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.

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Butterfield Bermuda Championship - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
T1	Kensei Hirata	-13	F	2
T1	Chandler Blanchet	-13	F	2
T3	Seamus Power	-12	F	2
T3	Corey Conners	-12	F	2
T3	Eric Cole	-12	17	2
T3	Ben Silverman	-12	14	2
T7	David Skinns	-11	F	2
T7	Denny McCarthy	-11	F	2
T7	Greyson Sigg	-11	F	2
T7	Austin Smotherman	-11	16	2
T11	Mackenzie Hughes	-10	14	2
T11	Ben Kohles	-10	14*	2
T13	Emiliano Grillo	-9	F	2
T13	Mark Hubbard	-9	F	2
T13	Chris Kirk	-9	F	2
T13	Paul Peterson	-9	F	2
T13	Trace Crowe	-9	F	2
T13	Ren Yonezawa	-9	F	2
T13	Danny Walker	-9	12	2
T20	Chad Ramey	-8	F	2
T20	Andrew Novak	-8	F	2
T20	Kristoffer Ventura	-8	F	2
T20	Rafael Campos	-8	F	2
T20	Isaiah Salinda	-8	F	2
T20	Taylor Moore	-8	13	2
T26	Adam Hadwin	-7	F	2
T26	Tom Hoge	-7	F	2
T26	Martin Laird	-7	F	2
T26	Dylan Wu	-7	F	2
T26	Nick Dunlap	-7	F	2
T26	Nick Hardy	-7	F	2
T26	A.J. Ewart	-7	F	2
T26	Brice Garnett	-7	16*	2
T26	Cam Davis	-7	15*	2
T26	Jonathan Byrd	-7	13*	2
T26	Zac Blair	-7	13*	2
T26	Jesper Svensson	-7	11	2
T26	Neal Shipley	-7	11*	2
T39	Rico Hoey	-6	F	2
T39	Joel Dahmen	-6	F	2
T39	Davis Riley	-6	F	2
T39	Peter Malnati	-6	F	2
T39	Max McGreevy	-6	F	2
T39	Ben Martin	-6	F	2
T39	David Ford	-6	F	2
T39	Hank Lebioda	-6	F	2
T39	Jeffrey Kang	-6	F	2
T39	Robert Streb	-6	17	2
T39	Lee Hodges	-6	15*	2
T39	Lucas Glover	-6	15*	2
T39	Kevin Roy	-6	14	2
T39	Chan Kim	-6	13	2
T39	Zecheng Dou	-6	10	2
T39	Hayden Springer	-6	9*	2
T39	Willie Mack III	-6	9*	2
T39	Kihei Akina	-6	9*	2
T57	Henrik Norlander	-5	F	2
T57	Miles Russell	-5	F	2
T57	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-5	F	2
T57	Dylan Frittelli	-5	16*	2
T57	Takumi Kanaya	-5	12	2
T57	S.Y. Noh	-5	12*	2
T57	Luke Clanton	-5	11*	2
T57	Taylor Montgomery	-5	9	2
T65	Justin Lower	-4	F	2
T65	Taylor Pendrith	-4	F	2
T65	Charley Hoffman	-4	F	2
T65	Patrick Fishburn	-4	F	2
T65	Alejandro Tosti	-4	F	2
T65	Jimmy Stanger	-4	F	2
T65	Chandler Phillips	-4	F	2
T65	Cameron Champ	-4	17	2
T65	Davis Thompson	-4	16	2
T65	Austin Eckroat	-4	14	2
T65	Erik van Rooyen	-4	13*	2
T65	Vince Whaley	-4	13*	2
T65	Jeremy Paul	-4	11	2
T65	Davis Chatfield	-4	10	2
T65	Matthew Anderson	-4	10	2
T80	Will Gordon	-3	F	2
T80	Bill Haas	-3	F	2
T80	Aaron Wise	-3	F	2
T80	John VanDerLaan	-3	F	2
T80	Camilo Villegas	-3	14*	2
T80	Brendon Todd	-3	12	2
T80	Tyler Duncan	-3	12*	2
T80	Marcelo Rozo	-3	9	2
T88	Patton Kizzire	-2	F	2
T88	Austin Cook	-2	F	2
T88	Mason Howell	-2	F	2
T88	Pontus Nyholm	-2	F	2
T88	David Lingmerth	-2	15*	2
T88	John Parry	-2	14*	2
T88	Adam Svensson	-2	12*	2
T88	Rudy Sautron	-2	11	2
T96	Ben James	-1	F	2
T96	Luke List	-1	14	2
T96	Haotong Li	-1	10*	2
T99	Chez Reavie	E	F	2
T99	Adam Long	E	F	2
T99	Nick Jones	E	F	2
T99	Kevin Streelman	E	16*	2
T99	Troy Merritt	E	13*	2
T99	C.T. Pan	E	13*	2
T105	Aaron Baddeley	+1	15*	2
T105	Kevin Yu	+1	15*	2
T105	Christo Lamprecht	+1	10*	2
T108	Harry Higgs	+2	F	2
T108	Matthieu Pavon	+2	13	2
T110	Jay Leng	+3	F	2
T110	Nixon Lauritzen	+3	9	2
T112	Greg Koch	+4	F	2
T112	Adam Schenk	+4	16	2
T112	William McGirt	+4	14	2
T115	Aldrich Potgieter	+5	F	2
T115	Austin Lemieux	+5	11*	2
T117	Ryan Brehm	+7	F	2
T117	Camiko Smith	+7	10*	2
119	Virgilio Paz	+9	F	2
WD	Max Greyserman	-	-

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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