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[macdaddy18]

On 8/15/2016 at 6:02 PM, Fourputt said:

And yet, nobody, not one of those self-styled experts, has come up with a workable simplification of the rules.  Do you suppose that might mean that the USGA and the R&A are on the right track, and the bitching is just that.... bitching?

Certainly it's easier said than done, and I don't claim to have the answers.  The governing bodies do a tremendous amount to preserve and protect the game, but that doesn't mean that they're infallible or that there's not room for improvement - the incident at this year's U.S. Open being a prime example.  That's why they make periodic revisions to the rules, but it won't happen if people don't point out the need for the changes.  So no, I think that sometimes the "bitching" is not just bitching.  At any rate, my primary point was that you don't have to love every single aspect of the game to love it as a whole.

[Natural Patrick]

On 8/13/2016 at 4:42 PM, Missouri Swede said:

But in 2014, they allowed Scott Langley's because it was still moving.  At least according to the announcers. (And they always get it right.  Right?  )  

On this one, he watches it for about 8 seconds after it stops before he even starts walking toward it, does not walk directly toward it, and then stops to watch again for about another 7 seconds before it drops. Feherty says, "You're not allowed to hit a moving ball."

 

I seen this video for an Olympic commercial? 

[Missouri Swede]

32 minutes ago, Natural Patrick said:

I seen this video for an Olympic commercial? 

Yeah, it's a beer commercial they're showing during the Olympics.  That's what made me look it up, because it looked like a clip from a real tournament--not staged for the commercial.  And it looked to me like it shouldn't have been allowed, which made me think of this thread.

[Natural Patrick]

4 minutes ago, Missouri Swede said:

Yeah, it's a beer commercial they're showing during the Olympics.  That's what made me look it up, because it looked like a clip from a real tournament--not staged for the commercial.  And it looked to me like it shouldn't have been allowed, which made me think of this thread.

Is it a beer soccer fans drink?

[Golfingdad]

On August 14, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Fourputt said:

Yes, it is different because the rule says it is.  It can't be against the "nature of the game" (whatever that is?), because the rules are what define the game.  Once the ball is overhanging the hole, you have a reasonable amount of time to walk to the hole (not stand and watch, then circle the hole like a boxer sizing up his opponent) plus 10 seconds.  The 10 seconds is a total time, and can be a combination of delays both before and after approaching the hole.  If the ball hasn't fallen by then, it is deemed by rule to be at rest.  If it starts moving again after that, or if it never stopped moving, and falls in the hole, then you add a stroke, pick it out of the hole, and move to the next tee.  

The gravity of this has just dawned on me ... Noonan actually should have lost to Smails and Brian Doyle Murray blew the call.  That ball overhung that hole for 52 seconds!

 

[Missouri Swede]

8 minutes ago, Natural Patrick said:

Is it a beer soccer fans drink?

I wouldn't know. I don't think I know any soccer fans.

[Ernest Jones]

7 hours ago, Golfingdad said:

The gravity of this has just dawned on me ... Noonan actually should have lost to Smails and Brian Doyle Murray blew the call.  That ball overhung that hole for 52 seconds!

 

Gravity! Ha ha, oh Barny, you kill me!