TEXAS SCRAMBLE

[jasonw]

In a game of Texas Scramble Player A addresses the ball and has a fresh air. Before Player B in the team has a chance to take his shot Player A in a fit of temper swings his club at the ball and hits the ball into the rough. What happens next according to the rules.

[Fourputt]

I've no idea what you are talking about.  The Rules of Golf do not recognize a scramble as a format which is playable under the rules, so I doubt that there is any definitive answer to your question.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by jasonw

In a game of Texas Scramble Player A addresses the ball and has a fresh air. Before Player B in the team has a chance to take his shot Player A in a fit of temper swings his club at the ball and hits the ball into the rough. What happens next according to the rules.

Rule 35-3a: Both players are required to drink two beers within the next three holes, or before the completion of the round if fewer than three holes remain to be played.

[Ignorant]

Originally Posted by iacas

Rule 35-3a: Both players are required to drink two beers within the next three holes, or before the completion of the round if fewer than three holes remain to be played.

Is there a One Beer Rule in effect or are players free to change the label between cans ?

[Ignorant]

Originally Posted by jasonw

In a game of Texas Scramble Player A addresses the ball and has a fresh air. Before Player B in the team has a chance to take his shot Player A in a fit of temper swings his club at the ball and hits the ball into the rough. What happens next according to the rules.

As fourputt pointed out there are no real official rules for scramble. As in scramble each player needs to drop (or place) his ball then that ball A hit into the rough was not B's ball. Now the question is whether that was a stroke or just a sving at the ball in disgust. In latter case nothing happens but in the former case one could argue if that is forbidden practising during round.

All in all, scamble is entertainment so I guess nobody should bother his head with that kind of problem. B just drops his ball and playes it and then A and B decide if they continue with A's ball or B's. Simple.

[jasonw]

Thanks for that, appreciate it. I agree texas scramble is a fun format but with feuding members taking the format too seriously sometimes unfortuately we as a committee need to make a decision when common sense should have prevailed, and this site looked like a good place to throw the problem out to other golfers.