ohio golfer

I just moved to Greenville, SC and am in love with the area. The problem is, I'm trying to find a decent golf club (not country club) to join where I can get with a group of guys that have skins games and such on the weekends. If anyone has a suggestion, please feel free to reply. Thanks in advance.

Too confusing; don't hit it into a hazard. And if you do, proceed directly to the 19th hole.

Creating a rules forum was an EXCELLENT idea. The guy that came up with that should be thanked!

He missed the putt for quadruple bogey?

You know what they say, practice makes permanent (not perfect). I would suggest you practice NOT hitting the ball into the water and give up on the water recovery shot idea. And I would hope a mod moves this thread into the appropriate folder; I don't see this being a RULES question.

I believe you can when the bunker is under water and it isn't a free drop.

Yours is an interesting take on the scenario because 13-4/37 is about OB or lost balls, not at all what the OP asked about.

Let's imagine you're playing a hole with OB to the right and a creek running across the fairway directly in front of you. Your tee shot lands in the water (bounce, fly, rolls, doesn't matter). You walk up to the creek and take a quick look for your ball, finding there is a very shallow stream of water that flows from your left to your right. You spot a fresh ball in the water off to the right and use your buddy's retriever ( because yours is being re-gripped ) to scoop it out. Checking it out, you realize that it is indeed the ball you just hit. You prepare to take your drop where you estimate your ball entered the hazard when your opponent says, "head back to the tee box, your ball is out of bounds." Astonished you respond, "what are you talking about? This is clearly staked as a water hazard!" He replies, "but the ball followed the current of the stream and ended up OB", pointing out the white stakes before and after the hazard and showing that your ball ended up to the right of those stakes. What do you do?

What was fast?

A place where we can discuss the details of rules like Dustin grounding his club in a bunker or the cheaters that moved a boulder for Tiger?

No, I was asking mostly about the Rules of Golf. I find they make a great discussion.

I just joined the forum today. I've been looking for a decent golf forum for some time now and I'm hoping this might be the one. I'm just learning the lay of the land; is there a good rules section here?