Posts by rogolf

  Quote: Originally Posted by Rulesman  Young trees requiring protection are not always staked. The may simply be marked with a tie or paint. If they are staked, the stake would almost certainly fastened to the...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Mordan    You don't get relief from an obstruction when your ball is in a hazard.    Exception to rule 24-2:   Note 1: If a...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt    It doesn't change the definition of "scrape". Not trying to be difficult, but where would I find the definition of "scrape" as it pertains to the Rules...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt    According to the joint rules committee, you are wrong. Yes, that is now known, as of the most recent joint rules committee meeting (April, 2013), and I...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt  First of all,  the status of the fence must be determined.  If the fence was what defined out of bounds, then he shouldn't have gotten relief.  Fences or...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Fourputt    All three groups represented in the joint rules committee have agreed that it's a scrape.  Why Canada missed it at first is, and probably will remain, a...

  Quote: Originally Posted by David in FL    Or everyone could just drop on the green and solve all those pesky problems associated with having to actually hit the ball there in the first...

Are the points x2 and x3 equidistant from the hole compared to x1?  It doesn't appear that x3 is equidistant - and that x3 should up towards the corner of the LWH. The Rules do contemplate that there could be more than one...

  Quote: Originally Posted by bkuehn1952  I agree with your answer.  You seem to enjoy discussing the Rules of Golf, as do I.  You certainly appear to be knowledgable in that area.  Perhaps...

  Quote: Originally Posted by dontbeasheep  For all of you spectators on the course:   Screaming, "IN THE HOLE!!!" has become the most irritating, annoying, obnoxious, and most of all,...