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ETIQUETTE
Dont move, talk or stand close to or directly along the line of a player making a stroke.
Dont play until the group in front is out of the way.
Always play without delay. Leave the putting green as soon as all players in your group have holed out.
Invite faster groups to play through.
Replace divots. Smooth out footprints in bunkers.
Dont step on the line of anothers putt.
Dont drop clubs on a putting green.
Replace the flagstick carefully in an upright position.
Leave the course in the condition in which youd like to find it
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Just relax
"Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at." -- Jimmy Demaret |
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Rules of the Month for March 2007
I had an experience last week when playing at Navy, which was not supportive to my game. In hole #2 my third shot was a little short of the green and rolled to the right, but not entering the bunker. I thought I was a little lucky, but when I saw the ball lying in a hole made by footsteps and sandy conditions, I realized I was in deep shit. No marking of GUR (Ground Under Repair). I used my sand wedge but hit the ball too hard and it went far to the other side of the green. I finally made a triple boogey and it certainly ruined my game. This led me to write about:
Not normal conditions
We are talking about conditions in the fairways, not it the rough. The problem arises when such areas are not defined as GUR. Many of the courses we play on have areas which should certainly be defined as GUR or offer relief from unmarked areas like dirty roads, tractor marks or as I experienced, man-made holes in the fairways.
Of course, this creates another problem. Who is really to tell the players?
We have a captain on each flight and you should ask him/her if you are allowed to a free drop if your ball is in a questionable position as to relief. This is not allowed for anything like cut grass and other materials not supposed to taken away later. The Board will instruct the captains accordingly and make sure the intension of the Rule 25-1 is followed.
After all, we are playing friendly games, but relief from questionable areas should not be taken benefit from for any players.
Have a good game at Evercrest!
GR/03/06/07
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Rule of the month - February 2007
Last month the focus was more on etiquette rather than the explicit rules of golf, regarding slow play and how to treat sand bunkers.
This month we are focusing on some more specific rules:
Wrong ball
If a player hits one ore more strokes on a ball that is not his (happened to all of us), the player gets a two strokes penalty, while the owner of the ball gets no penalty, but has to place it back to the spot where it was hit from in the first place by the other player (15-3).
Some players are often seen to change the ball when on the green to put with a different ball. This is not allowed and the player gets two strokes penalty. The rule is that you have to hole out with the same ball as you hit in the tee-shot (15-1).
Double hit
We have all experienced some times when we hit the ball and the club unfortunately hits the ball twice, we have to count two strokes in our score. It is defined as one stroke and one penalty (14-4).
Putting green
In addition to 15-1 above, it is not allowed for a player or his caddie to touch the putting green to point out a putting line in order not to leave a mark on the green,
(8-2b). If you do so, you will face a two stroke penalty.
At last a little about etiquette on the green:
Dont stay on the putting line of another player, neither in the front or in the back of it.
Never step on the putting line of another player. If you have to do so, let the other player play first.
Stand still and dont talk while another player is putting.
GR 01/31/07
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Rule of the month, January 2007
From the Rules Master
No specific rules of today, bur more on the etiquette of the game of golf.
Speed of play
The SGCP tournaments are often criticized for slow play or rather slow players, latest at Ayala Greenfield where our last flight spent 5 hours and 45 minutes to finish the round! Most of us like to hit the ball without too much preparation, walk with a steady pace up to where the ball lies and hit it again. It can be very frustrating to watch players who are making a lot of trial swings on tee-box and in the fairways, but even worse to see those players on the greens preparing for a put.
There are certain remedies to speed up the play:
Prepare for the shot while waiting for your turn to hit on fairways and greens
You can hit your ball when it is not your turn to hit if you are not interfering with other players, for instance when your ball is on the other side of the fairway
When you are searching for a ball and you are not sure you can easily find it, and after hitting a provisional ball, ask the following flight to ahead
If there is an open hole in front of you, ask the following flight to pass
If you cannot get a Stableford point, pick up your ball and move to the next tee-box
Please also switch off your cell phone or at least set it in silent mode when you are playing
Sand Bunkers
How many times have your ball gone into a bunker and you have found it in a hole after a footstep? Many times and it is really not fair!
