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post #19 of 26
3/6/13 at 6:34pm
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Originally Posted by Golfingdad View Post

OK, so not such a silly question after all, seeing as how the answer wasn't so cut and dried. :)

 

Anyways, seems as though NM's linked reference will stand as the winner here.  It specifically lists retreiving the ball as an exception to the rule, so that should be the end of it.  I think ;)

 

Thanks!


Not a silly question at all. I know the answer to this question very well because someone once tried to call a penalty on me because I took several clubs into a hazard (didn't know what kind of lie I had) and set the clubs I didn't need on the ground next to me. Not a penalty!

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post #20 of 26
3/6/13 at 6:34pm
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Originally Posted by Fourputt View Post

It is against the rules to ground your club in a hazard if your ball lies in the hazard.  It doesn't matter if you intend to lift the ball, all that matters is that it lies there.  

Really?!

Didn't know that! That may be one of the most inadvertently violated violated rules in the book!

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Edited to add that I just read NM.Golf's response. Thank goodness!
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post #21 of 26
3/6/13 at 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by Chas View Post

Wrong forum.  Two stroke penalty.

Whoops, didn't even notice.

 

But ... but ... but ....  I didn't start the thread, just revived it.

 

Please, no penalty for me!!!!!!!! d1_bigcry.gif

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post #22 of 26
3/6/13 at 6:38pm
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Originally Posted by Fourputt View Post

It is against the rules to ground your club in a hazard if your ball lies in the hazard.  It doesn't matter if you intend to lift the ball, all that matters is that it lies there. 
Originally Posted by David in FL View Post


Really?!

Didn't know that! That may be one of the most inadvertently violated violated rules in the book!

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Not to mention totally incorrect.

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post #23 of 26
3/6/13 at 6:39pm
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Wrong forum.  Two stroke penalty.

Since I moved it to the correct forum, can it be minus two strokes for me?
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post #24 of 26
3/6/13 at 6:39pm
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Originally Posted by NM Golf View Post


Sorry you are wrong fourputt see the exceptions below

 

 

OK, so not such a silly question after all, seeing as how the answer wasn't so cut and dried. :)

 

Anyways, seems as though NM's linked reference will stand as the winner here.  It specifically lists retreiving the ball as an exception to the rule, so that should be the end of it.  I think ;)

 

Thanks!

 

I only read the first sentence in your post and replied to that, so my error.  You asked about grounding, and that is not allowed.  You are allowed to probe for the ball as long as nothing is done to test the condition.  

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post #25 of 26
3/6/13 at 6:40pm
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Originally Posted by David in FL View Post


Really?!

Didn't know that! That may be one of the most inadvertently violated violated rules in the book!

a5_crying.gif


Edited to add that I just read NM.Golf's response. Thank goodness!

Yeah, this is why I originally asked, because I thought ... "shoot, this is something everybody does all the time ... could it actually be illegal?!?"

 

Luckily not!

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post #26 of 26
3/6/13 at 6:42pm
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Originally Posted by Chas View Post

Wrong forum.  Two stroke penalty.

 

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Originally Posted by jamo View Post


Since I moved it to the correct forum, can it be minus two strokes for me?

Actually, I don't really care about my penalty anymore.  I'm not playing in a tournament right now and since I keep hitting it into the hazard anyway, I've already reached my ESC so ...

 

on to the next hole!

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