Re: Kenny Perry Breaks Rule (or not) Twice at Shark Shootout
Originally Posted by
Shindig 
I really don't understand Kenny Perry's popularity. Two big rule problems in a year should make him an outcast on the PGA Tour.
Well, one apparently. He still broke the rule at the Shark Shootout - they just happened to allow it. I still say that's odd, but whatever...
As for the FBR, you'll recall I felt strongly that was a rules violation. And they hadn't waived any rules there.
Originally Posted by
MiniMoe the only ones hard up on the rules are want-to-be pros that think they are better than they really are.
Incorrect.
Originally Posted by
MiniMoe It does not matter. Get a life and have a good time playing the game for what it is... a game.
Ah, but games have rules.
Originally Posted by
MiniMoe AND....YOU CAN ALWAYS STAND BEHIND YOUR PARTNER TO SEE THE LINE OF THE PUTT. It's been that way forever.
No you can't. I have a rules sheet from the last scramble in which I played and it defines where you may tee off from (in case of a mixed team of men and women), how many drives of each player you must use, where to put your ball (within one clublength in the same type of lie), and where you can putt (the same position, as exactly as possible). It also says "all other Rules of Golf remain in effect." That'd include 14-2.
Originally Posted by
glebert Can someone tell me what advantage a player would get from their caddy or partner standing on the line of the putt away from the hole? It seems like a silly rule to me. I can see it being an advantage for a scramble if the partner might be attempting that same putt, but otherwise I think it would be as someone else said, a distraction.
I had to call someone on it (before it happened, so no penalty strokes were given out) in a high school match. His ball marker was a few feet inside his partner's but on the same line. So he would gain the advantage of getting a better read.
The advantage in a scramble is obvious, as you said, and the same as what I encountered: a better read. Lots of players will say "I'm going to start the ball two cups to the left" but then push or pull it from there, which is much easier to see from directly behind.
As for why the caddies can't stand back there? Because they can't. Because the golfer should be responsible for lining himself up. If it were up to me, caddies wouldn't be allowed to stand there once the player had taken up their stance... I don't think the rule goes far enough. As it is now, they can line the player up and step out just in time for them to make the stroke or swing.
Originally Posted by
VOX It was interesting to note that they waived the rule to allow a player to stand behind his partner but Holme's caddy still had to jump out of the way after lining him up.
That's an interesting point, yeah. Force of habit though, and it probably would have done more to harm JB if his caddie stayed than if he just did what he always did.
