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We play drop where it went in and you’re hitting your 4th. Not allowed in board events.
It only gets used if you hit your drive long enough before it goes awol. If you hit a short snap hook you would play a provisional.
Rule sort of means you can hit you’re 4th at roughly where a straight prov (your 3rd) might land. Helps speed of play.

Can’t say I love the idea of it. Is it just for OOB or any kind of lost ball? Surely the better percentage play would always be to play a provisional or a new ball in play? So it’s really only for balls that are “unexpectedly lost”?

 

[Livonski]

Can’t say I love the idea of it. Is it just for OOB or any kind of lost ball? Surely the better percentage play would always be to play a provisional or a new ball in play? So it’s really only for balls that are “unexpectedly lost”?

Any lost ball.
Takes away the risk of hitting your provvy the same way. But you’re still playing your 4th so you’re usually still as cooked on the hole. Not used that often.

 

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Any lost ball.
Takes away the risk of hitting your provvy the same way. But you’re still playing your 4th so you’re usually still as cooked on the hole. Not used that often.

Can’t support it. One of the great joys in golf is seeing a playing partner launch 2(or more!) balls to an identical death. Seeing the instant destruction of a stroke round is a thing of beauty.

Teeing off in the monthly medal at 7:30 tomorrow. Expect the Golf Gods to punish me.

 

[katana]

So your club has a local rule that allows for a drop to be taken at the point where a ball was lost with a 2 stroke penalty?

yeah i play and live out in the country. quite common in my experience out here, but it's not how you've phrased it. it's like this https://www.usga.org/content/usga/h...nges/golfs-new-rules-stroke-and-distance.html

i've played fancy courses/courses in the city yadda yadda and obviously does not apply.

 

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yeah i play and live out in the country. quite common in my experience out here, but it's not how you've phrased it. it's like this https://www.usga.org/content/usga/h...nges/golfs-new-rules-stroke-and-distance.html

i've played fancy courses/courses in the city yadda yadda and obviously does not apply.

Reckon the moral of the story is whenever there’s the slightest doubt, play a provisional

 

[katana]

Reckon the moral of the story is whenever there’s the slightest doubt, play a provisional

yeah people can be stubborn in a tourist area and play is meant to keep flowing. i play with my old man at huntingdale and i hit two off most tees... because i miss fairways and don't know the hazards...

 

[Livonski]

Reckon the moral of the story is whenever there’s the slightest doubt, play a provisional

I agree.
The local rule just takes out the 5 min delay when you walk back to the tee after a 3 minute search when you were confident of finding it…but didn’t.
Stroke rounds are invariably very long anyways so this can help not completely back the field up.

 

[toxic]

Justin Rose have the week from heaven

Hes flushing everything

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Justin Rose have the week from heaven

Hes flushing everything

Could win by double figures.

 

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LPGA cancels the final round in Florida because it was too cold. Quite extraordinary.

 

[Satan]

Some golfers we have lost

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[The Talent Scout]

PGA TOUR {Phoenix Open}

Si Woo Kim $10 at $21
Hideki Matsuyama $15 at $26
Ben Griffin $10 at $29
Brookes Koepka $10 at $34
Jake Knapp $15 at $34
Michael Thorbjornsen $5 at $51
Nicolai Hojgaard $15 at $67
Max Greyserman $5 at $126

DP WORLD TOUR {Qatar Masters}

Daniel Hillier $20 at $13
Angel Ayora $10 at $17
Matt Wallace $10 at $21
Martin Couvra $10 at $31

BEN COLEYS TIPS FOR PHOENIX OPEN

C. Morikawa
B. Koepka
S. Straka
S. Stevens
J. Keefer

 

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Rd 1 is done for LIV in Riyadh. They just quietly cut their season end prizemoney by two thirds. Yes, two thirds.

Last year the winner received $18m. This season it will be $6m. But weirdly, at the same time they have doubled the weekly teams prize pot from $5m to $10m.

Guess team golf really is important...

 

[Pklz]

Elvis Smylie with a win on debut in LIV and a ripper gc team win

 

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Elvis Smylie with a win on debut in LIV and a ripper gc team win

The OWGR points make it a bit more interesting. Think Smylie will go from mid 120s to mid 70s

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Amazing the run Patrick Reed has had the past month

 

[Orfullrules]

Crowds at the golf have been embarrassing

 

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Geez Hideki just hit the ejector seat. The crowd on that playoff tee was horrendous.

 

[chickenonachain]

Geez Hideki just hit the ejector seat. The crowd on that playoff tee was horrendous.

What happened ?

 

[sideswipe]

What happened ?

1. Hideki had to back off his putt on 18 to win the tournament - due to yelling from the crowd.
2. Then he had to pull out of hit tee shot(on the downswing) because of even worse yelling(closer to him) on that tee.
3. Then the ejector seat was pulled when he went high left which bounced into the hazard.

He did make a great approach to get it on the green from there, but Gotterup shut the door with an awesome birdie.

 

[chickenonachain]

1. Hideki had to back off his putt on 18 to win the tournament - due to yelling from the crowd.
2. Then he had to pull out of hit tee shot(on the downswing) because of even worse yelling(closer to him) on that tee.
3. Then the ejector seat was pulled when he went high left which bounced into the hazard.

He did make a great approach to get it on the green from there, but Gotterup shut the door with an awesome birdie.

I’m really starting to dislike American sporting crowds . Wasn’t there a fair bit of trouble a few years ago at the same tournament?

 

[chickenonachain]

1. Hideki had to back off his putt on 18 to win the tournament - due to yelling from the crowd.
2. Then he had to pull out of hit tee shot(on the downswing) because of even worse yelling(closer to him) on that tee.
3. Then the ejector seat was pulled when he went high left which bounced into the hazard.

He did make a great approach to get it on the green from there, but Gotterup shut the door with an awesome birdie.

I’m really starting to dislike American sporting crowds . Wasn’t there a fair bit of trouble a few years ago at the same tournament

 

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I’m really starting to dislike American sporting crowds . Wasn’t there a fair bit of trouble a few years ago at the same tournament

There's trouble every year at Phoenix. This year actually seems like it was better, possibly because they were less inebriated, than they have been over the last few.

 

[chickenonachain]

There's trouble every year at Phoenix. This year actually seems like it was better, possibly because they were less inebriated, than they have been over the last few.

I saw one idiot gave $100 to someone to yell out jackass as the player was hitting his shot in the fairway bunker. The so called fan has been banned for life evidently it was for a social media post

 

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I saw one idiot gave $100 to someone to yell out jackass as the player was hitting his shot in the fairway bunker. The so called fan has been banned for life evidently it was for a social media post

Fools seeking attention.