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Came across some local rules that were implimented by my club during the war.Bearing in mind we are within a few miles of Croydon,Kenley and Biggin Hill (wartime fighter bases)Some are obvious and a few remind us of the "we carry on regardless" attitude of the people at that time.
1 Players are asked to collect bomb and shrapnel splinters to save these causing damage to the mowing machines.
2 In competitions during gunfire or while bombs are falling players may take cover without penalty for ceasing play (I like the word "may" in that one)
3 The positions of known delayed action bombs are marked by red flags at a reasonable ,but not guaranteed safe distance therefrom.
4 Shrapnel and or bomb splinters on the fairway or in bunkers within a clubs length of the ball may be moved without penalty and no penalty is incurred it the ball is moved accidentally whilst doing so.
5 A ball moved by ,lost or destroyed by enemy action may be replaced with a drop not nearer the hole without penalty.
6 A ball lying in a bomb crater may be lifted and dropped not nearer the hole,preserving the line to the hole.Without penalty.
7A player whose stroke is affected by simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place with a penalty of one stroke (A bit harsh that one if you ask me)

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uuuuhhhhh.....wow
5 A ball moved by ,lost or destroyed by enemy action.....
I'm picturing walking up to my ball and some sniper picking it off the fairway with an 8mm Mauser....I think I would just go home at that point and change my pants. : (
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Came across some local rules that were implimented by my club during the war.Bearing in mind we are within a few miles of Croydon,Kenley and Biggin Hill (wartime fighter bases)Some are obvious and a few remind us of the "we carry on regardless" attitude of the people at that time.

Thanks for posting this. I find this truly inspirational, a testament to the character and strength of a past generation. It's too bad we can't really appreciate the toughness this illustrates of the British people of the 1940's.

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I'm a WW II nut, even though I'm still in my thirties... And thank you very much for posting this. Many in America call the generation of Americans who helped rid the world of German and Japanese tyranny "The Greatest Generation."

I hope the Brits do something similar for not only those who fought, but those who kept a firm upper lip at home! Lift clean and place from a bomb crater! %#+€ You Hitler! I'm gonna get up and down for par from here anyway!!!!

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7A player whose stroke is affected by simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place with a penalty of one stroke (A bit harsh that one if you ask me)

I can just picture a golfer taking a swing taking a swing just as a bomb goes off and he stop, curses, and says "Now look at my lie, I'm going to have to take a penalty for that, those !&*^ing Nazis!"

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I'm a WW II nut, even though I'm still in my thirties... And thank you very much for posting this. Many in America call the generation of Americans who helped rid the world of German and Japanese tyranny "The Greatest Generation."

I like reading about WWII also, and i tell you 2 good books if you havent already read them The Greatest Generation, and The Greatest Generation Speeks

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Sounds like a new video game in the making to me. lol

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I like reading about WWII also, and i tell you 2 good books if you havent already read them The Greatest Generation, and The Greatest Generation Speeks

I will have to check out the "Speaks" book. My personal favorite is "The Americans at D-Day" by John McManus.

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Came across some local rules that were implimented by my club during the war.Bearing in mind we are within a few miles of Croydon,Kenley and Biggin Hill (wartime fighter bases)Some are obvious and a few remind us of the "we carry on regardless" attitude of the people at that time.

Ace post that.

As a side not we have a few WW2 gun positions on the 12th hole of The Roman Road course @ The Celtic Manor that we get free relief from

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I will have to check out the "Speaks" book. My personal favorite is "The Americans at D-Day" by John McManus.

I will have to check that out. thanks Both The Greatest Generation and The Greatest Generation Speaks are by Tom Brokaw

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Ace post that.

Would love to see a photo if possible.....

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Back in 1973, I played at a course in Taipei City in Taiwan which had small machine-gun emplacements scattered through the treelined rough. My caddie told me it was part of the tactical defenses against a Chinese Communist invasion.

Local rules: free drop out of pillbox if your ball rolls inside.

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