It is the responsibility of the player to smoothen all the holes and footsteps he has made in the bunker and make sure your caddy does it if you dont do it yourself
It is sometimes tempting to go in and out from a bunker on the steep side if your ball lies in that part of the bunker, but you make it more difficult to smoothen the sand afterwards and you may even damage the grass on the edge. Therefore, even if it is a longer walk in the sand, enter and get out of the bunker on the low side
GR/ 10 January 2007b
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December rules - Please read !!
There are another couple of rules that the members are not quite familiar (me included) with:
1. You tee off and your ball goes right (or left) into an area where you dont know it can be found. Thereby you play a provisional ball say it lands in a nice spot on the fairway.
You walk up the spot your first ball entered the bad area and there are two solutions to your problem. You dont have to look for your ball and can declare it lost, whereupon you can hit your provisional ball with one stroke penalty.
In case you search for your first ball and find it, although unplayable, you have to go back to the tee-box and hit the ball from there with one stoke penalty. You are not allowed to hit the provisional ball. (I think we should allow to hit the provisional ball to save time, but in some cases you hit the provisional also into the bad area and you are better off with hitting your first ball from the tee).
2. We often see players who try to make the lie better by stepping on the grass in front of the ball when its lying in the rough or even in hazard. That incurs a 2 strokes penalty as you are not allowed to improve your lie (rule 13.2).
I dont think the SGCP should ride the rules to the limit, but we have to be playing in a fair way as it is nevertheless a competition among the members to get the trophies. Cheating should be discouraged as it and anyone caught while doing so, will be disgraced at the awarding ceremony. I realize that a lot of new players dont know the rules, but we should guide them accordingly.
GR/05/12/-j06
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From the Rule Master - Rule 28B
We learn a little every day. Last Sunday I had a discussions with Knud after a round of golf at Navy on dropping alternatives when your ball came to rest in an unplayable place and not in a hazard.
He said there are 3 alternatives to drop the ball all with one penalty stroke:
1. In a radius within 2 club lengths from where the ball came to rest, but not nearer to the flag,
2. You may go back to where you hit the ball this is the same as an OB - or
3. You may go as far back as you like along the line from the flag through your ball and hit it from anywhere on that line.
I did not think alternative 3 was allowed, only with yellow sticks for a hazard, but it is allowed according to Rule 28 B. I owe Knud a gin & tonic for my shortcoming.
Let us also repeat the dropping rules for water hazards, also with one penalty stroke:
If the hazard is marked with yellow sticks, you can drop anywhere back along the line from the flag through where your ball entered the hazard This goes also if your ball went over the water hazard, but rolled back and came to rest at an unplayable lie inside the areas marked with yellow sticks
If the hazard is marked by red sticks, you are allowed to drop your ball within 2 club lengths from where your ball entered the hazard, but not closer to the flag. (We have seen players drop opposite where the ball landed in the hazard, which is not according to the rules)
Please also observe that the ball has to be dropped at shoulder height and not even think of dropping it from knee height, not to say placing it on the ground.
Please make sure your caddy is not touching the ball at all between the tee box and the green.
When all of us play according to the rules, the end result will be fair to all.
10/05/06 GR
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ETIQUETTE
Etiquette covers both Courtesy and Priority on the Course as well as Care of the Course. Whilst the following points are not Rules as such they are an important part of the game.
