Posts by Ignorant

Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt  It's a bit more difficult to rule if the player in the bunker is away, but you have a legitimate reason for playing first.  He may have crossed the fairway help a fellow competitor...

Quote: Originally Posted by turtleback    But if, as in your first paragraph, you can't rule because you weren't there and didn't witness it, how can the Committee, per your second paragraph, rule on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by geauxforbroke  I stand corrected on the second point. However, after replacing a ball and before address, I was under the impression that the player was not deemed to have caused the ball...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dormie1360    2)  A player is playing a course on the coast.  The hole runs along a rocky shore.  The player slices the ball into the hazard, but nobody sees it land or...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt        This is the only kind of "ball" the rules recognize.  Regardless of whether they refer to "the ball" or "a ball" it is still a ball...

Quote: Originally Posted by zeg    I think so, 14-3 certainly covers it. If 14-3 didn't exist, I think we could fairly apply 16-1d, using Equity to argue that a coin is not "different enough" from a ball to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt  Just because you aren't doing exactly as they suggest doesn't mean that you aren't still testing the surface.  Most such rules are stated in generic terms, then clarified in...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt  A case might be made for 16-1d too.     How? Rolling a coin is not roughening or scraping the surface, nor rolling a ball.   d. Testing...

Quote: Originally Posted by iacas    Absolutely illegal yes.     Agree it is a breach, but of which Rule? Would that be 14-3, use of an equipment in an unusual manner?

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Desmond  I began using a Rain Glove on my left hand in high temps and humidity - works well.   Indeed. I use rain gloves on my both hands when the weather is very...