CLUBLAND STORIES For The Ages - THE GRQ PODCAST EP81

The GolfRules Questions Podcast

01-03-2023 • 59 mins

CLUBLAND STORIES For The Ages - THE GRQ PODCAST EP81

GRQOTW for 80 - Andy was permitted under Rule 18.3c(2) Exception to continue play with his provisional ball.

Clubland Story #1  - Ball stuck in flagstick

Clubland Story #2  - Marking ball with line drawn in the sand

Clubland Story #3  - Protective fences and how to take relief from them

Clubland Story #4  - Picking up a ball to take a preferred lie, done in error as they weren't in the required grass cut to fairway height.

Clubland Story #5  - Forgetting it was stroke play, and then hit the ball away in disgust because they thought they couldn't score anymore points.

Clubland Story #6  - Opponent talking about the ball in play like they owned it, but then informing the referee that they didn't after asking a tonne of questions.

Clubland Story #7  - Player blatantly disregards 'known or virtual certainty'and 'ball in play' records a par, then has no regard for letting the Committee know.

GRQOTW #81 -

In which of the following is the player not required to drop their ball or another ball again? When the player drops a ball in the right way in the relief area such that it lands in the general area and then rolls:

A. onto and comes to rest on a putting green when relief was properly taken under Rule 17.1 (Penalty Area) for a ball last crossing the edge of a red penalty area near the putting green.

B. into and comes to rest in a portion of the relief area that is in a bunker.

C. to and comes to rest in a position where there is interference for the player's stance by the cart path from which relief was initially taken under Rule 16.1b (Abnormal Course Conditions, Relief for Ball in General Area).

D. when taking relief under Rule 16.3b (Embedded Ball), the player's ball rolls into a position where their stance is on the location where the ball was embedded.