Posts by stangmark

When you found your opponents ball interfering with your stroke, you should have requested that the opponent mark their ball and remove it.  If you honestly didn't think the ball would interfere and did not intentionally try to...

You get free relief from animal burrows.  

The rules require free relief from a foreign putting surface, no closer to the whole.  

For USGA card scoring purposes, local rules supersede USGA rules, and you should know your local rules.  The course I'm a member at is littered with protected trees---it is a local rule requirement, not an option, that players...

It is a penalty to damage, bend, break or otherwise purposely alter any part of the course; except while taking a swing with the intention of striking the ball.  It is also a penalty to improve your stance by altering the surface...

Re-hit from the original lie, drop on your line anywhere behind the first hazard crossed, or drop two club lengths perpendicular to the line and behind the first hazard encountered.  Any of the three with an added stroke.  To...

In order, the easiest way to decide is lie, swing, stance.  If the lie puts you in a position which you would normally deem unplayable, you have deemed the ball unplayable regardless of stance.  In other words, if the cart...

Mark, clean (if you like), and place the ball as near to the original lie as possible, without advancing the ball nearer to the hole; without penalty.  The USGA has extended the playing area to include all other areas not...

It is likely a local rule, posted on the course, or even your card, to repair/replace all divots made, as best you are able---so you can do that before re-hitting.  You are also not required to place your ball in an area of the...

You may tee up any ball played from your designated tee area, whether it is the first or third, between the markers, not forward of the markers and no more than two clubs behind.  When re-hitting from a designated drop area, you...