Loose impediment

February 7th, 2026

DP World Tour pro and his caddie channel Tiger Woods at 1999 Phoenix Open (minus any help from the fans)

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September 12th, 2024

Rules Review: Is it a penalty to brush sand that’s on your line near the green?

Sand is not considered a loose impediment unless it’s on the green.

September 25th, 2020

Padraig Harrington and his caddie teamed up to move one of the largest loose impediments in golf history

For those wondering if this is legal, it is. A broken tree branch is considered a loose impediment.

Virginia 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Lucas Herbert	-24	18	4
2	Sergio Garcia	-20	18	4
3	Bryson DeChambeau	-19	18	4
4	Dean Burmester	-18	18	4
5	Josele Ballester	-17	18	4
T6	Thomas Detry	-16	18	4
T6	Anthony Kim	-16	18	4
T8	Scott Vincent	-15	18	4
T8	Jon Rahm	-15	18	4
T8	Joaquin Niemann	-15	18	4
11	Victor Perez	-14	18	4
T12	Caleb Surratt	-13	18	4
T12	David Puig	-13	18	4
T14	Charles Howell III	-12	18	4
T14	Marc Leishman	-12	18	4
T14	Paul Casey	-12	18	4
17	Tyrrell Hatton	-11	18	4
T18	Ian Poulter	-10	18	4
T18	Graeme McDowell	-10	18	4
T18	Dustin Johnson	-10	18	4
T21	Branden Grace	-9	18	4
T21	Adrian Meronk	-9	18	4
T21	Jeongwoo Ham	-9	18	4
T21	Tom McKibbin	-9	18	4
25	Miguel Tabuena	-8	18	4
T26	Thomas Pieters	-7	18	4
T26	Cameron Smith	-7	18	4
T26	Richard Bland	-7	18	4
T26	Charl Schwartzel	-7	18	4
T30	Lee Westwood	-6	18	4
T30	Carlos Ortiz	-6	18	4
T30	Richard T. Lee	-6	18	4
T30	Younghan Song	-6	18	4
T30	Sebastian Muñoz	-6	18	4
T35	Byeong Hun An	-5	18	4
T35	Björn Hellgren	-5	18	4
T35	Bubba Watson	-5	18	4
T35	Yosuke Asaji	-5	18	4
T39	Martin Kaymer	-4	18	4
T39	Brendan Steele	-4	18	4
T39	Talor Gooch	-4	18	4
42	Louis Oosthuizen	-3	18	4
43	Abraham Ancer	-2	18	4
T44	Matthew Wolff	-1	18	4
T44	Anirban Lahiri	-1	18	4
T46	Michael La Sasso	E	18	4
T46	Cameron Tringale	E	18	4
T46	Jason Kokrak	E	18	4
T46	Laurie Canter	E	18	4
T46	Elvis Smylie	E	18	4
T51	Harold Varner III	+1	18	4
T51	Luis Masaveu	+1	18	4
53	Ben Campbell	+4	18	4
54	Peter Uihlein	+5	18	4
55	Sam Horsfield	+6	18	4
56	Minkyu Kim	+10	18	4
	Danny Lee	-2		4

