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Anchored Putters Rules Change (Effective January 1, 2016) started by mvmac (10/18/12 at 6:51pm) 1 2 3…93	Glad its gone, though I think it should have been banned... Today at 10:13 pm by ApocG10	1,656	26,251
Rule 4.2.b Clubs - Foreign substance started by TJBam (Yesterday at 1:10 pm)	The Vaseline is an old hustler trick. You'll lose distance... Today at 4:23 pm by Ernest Jones	16	170
Rotated Golf Ball started by bkuehn1952 (6/7/13 at 9:53am) 1 2	If you caused the rock to move, yes. Today at 3:17 pm by Rulesman	22	443
Really Fast Players started by 65Mustnag (5/28/13 at 2:45pm) 1 2	That's the key point. They have just as much priority on the... Yesterday at 10:40 pm by iacas	28	755
Ball comes to rest in a "erroded dirt canyon type thing" started by robrey85 (5/26/13 at 9:02pm)	Play it down and putt it out! Yesterday at 2:54 pm by TJBam	5	216
Handicap calculation question started by Hacker James (Yesterday at 1:26 pm)	Thanks. I found the thread after I posted. I should have... Yesterday at 2:01 pm by Hacker James	2	56
OB Rules started by jones (7/8/09 at 6:38pm) 1 2 3	I would suggest that is simply another example of poor... 6/17/13 at 3:22pm by Ignorant	37	4,121
OB boundary question started by sacm3bill (6/16/13 at 11:58pm)	sacm, Looks like you had the exact same issue I had several... 6/17/13 at 1:18pm by Golfingdad	6	126
OB-Provisional-Unplayable started by SCfanatic35 (6/16/13 at 4:05pm)	You or OP have nothing to "defend". In the end you do not... 6/17/13 at 5:00am by luu5	11	152
Too many clubs - what do I do? started by CraiginKSA (6/14/13 at 2:35am)	That's why I say it gets messy for me. I agree with you. I... 6/16/13 at 11:44pm by Golfingdad	16	296
Ruling: Golf Balls lies on tree mulch & sidewalk started by thomaskevan (4/7/11 at 7:44pm) 1 2	Not necessarily. It depends on how the Local Rules are... 6/16/13 at 6:09pm by Rulesman	21	1,492
Fixing a Ball Mark Off the Green started by Golfingdad (6/16/13 at 1:56pm)	You can fix your pitch mark, but as everybody else also has... 6/16/13 at 6:04pm by luu5	6	96
Carl Petterson's interrupted started by saevel25 (6/14/13 at 12:30pm)	If Carl had continued with his stroke and accidentally hit the... 6/14/13 at 5:33pm by pogle	4	161
Sand trap question started by Motown88 (6/10/13 at 10:20am) 1 2	Just for a possible scenario, his player is checking the... 6/13/13 at 11:59am by Fourputt	22	340
Following the Rules= A Good Way to Piss People Off started by MEfree (5/28/13 at 9:42am) 1 2 3 4 5	I'm a rules guy, at least as compared to my regular groups. ... 6/11/13 at 6:38pm by carrx	76	1,553
Poll: Poll: OB/Lost Ball vs. Hazard & Unplayable Lie Penalties started by MEfree (5/31/13 at 9:30am) 1 2 3…7	Interesting, I'm the opposite, mostly I smash the next one... 6/11/13 at 10:32am by Wansteadimp	116	1,268
Virtual Certainty? started by MEfree (5/30/13 at 5:07pm) 1 2	Not saying that the reason for the rule is to mitigate luck,... 6/5/13 at 9:39am by MEfree	22	322
Ruling on a pin holding the ball up from being chipped in started by mgd150 (6/1/13 at 4:47pm)	17-4/3 Ball Resting Against Flagstick Moves Away from Hole... 6/3/13 at 10:32pm by Dormie1360	12	380
Ouch! (not really, but still) started by jtw89 (6/3/13 at 12:24am)	Thanks 6/3/13 at 12:52am by jtw89	2	110
Lateral Water Hazard Boundary? started by MEfree (9/17/12 at 1:39pm)	If the marking isn't identifiable and I have a shot I can... 5/31/13 at 6:43pm by Fourputt	15	602
MEfree Challenge: New Rules of Golf - Simplified but not Fundamentally Changed started by MEfree (5/29/13 at 12:25pm) 1 2 3…8	I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you're not being... 5/31/13 at 11:36am by iacas	137	981
Incorrectly Marked Hazard started by MEfree (5/29/13 at 8:14am)	The hazard line is more or less along the bush/tree line and... 5/29/13 at 3:59pm by MEfree	12	108
Player safety question started by Wadess (5/28/13 at 4:50pm)	Wellshire. It runs right along Hampden Ave west of Colorado... 5/28/13 at 11:00pm by Fourputt	7	136
Question about Scramble format rules. started by MyrtleBeachGolf (5/24/13 at 2:56am) 1 2	This is funny. This reminds me of an annual Legion Post... 5/28/13 at 4:54pm by Spyder	25	375
weird putting stance started by onthehunt526 (5/28/13 at 1:05pm)	Actually this is exactly how Snead putted for the remainder... 5/28/13 at 3:12pm by Fourputt	2	124
