Grounding Club on Rocks

[Gokap]

Did anyone think that will zalators grounded his club while checking his ball up against the rocks in the playoff?

[boogielicious]

47 minutes ago, Gokap said:

Did anyone think that will zalators grounded his club while checking his ball up against the rocks in the playoff?

Assuming you are referring to a penalty area, you are allowed to touch the ground in a penalty area per rule 17.1 b. This changed a few years ago.

[iacas]

4 hours ago, Gokap said:

Did anyone think that will zalators grounded his club while checking his ball up against the rocks in the playoff?

He may have. In which case… see the 2019 revisions to the Rules of Golf, as Scott noted. 😄

[sjduffers]

He sure did, but that is fine since the 2019 rules revision.

A better question, should he have hit the shot instead of going to the drop zone hitting his 3rd? Maybe with the toe of a putter, but his (long-ish) putter is really appropriate for that... After Straka hit his in the bunker, going to the drop zone was probably a good call, as long as he could get it somewhat close, which he did. 👍

[Friz]

On 8/15/2022 at 9:38 PM, sjduffers said:

A better question, should he have hit the shot instead of going to the drop zone hitting his 3rd? Maybe with the toe of a putter, but his (long-ish) putter is really appropriate for that... After Straka hit his in the bunker, going to the drop zone was probably a good call, as long as he could get it somewhat close, which he did. 👍

They posted this afterwards, although it should be noted that playing a normal chip shot should be obviously not the swing if its going to be attempted for real