Tree root

June 25th, 2026

Rules Review: A tree is in ground under repair, but my ball is next to a root outside the marked area. Do I get relief?

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October 25th, 2024

This exchange between Xander Schauffele and caddie Austin Kaiser after two botched shots off a tree root is simply sensational

It was a genuine “tour pros are just like us” moment.

October 25th, 2019

Jordan Spieth attempts to hit off a root, fails to move ball a single inch

On Thursday at the Zozo Championship, Jordan Spieth’s tee shot at the par-4 ninth came to rest right behind a root, and rather than take an unplayable, he attempted to hit it.

Leaderboard

Wyndham Championship - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Beau Hossler	-9	F	1
T2	Sahith Theegala	-8	F	1
T2	Ben James	-8	F	1
4	Eric Cole	-7	F	1
T5	Matti Schmid	-6	F	1
T5	Denny McCarthy	-6	F	1
T5	Davis Thompson	-6	F	1
T5	Hayden Springer	-6	F	1
T5	Doug Ghim	-6	F	1
T5	Zach Bauchou	-6	F	1
T11	Jordan Smith	-5	F	1
T11	Tom Hoge	-5	F	1
T11	Kevin Yu	-5	F	1
T11	Bud Cauley	-5	F	1
T11	Billy Horschel	-5	F	1
T11	Tom Kim	-5	F	1
T11	Keith Mitchell	-5	F	1
T11	Max Greyserman	-5	F	1
T11	Rafael Campos	-5	F	1
T11	Brandt Snedeker	-5	F	1
T11	Hideki Matsuyama	-5	F	1
T11	Karl Vilips	-5	F	1
T23	Austin Smotherman	-4	F	1
T23	Rico Hoey	-4	F	1
T23	Michael Brennan	-4	F	1
T23	Taylor Pendrith	-4	F	1
T23	Alex Fitzpatrick	-4	F	1
T23	Justin Thomas	-4	F	1
T23	Matt McCarty	-4	F	1
T23	Ben Kohles	-4	F	1
T23	John Parry	-4	F	1
T23	Chad Ramey	-4	F	1
T23	Alex Noren	-4	F	1
T23	David Skinns	-4	F	1
T23	Lee Hodges	-4	F	1
T23	Peter Malnati	-4	F	1
T37	Austin Eckroat	-3	F	1
T37	Joe Highsmith	-3	F	1
T37	Maverick McNealy	-3	F	1
T37	Sungjae Im	-3	F	1
T37	Ricky Castillo	-3	F	1
T37	Brooks Koepka	-3	F	1
T37	Jackson Suber	-3	F	1
T37	Tyler Collet	-3	F	1
T37	Chandler Phillips	-3	F	1
T37	Troy Merritt	-3	F	1
T37	Michael Kim	-3	F	1
T37	Jackson Koivun	-3	F	1
T37	Brian Harman	-3	F	1
T37	Ryan Gerard	-3	F	1
T37	Alex Smalley	-3	F	1
T37	Adrien Saddier	-3	F	1
T37	Kihei Akina	-3	17*	1
T54	Mac Meissner	-2	F	1
T54	Kevin Roy	-2	F	1
T54	Stefano Mazzoli	-2	F	1
T54	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-2	F	1
T54	Zac Blair	-2	F	1
T54	Luke Clanton	-2	F	1
T54	John VanDerLaan	-2	F	1
T54	Mackenzie Hughes	-2	F	1
T54	Rasmus Højgaard	-2	F	1
T54	Andrew Novak	-2	F	1
T54	Nico Echavarria	-2	F	1
T54	William Mouw	-2	F	1
T54	Jordan Spieth	-2	F	1
T54	Max McGreevy	-2	F	1
T54	Seamus Power	-2	F	1
T54	Joel Dahmen	-2	F	1
T54	Johnny Keefer	-2	17	1
T54	Patrick Fishburn	-2	17*	1
T54	Kensei Hirata	-2	17*	1
T73	Thorbjørn Olesen	-1	F	1
T73	Takumi Kanaya	-1	F	1
T73	Erik van Rooyen	-1	F	1
T73	Camilo Villegas	-1	F	1
T73	Adam Svensson	-1	F	1
T73	Kevin Streelman	-1	F	1
T73	Aaron Rai	-1	F	1
T73	Ben Silverman	-1	F	1
T73	Justin Lower	-1	F	1
T73	Davis Chatfield	-1	F	1
T73	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-1	F	1
T73	Kristoffer Ventura	-1	F	1
T73	Zecheng Dou	-1	F	1
T73	Pontus Nyholm	-1	F	1
T73	Andrew Putnam	-1	F	1
T73	Danny Walker	-1	F	1
T73	Nick Taylor	-1	F	1
T73	Chris Kirk	-1	F	1
T73	Harry Hall	-1	F	1
T73	Lucas Glover	-1	F	1
T73	Ben Griffin	-1	F	1
T73	Matt Kuchar	-1	F	1
T73	Patton Kizzire	-1	F	1
T73	Emiliano Grillo	-1	F	1
T73	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-1	F	1
T73	Neal Shipley	-1	F	1
T73	Jesper Svensson	-1	F	1
T73	Alejandro Tosti	-1	16	1
T73	Trace Crowe	-1	17*	1
T102	Aldrich Potgieter	E	F	1
T102	Webb Simpson	E	F	1
T102	Brian Campbell	E	F	1
T102	Keegan Bradley	E	F	1
T102	J.T. Poston	E	F	1
T102	Brice Garnett	E	F	1
T102	Patrick Rodgers	E	F	1
T102	Matthieu Pavon	E	F	1
T102	C.T. Pan	E	F	1
T111	Tony Finau	+1	F	1
T111	Cam Young	+1	F	1
T111	Lanto Griffin	+1	F	1
T111	William McGirt	+1	F	1
T111	Matt Wallace	+1	F	1
T111	Jason Day	+1	F	1
T111	Nick Dunlap	+1	F	1
T111	Mark Hubbard	+1	F	1
T111	Haotong Li	+1	F	1
T111	A.J. Ewart	+1	17	1
T111	Jeffrey Kang	+1	17*	1
T122	Sam Stevens	+2	F	1
T122	Adam Schenk	+2	F	1
T122	Steven Fisk	+2	F	1
T122	Cam Davis	+2	F	1
T122	Aaron Wise	+2	F	1
T122	Marcelo Rozo	+2	F	1
T122	Gordon Sargent	+2	F	1
T122	Stephan Jaeger	+2	F	1
T122	Chandler Blanchet	+2	F	1
T122	Blades Brown	+2	17	1
T122	Jimmy Stanger	+2	16	1
T133	Hank Lebioda	+3	F	1
T133	Marco Penge	+3	F	1
T133	Dylan Wu	+3	F	1
T133	Sepp Straka	+3	F	1
T133	Ryo Hisatsune	+3	F	1
T133	Lorenzo Rodriguez	+3	16	1
T139	Luke List	+4	F	1
T139	Harris English	+4	F	1
T139	David Lipsky	+4	F	1
T139	Davis Riley	+4	F	1
T139	Christo Lamprecht	+4	F	1
144	Cooper Hrabak	+5	17*	1
145	Keenan Huskey	+6	F	1
146	Vince Whaley	+7	F	1
WD	Pi Coody	-	-

