blanchet	E	F	1
T77	Cameron Tankersley	E	F	1
T77	David Ford	E	F	1
T77	Santiago de la Fuente	E	F	1
T77	Paul Peterson	E	F	1
T77	Eli Ortego	E	F	1
T77	Takumi Kanaya	E	F	1
T77	Andrew Putnam	E	F	1
T77	Johnny Keefer	E	F	1
T77	Adam Hadwin	E	F	1
T77	Alejandro Tosti	E	F	1
T77	Omar Morales	E	F	1
T77	Garrett Endicott	E	F	1
T95	Patrick Rodgers	+1	F	1
T95	Mark Hubbard	+1	F	1
T95	Aaron Wise	+1	F	1
T95	Ben Martin	+1	F	1
T95	John VanDerLaan	+1	F	1
T95	Ben James	+1	F	1
T95	Rafael Campos	+1	F	1
T95	Chan Kim	+1	F	1
T95	Kevin Yu	+1	F	1
T95	Rasmus Højgaard	+1	F	1
T105	Peter Malnati	+2	F	1
T105	Lee Hodges	+2	F	1
T105	Gerardo Gomez	+2	F	1
T105	Alejandro Fierro	+2	F	1
T109	Patton Kizzire	+3	F	1
T109	Zach Bauchou	+3	F	1
T109	Hank Lebioda	+3	F	1
T109	Mauricio Figueroa Ramirez	+3	F	1
T113	Aldrich Potgieter	+4	F	1
T113	Adam Svensson	+4	F	1
T115	Danny Walker	+5	F	1
T115	Pontus Nyholm	+5	F	1
T115	Davis Chatfield	+5	F	1
118	Tayler Termeer	+6	F	1
119	Camilo Villegas	+7	F	1
WD	Billy Horschel	-	-

Dropping

Rules Review: His dropped ball rolled closer to the hole. He claims it was a legal drop and played on. Was he right?

Does golf’s dropping procedure need an overhaul?

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