ClubLand Stories October 26 - Blakey Rules Podcast Episode 142

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BRQOTW 141 - Your caddie can mark, lift, clean and replace your ball on the putting green without needing permission.

• Once your ball is marked and lifted, it "owns the spot". If wind moves it, you must replace it on the original spot.

• If the ball will not stay on the spot after being replaced, try again. If it still will not stay, find the nearest spot where it will remain at rest.

• Trying the original spot a third time is acceptable because it is the nearest spot to the original spot.

• No penalty applies.

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ClubLand Stories

• Flag on the cart

• Players in a four-ball event claim a win under an incorrect ruling, leave, and then lie about the facts.

• Players forgetting what the Terms of Competition say about handicap adjustment (75%) and playing off their normal handicaps in a match

• Structure of a club championship - best 3 out of 4

• Local Rule for powerlines off the course, parallel to play but located in the rough

• Playing an individual stableford round combined with a 2 person aggregate stableford competition

• Three common unauthorised local rules - free drop from tree roots unless located within 2 club-lengths of trees, AND free relief from divots, AND lift, rake, and replace in bunkers

• Are competitors allowed to search for their opponents ball

• If a match goes to extra holes, do the players use the same handicap strokes?

• If a man is playing a woman in a match, and the man plays a par 4, and the woman plays the same hole as a par 5, how is the result calculated?

• Can you put a stake in a bunker to make it GUR whilst staff are working on it?

• Ball in GUR and also has access to preferred lie

• No caddies allowed within 20 metres of player, disqualification after the results are announced

• Foursome partner takes free replay for ball hitting sign

• Free replay for hitting rake holder

• Tree branch being moved by wind keeps moving ball. Ball replaced and still gets moved

• Making a local rule that restricts who the marker is, not someone sharing the same cart

• Partner hits player’s ball with follow-through

• Opponent isn’t happy that they can’t win a hole if they are giving shots and the other person birdies a par 3

Debate a subjective Rule/ruling

• Flagstick - deliberate vs accidental

• A player stands next to the flagstick, and watches a ball hit the flagstick that they are not holding, and the ball goes in the hole.

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In Episode 1 of Blakey Rules, we have our usual segments:

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Latest Rulings.

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Question of the Episode,

Subjective Rule of the week.

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Joining the SCGA to help conduct some tournaments - THE GRQ PODCAST EP140

GRQOTW140: A player has a caddie, and fires them after four holes. The caddie then continues to watch the player play, and then on the 7th hole, the player hits a ball into long grass, the ex-caddie goes to search for it and is there for 45 seconds before the player arrives to search. The ball is found 2mins and 45secs later. Is this ball still the ball in play?

GRQOTW139: The player moves a loose impediment that the ball is sitting on. They then realised the ball is sitting on the loose impediment, so they replace the loose impediment exactly as it was so that the ball is in the same position. Is the ball considered to have move and therefore the player gets a one stroke penalty?

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GUEST: Jason R. Smith, co-author of A Guide to Being a Rules Official, joins Blakey for his second guest appearance, and they go through some gnarly Rules of Golf situations - THE GRQ PODCAST EP139

Jason brings his own ClubLand Stories to the podcast presented by GOLF.AI, and tries to catch Blakey out with a ball moved, or has it not moved, that is the question.

GUEST: Elisa Hermes, an update about recent US OPEN qualifying tournaments and Rules worshops that Elisa has been running, we also discuss golf as an outdoor spot - THE GRQ PODCAST EP138

GRQ137 - David hits his tee shot to the right of the fairway and it comes to rest inside a wombat hole that is on the side of a cliff face. The ball is not visible from the ground, but it was known to have gone into the hole, and the hole is very visible from the ground and it is easy to see that it is a wombat hole. David can't walk up the cliff face to get to the ball nor the hole, so he says to Andrew that he will take free relief, and use the nearest spot to the hole that he can reach as his reference point and drop a ball within a club-length of that spot. Andrew is not sure about that, and doesn't even think David could actually play a shot at the ball, as he can't climb the cliff face. Andrew calls in a referee, and that is you, what is your ruling?

Answer: The stroke would have been clearly unreasonable for David, so there is no free relief. He would have to take stroke-and-distance and he cannot locate the exact spot of the ball.

GRQOTW138

A player' s ball has come to rest on the fringe. There is some dirt in front of his ball that looks to have stuck together and fallen off the bottom of another player's shoe. Is the player allowed to remove that dirt that is on his line of play?

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CLUBLAND STORIES May: Wrong Balls, Intervening Event for a Deliberate Stop, Moving a Loose Impediment in a Bunker, Dropping a Ball with No Intention for it to be in Play - THE GRQ PODCAST EP137

Blakey is back, by himself this time, hopefully the audio is a lot better. There are some fun ClubLand stories this time, and of course the GRQOTW's and we serve up an easy question for Golf.Ai.