1 Don't move, talk or stand close to a player making a stroke.
2 Don't play until the group in front is out of the way.
3 Always play without delay. Leave the putting green as soon as all players in your group have holed out.
4 Invite faster groups to play through.
5 Replace divots. Smooth footprints in bunkers.
6 Don't step on the line of another player's putt.
7 Don't drop clubs on the putting green.
8 Replace the flagstick carefully.
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Stableford
The Stableford system of scoring was invented in 1931 by Dr. Frank Stableford of the Wallasey & Royal Liverpool Golf Clubs and the first competition under Stableford Rules was played on 16 May 1932 at Wallasey.
Each player plays against the players adjusted par of each hole and receives points according to how he/she scores in relation to his/her par per hole:
The scoring system is as follows :
2 or more over par 0 points
1 over par 1 points
par 2 points
1 under par 3 points
2 under par 4 points
3 under par 5 points
and so on..
The score is the nett score for each hole dependent on the player's handicap.
The nett score is calculated by taking strokes at the appropriate hole using the stroke index for each hole shown on the card. (1 being the most difficult hole and 18 being the easiest hole)
A player with handicap 18 gets 1 extra strokes per hole, while a player with handicap 9 gets 1 extra stroke on each of the 9 most difficult holes i.e. stroke index 1 to 9 on the scorecard. - A player with handicap 36 thus gets 2 extra strokes per hole to make his/her par, etc.
Whereas normal stroke play requires you to complete every hole, Stableford is a score by hole, so that if you take more than 2 over par nett at the first, you can pick your ball up and go to the next hole and start again. The purpose of this is to speed up the game.
At the end of the 18 holes, the number of points gained at each of the holes is added together to give a total points score.
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Abnormal Ground Conditions - Rule of the month, October-05
By: Gustav Finstad, Rulemaster SGCP
Now probably it will rain and be wet, and a lot of "casual water" will
be on the golf course.
The Committee can decide on "Winter Rules" However, this is unlikely
since winter rules is normally used when the course is too dry!
If winter rules, you can lift, clean and move your ball, normally only a
score card. And normally not when you are in the rough. So we are not
talking about winter rules, even if many of us use this term without
knowing what it is! The rule to apply when the course are to wet is the
abnormal ground condition, rule (25-1)
If you are standing in water, or your ball is in the water, you are
entitled to a free drop, but not when your ball is in "water hazard"
marked with red/yellow stakes. In some cases "water Hazard" is not
marked, or in some cases there might not be any water in the water hazard.
It is still a water hazard.
If you are in a bunker, you still have a free drop. provided you can
drop in the bunker. If you have to drop outside the bunker, you get one
stroke penalty. Even if the hole bunker is full of water!!
If your ball is "lost" in a casual water, you have to be sure that the
ball was lost there , and not somewhere els. If so. you have "the lost ball rule" No free drop. Play another one from the original spot.One penalty.
From the casual water you will get a free drop. You can clean the ball.
It is a drop, not placing the ball on top of some dry grass.
Stand erect with your arm sight out! If it disappear in the grass, too
bad.
Where to drop?
You have to find the nearest point of relief, where both you and you
ball is dry. And not nearer to the hole.
If this is from the rough to a nice fairway, good for you. If this is
under the trees in the rough, bad luck. When you have found the nearest dry place, the ball must be dropped within one club length from that spot.
It is not your feet that count, it is where the ball when dropped first
meets the ground. One club length max. from the point of relief. Then
the ball my roll max two club lengths, not nearer to the hole. If it does
so, drop again.
If the nearest dry relief spot is on the green or in a hazard, you can
not use that spot to dropp or place the ball. Use the next possible dry
spot.
If the ball is on the green, and you have casual water in the putting
line, you have the same free relief. If you still are on the green, place the ball. If the nearest point of outside the green, drop the ball.
If you are not allowed to take away the water from the green.
You can of cause play the ball without taking a free drop. No lifting or
cleaning.
Some of the golf courses are now so wet, so it is impossible to follow
this.
Make own rules when playing with friends, but in competition changes
from the rules have to be decided by the committee.
And it is only when you are plaing according to the rules, that you are
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