New York 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Rnd
1	Joaquin Niemann	-7	2
T2	Ian Poulter	-5	2
T2	Lucas Herbert	-5	2
T4	Brendan Steele	-3	2
T4	Thomas Pieters	-3	2
T6	Bubba Watson	-2	2
T6	Scott Vincent	-2	2
T6	Harold Varner III	-2	2
T6	Lee Westwood	-2	2
T10	Yosuke Asaji	-1	2
T10	Sergio Garcia	-1	2
T10	Tom McKibbin	-1	2
T10	Paul Casey	-1	2
T14	Abraham Ancer	E	2
T14	Dustin Johnson	E	2
T14	Peter Uihlein	E	2
T14	Dean Burmester	E	2
T14	Josele Ballester	E	2
T14	Travis Smyth	E	2
T14	Marc Leishman	E	2
T14	Danny Lee	E	2
T14	Carlos Ortiz	E	2
T14	David Puig	E	2
T24	Jon Rahm	+1	2
T24	Michael La Sasso	+1	2
T24	Byeong Hun An	+1	2
T24	Younghan Song	+1	2
T24	Matthew Wolff	+1	2
T29	Tyrrell Hatton	+2	2
T29	Richard T. Lee	+2	2
T29	Miguel Tabuena	+2	2
T29	Richard Bland	+2	2
T29	Laurie Canter	+2	2
T29	Victor Perez	+2	2
T29	Branden Grace	+2	2
T36	Talor Gooch	+3	2
T36	Sebastian Muñoz	+3	2
T36	Minkyu Kim	+3	2
T36	Martin Kaymer	+3	2
T36	Cameron Tringale	+3	2
T36	Anirban Lahiri	+3	2
T36	Martin Vorster	+3	2
T43	Anthony Kim	+4	2
T43	Cameron Smith	+4	2
T43	Björn Hellgren	+4	2
T43	Charl Schwartzel	+4	2
T43	Charles Howell III	+4	2
T43	Adrian Meronk	+4	2
T49	Ben Campbell	+5	2
T49	Do-Yeob Mun	+5	2
T49	Caleb Surratt	+5	2
T49	Bryson DeChambeau	+5	2
T53	Thomas Detry	+6	2
T53	Luis Masaveu	+6	2
T53	Sam Horsfield	+6	2
56	Jason Kokrak	+8	2
57	Graeme McDowell	+9	2

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	TORQUE GC	-4	18	2
T2	RIPPER GC	-1	18	2
T2	HYFLYERS GC	-1	18	2
4	MAJESTICKS GC	+1	18	2
5	RANGEGOATS GC	+4	18	2
6	FIREBALLS GC	+5	18	2
T7	4ACES GC	+7	18	2
T7	LEGION XIII	+7	18	2
9	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	+9	18	2
10	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	+10	18	2
T11	CRUSHERS GC	+11	18	2
T11	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	+11	18	2
13	OKGC	+18	18	2

Tree root

Rules Review: A tree is in ground under repair, but my ball is next to a root outside the marked area. Do I get relief?

This exchange between Xander Schauffele and caddie Austin Kaiser after two botched shots off a tree root is simply sensational

Jordan Spieth attempts to hit off a root, fails to move ball a single inch

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