Loose impediments

April 18th, 2024

Rules Review: I know I saw his golf ball move when he removed that pine straw. Why wasn’t he penalised?

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July 7th, 2023

Be careful when you remove stones and other loose impediments, but know you’re within your rights to do so if you do it in a reasonable manner.

TOUR Championship - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Tommy Fleetwood	-18	F	4
T2	Patrick Cantlay	-15	F	4
T2	Russell Henley	-15	F	4
T4	Corey Conners	-14	F	4
T4	Scottie Scheffler	-14	F	4
T4	Cam Young	-14	F	4
T7	Keegan Bradley	-13	F	4
T7	Sam Burns	-13	F	4
T7	Justin Thomas	-13	F	4
T10	Chris Gotterup	-12	F	4
T10	Ben Griffin	-12	F	4
12	Viktor Hovland	-11	F	4
T13	Akshay Bhatia	-10	F	4
T13	Harris English	-10	F	4
T13	Brian Harman	-10	F	4
T13	Shane Lowry	-10	F	4
T17	Harry Hall	-9	F	4
T17	Robert MacIntyre	-9	F	4
T19	Collin Morikawa	-8	F	4
T19	Nick Taylor	-8	F	4
T21	Ludvig Åberg	-7	F	4
T21	Justin Rose	-7	F	4
T23	Rory McIlroy	-6	F	4
T23	Maverick McNealy	-6	F	4
T25	Andrew Novak	-4	F	4
T25	J.J. Spaun	-4	F	4
T27	Jacob Bridgeman	E	F	4
T27	Sungjae Im	E	F	4
29	Hideki Matsuyama	+3	F	4
30	Sepp Straka	+7	F	4