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I mean, we don't play with thousands of fans or people who help find a golf ball. I mean, there are sometimes when I am on another hole, see a ball hit a tree and go somewhere stupid. I wait a bit and help out the guy find the ball. Is that unfair for other golfers who don't get that help? Should that be against the rules? I feel like being a good person is something people should due. It isn't like you never get help in finding your golf ball. Very low % this happens. Not many courses have that many shots where you need course knowledge, unless it is a gimmick course. Generally, you can figure it out on the course just fine. -
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By ChetlovesMer · Posted
Maybe you should play these: Once again, there is a local rule which can be implemented by any league to solve this slow play issue. You can find it here: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/rules-modernization/major-changes/golfs-new-rules-stroke-and-distance.html When you play with your pals I don't care what you all do. If you'd like you can write down an eagle on every hole and card a 36. But leagues should play by the rules. You said this way better than I did. But I %100 agree. -
I had it happen once. We got a crap ton of rain in Dayton. I teed off from an elevated tee box (40-FT above fairway). The ball just disappears underground. During the year, once things got dried out so they could mow down to normal fairway grass height, you would see half to nearly fully embedded golf balls in the fairway. It is called a provisional ;). You can generally tell if you need to hit one. No one ever does. Then you don't have to make the walk of shame. The article is mute for the amateur argument, because a high % of handicap golfers don't even obey stroke and distance rules to begin with. I get it, if you hit one OB, or lose a ball on a weekend and you want to play by the rules of golf to post a score, it sucks. Either walk back or use the MLR. That doesn't validate making it a one stroke penalty. Especially when you are posting for handicap where amateur tournaments absolutely should be playing by stroke and distance rules. So, you have a scenario where people are getting a handicap of stroke and distance and others using a MLR with one stroke penalty. So, the penalty is not the same. So, if the rule was going to change to the MLR with one stroke penalty, then you need to eliminate stroke and distance all together for consistency in handicap and penalty assessment. In that regard, I further disagree that the rule change should be MLR at one stroke penalty, which would be a bifurcation of the rules.
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