New Club - Legal or Illegal? started by blnc2007 (5/26/13 at 5:16pm)	I know this is just sarcasm, but there's no way any of that... 5/28/13 at 1:37pm by MyrtleBeachGolf	10	309
Two rules questions started by Motown88 (5/24/13 at 4:52pm)	You assume correct. Distractions are a part of playing... 5/25/13 at 6:29pm by Dormie1360	9	203
Playing multiple balls and posting to handicap? started by jshots (5/17/13 at 3:21pm) 1 2 3…6	I don't play for money, and if f I did I wouldn't play... 5/25/13 at 3:20pm by sacm3bill	104	1,741
Is it within the rules to ground your club IN FRONT OF the ball? started by gsu_paintballer (5/24/13 at 9:37pm)	You may touch (but not move) the ball with your club when... 5/25/13 at 2:25pm by Rulesman	5	197
Saucer Chip Shot Method ruled Illegal started by boogielicious (5/6/13 at 1:12pm) 1 2 3 4 5	In response to a question to the R&A, a poster on a UK site... 5/24/13 at 3:06am by Rulesman	80	3,256
Ball marker moved started by kgcrawford (5/19/13 at 8:27pm)	Bah, they're better than the Mac snobs.... 5/22/13 at 12:49pm by zeg	13	319
QUESTION: One ball rule started by Second Chance (5/18/13 at 9:07pm) 1 2	We just had a 36 hole member/member tournament over the... 5/21/13 at 4:45pm by phan52	34	596
Direct Hazard Question started by Conor (5/20/13 at 5:18pm)	I think a better solution would still be a dropping zone on... 5/21/13 at 2:35pm by Fourputt	11	166
Colsaerts Takes Relief started by Rulesman (5/19/13 at 4:31am)	Does this count as a "blowup" hole? 5/20/13 at 1:50pm by bplewis24	9	237
True? Pros can't change ball compression during round. started by joekelly (4/1/12 at 6:37am) 1 2 3	It's still on the 2013 PGA hard card 5/19/13 at 6:45am by Rulesman	41	2,287
The 2013 Masters/Tiger Drop Penalty and Fallout started by 3 Putt Again (4/15/13 at 9:29am) 1 2 3…13	Yes, he did. He neither dropped NOR played from a point "as... 5/18/13 at 5:50pm by iacas	225	3,177
Tiger Woods violated USGA rule 13-2 15th hole TPC Sunday final round 2013 started by spinroyd (5/14/13 at 10:39pm)	Money says he is just a previously banned nitwit that got back... 5/15/13 at 12:52pm by boogielicious	17	385
ball lands on another teebox right next to tee marker started by jerkputter (5/3/13 at 10:21pm)	You mean this guy... 5/13/13 at 5:13pm by stealthduffer	13	455
Relief From Relief ? started by madolive3 (5/8/13 at 11:38pm)	yes i know. I was assuming this had happened 5/13/13 at 5:16am by tomvk77	17	286
To broom or not to broom? started by joekelly (5/9/13 at 8:52pm)	Dormie I would agree with both your last posts. 5/13/13 at 3:50am by Rulesman	14	289
In the hazard, test away. started by joekelly (5/12/13 at 5:59am)	Yeah, you're right. I read "two strokes for each... 5/12/13 at 9:30am by Zeph	4	136
Out of Bounds - Re teeing started by jimp59 (5/10/13 at 12:23am)	Thanks again. 5/10/13 at 4:06pm by jimp59	6	237
Water on course not marked as water hazard started by mcmanus (5/4/13 at 6:41pm)	... or Loose Impediments at the option of the player. 5/5/13 at 5:47am by Ignorant	3	135
Relief from Fence started by Odogesq (4/29/13 at 12:30pm) 1 2	I didn't.....Gonna win a couple of beers betting on the answer... 5/4/13 at 12:29pm by David in FL	30	511
To what extent may you repair the green prior to your putt? started by Odogesq (5/2/13 at 4:02pm)	What you said is what you can do. You can repair any pitch... 5/2/13 at 4:46pm by Fourputt	1	139
Provisional Ball started by 3 Putt Again (4/29/13 at 7:58am) 1 2	Thanks again. I think that does it. 4/30/13 at 11:43am by 3 Putt Again	18	331
AimPoint Charts Illegal? Sorry, Geoff Mangum, they are legal. started by iacas (5/31/11 at 4:46pm) 1 2	Geoff, give it up. You are wrong, and continue to be wrong, on... 4/27/13 at 5:51pm by iacas	19	2,870
How big the 'drop zone'? started by joekelly (4/18/13 at 7:11pm) 1 2	Don't i wish i owned some land here, so does everyone else.... 4/24/13 at 6:45am by joekelly	19	390
How do you make the "as near as possible" drop? started by bkuehn1952 (4/16/13 at 3:11pm) 1 2 3 4	All I was replying to was a post which seemed to show some... 4/21/13 at 10:51pm by Fourputt	55	951
Yet another rules question , maybe a hole in 1 started by achadha7 (4/18/13 at 11:52pm)	Yep you're buying drinks 4/20/13 at 2:53pm by mvmac	8	326