Leaderboard

THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	S.W. Kim	-18	F	2
T2	Sungjae Im	-13	F	2
T2	Kensei Hirata	-13	F	2
T2	Scottie Scheffler	-13	F	2
T2	Wyndham Clark	-13	F	2
T2	Jackson Suber	-13	F	2
T7	Jordan Spieth	-12	F	2
T7	Tyler Duncan	-12	F	2
T7	Keith Mitchell	-12	F	2
T7	Tom Hoge	-12	F	2
T7	Tony Finau	-12	F	2
T12	Taylor Moore	-11	F	2
T12	Zach Bauchou	-11	F	2
T12	Chan Kim	-11	F	2
T12	Seamus Power	-11	F	2
T16	Mac Meissner	-10	F	2
T16	Luke List	-10	F	2
T16	Camilo Villegas	-10	F	2
T16	Luke Clanton	-10	F	2
T16	Brooks Koepka	-10	F	2
T16	Stephan Jaeger	-10	F	2
T16	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-10	F	2
T23	Hank Lebioda	-9	F	2
T23	Pi Coody	-9	F	2
T23	Chris Kirk	-9	F	2
T23	Max Greyserman	-9	F	2
T23	Sam Ryder	-9	F	2
T23	A.J. Ewart	-9	F	2
T23	Patrick Fishburn	-9	F	2
T23	Mark Hubbard	-9	F	2
T23	Emiliano Grillo	-9	F	2
T23	S.Y. Noh	-9	F	2
T23	Erik van Rooyen	-9	F	2
T23	Steven Fisk	-9	F	2
T23	Chad Ramey	-9	F	2
T23	Patrick Rodgers	-9	F	2
T23	Rico Hoey	-9	F	2
T38	Peter Malnati	-8	F	2
T38	Taylor Pendrith	-8	F	2
T38	Lanto Griffin	-8	F	2
T38	Troy Merritt	-8	F	2
T38	John Parry	-8	F	2
T38	Yongjun Bae	-8	F	2
T38	John VanDerLaan	-8	F	2
T38	Doug Ghim	-8	F	2
T38	Mackenzie Hughes	-8	F	2
T38	Ben Silverman	-8	F	2
T38	Blades Brown	-8	F	2
T38	Charley Hoffman	-8	F	2
T38	Jordan Smith	-8	F	2
T51	Ryo Hisatsune	-7	F	2
T51	Jesper Svensson	-7	F	2
T51	Tom Kim	-7	F	2
T51	Rasmus Højgaard	-7	F	2
T51	Zac Blair	-7	F	2
T51	Eric Cole	-7	F	2
T51	Johnny Keefer	-7	F	2
T51	Jeffrey Kang	-7	F	2
T59	Adam Svensson	-6	F	2
T59	Austin Eckroat	-6	F	2
T59	Garrick Higgo	-6	F	2
T59	Matthieu Pavon	-6	F	2
T59	Thorbjørn Olesen	-6	F	2
T59	Danny Willett	-6	F	2
T59	Dan Brown	-6	F	2
T59	Jonathan Byrd	-6	F	2
T59	Fabián Gómez	-6	F	2
T59	Justin Lower	-6	F	2
T59	Neal Shipley	-6	F	2
T59	Adrien Saddier	-6	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	-5	F	2
CUT	Zecheng Dou	-5	F	2
CUT	Robert Streb	-5	F	2
CUT	Michael Brennan	-5	F	2
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	-5	F	2
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-5	F	2
CUT	Car Young	-5	F	2
CUT	Scott Piercy	-5	F	2
CUT	Haotong Li	-5	F	2
CUT	Jackson Buchanan	-5	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	-5	F	2
CUT	Lee Hodges	-4	F	2
CUT	Patton Kizzire	-4	F	2
CUT	Will Gordon	-4	F	2
CUT	Max McGreevy	-4	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	-4	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	-4	F	2
CUT	William Sides	-4	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	-4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Yu	-4	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	-4	F	2
CUT	Vince Whaley	-4	F	2
CUT	Noah Goodwin	-4	F	2
CUT	Mason Howell	-4	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	-4	F	2
CUT	Ben Martin	-3	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	-3	F	2
CUT	Matti Schmid	-3	F	2
CUT	Billy Horschel	-3	F	2
CUT	Beau Hossler	-3	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	-3	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	-3	F	2
CUT	Ronin Banerjee	-3	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-3	F	2
CUT	Keita Nakajima	-3	F	2
CUT	K.H. Lee	-3	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	-3	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	-3	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	-3	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	-3	F	2
CUT	William Mouw	-2	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	-2	F	2
CUT	Ryan Brehm	-2	F	2
CUT	Trace Crowe	-2	F	2
CUT	Martin Laird	-2	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	-2	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	-2	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	-1	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Montgomery	-1	F	2
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-1	F	2
CUT	Adam Hadwin	-1	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	E	F	2
CUT	Davis Thompson	E	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	E	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	E	F	2
CUT	Ben Kohles	E	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	E	F	2
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	E	F	2
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	E	F	2
CUT	James Hahn	+1	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	+2	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+2	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+2	F	2
CUT	Preston Stout	+3	F	2
CUT	Austin Cook	+4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Roy	+4	F	2
CUT	Henrik Norlander	+4	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	+5	F	2
CUT	Ryan Palmer	+6	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	+6	F	2
CUT	Greg Gregory	+8	F	2
CUT	Alex Huang	+9	F	2
CUT	Adam Headley	+12	F	2
CUT	Nathan Petronzio	+13	F	2
WD	Cameron Champ	-	-

Loose impediment

DP World Tour pro and his caddie channel Tiger Woods at 1999 Phoenix Open (minus any help from the fans)

Rules Review: Is it a penalty to brush sand that’s on your line near the green?

Padraig Harrington and his caddie teamed up to move one of the largest loose impediments in golf history

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Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	4ACES GC	-49	18	4
2	FIREBALLS GC	-49	18	4
3	LEGION XIII	-48	18	4
4	CRUSHERS GC	-44	18	4
5	RIPPER GC	-43	18	4
6	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-37	18	4
7	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-34	18	4
8	TORQUE GC	-29	18	4
9	HYFLYERS GC	-19	18	4
10	OKGC	-13	18	4
11	MAJESTICKS GC	-10	18	4
12	RANGEGOATS GC	+3	18	4
13	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	+6	18	4