GRQOTW 136

Blakey and Stuart are playing each other in a match at Wombat Hills. As Stuart is preparing to make his 2nd stroke in the general area on the 3rd hole, his ball moves backwards slightly. Before Stuart can remove his club, the ball comes to rest against the club, which stops it moving. Blakey is standing close by watching and both players agree that neither Stuart or any outside influence caused the ball to move.

Just to be sure of what to do next, Blakey calls in a referee.

What is the ruling?

Answer: The movement of the ball was caused by natural forces, so no penalty.

The stopping of the ball was accidental, so no penalty.

The player is to remove their club, and if the ball moves in that case, there is no penalty and the ball needs to be replaced.

GRQOTW 137

GRQ137 - David hits his tee shot to the right of the fairway and it comes to rest inside a wombat hole that is on the side of a cliff face. The ball is not visible from the ground, but it was known to have gone into the hole, and the hole is very visible from the ground and it is easy to see that it is a wombat hole. David can't walk up the cliff face to get to the ball nor the hole, so he says to Andrew that he will take free relief, and use the nearest spot to the hole that he can reach as his reference point and drop a ball within a club-length of that spot. Andrew is not sure about that, and doesn't even think David could actually play a shot at the ball, as he can't climb the cliff face. Andrew calls in a referee, and that is you, what is your ruling?

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CLUBLAND STORIES March: Mixed Gender Match Play, a gate on the course boundary, determining the reference point, accidentally substituting golf balls, and marking a ball - THE GRQ PODCAST EP135

We are back with Episode 135 of the GolfRules Questions Podcast, and this week it is our favourite episode of the month, Clubland Stories. DK has a hypothetical question about a mixed gender match, whilst pedanticus is a little too penaltycus over a pitch mark. Then we have the nerd and bill tell us about some more golf shop stuff ups. We also have another audio question sent in by Dear John, and this time he gives us the answer, just in case.So whether you are cooking rice, or melting gold, please enjoy this episode of the golfrules questions podcast.

GRQOTW 134:

In stroke play, a marker enters the scores in the wrong boxes on the scorecard, can they correct it after they have returned the scorecard, or is it too late?

It is too late. Whilst the hole numbers could be changed prior to the scorecard being returned, it is too late if this is not done before the scorecard has been returned.

If a marker signs in the player’s spot, and the player signs in the marker’s spot, and the scorecard is returned, is that also too late to correct it, or does it even need to be corrected?It does not even need to be corrected. As long as their are two signatures on the scorecard, it will be accepted.GRQOTW135: A player's ball, played from the putting green, is deflected into the hole by another player's caddie, who accidentally walked across the line of play. The original ball, or another ball, must be replaced on its orginal spot and the stroke must be replayed.GOLFRULES QUESTIONS MERCHANDISEGet yourself a Roo&Coo polo: https://golfrulesquestions.myspreadshop.com/.DO YOU HAVE A RULES OF GOLF QUESTION:Email - golfrules.questions@gmail.comWANT TO TEST YOUR RULES OF GOLF KNOWLEDGE?Head to: www.golfrulesquestions.comWANT A QUICK GOLF RULES REFERENCEHead to Instagram: @golfrules_questions (https://www.instagram.com/golfrules_questions/?hl=en)OR JOIN THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITYhttps://www.facebook.com/golfrulesquestionsLISTEN TO THE GRQ PODCAST ON APPLE OR SPOTIFYClick here: https://anchor.fm/golfrules-questionsSUBSCRIBE to GOLFRULES QUESTIONS https://bit.ly/2I8KrVH for all your golf rules#golfrules #GolfRulesQuestions #blakey

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The special guest on this week’s episode of the GolfRules Questions podcast is Clive Mayhew from Golf.Ai, who has set out on a journey to help raise the Golf Rules IQ of everyone on the planet through the use of AI. The powerful engines of the worlds best computer chips makes getting Rules access a lot quicker and easier, and the best way to prove your mates wrong. So whether you’re hacking into your friends computer, or slapping ham between two pieces of bread, here’s this week’s episode of the GolfRules Questions podcast.

GRQOTW133: Late on a Friday afternoon at Wombat Hills GC, Blakey and Stuart are playing a match, and remarkably, Stuart is able to win the 18th hole to tie the match. Given the quickly fading daylight, both players agree to stop play and resume their match on Sunday morning at 8am. Two days later and just prior to starting their 19th hole of the match, Blakey tells Stuart that he had 39 points in the stableford competition played on the Wombat Hills course the day before. Knowing that an extended match is a continuation of the same round, not a new round, Stuart now knows that Blakey has practiced on the course during the match. He requests a ruling from the Committee before teeing off.

Blakey is allowed to practice on the course before the match resumes on Sunday. Rule 5.5c specifically allows practice on the course when a match is stopped by agreement and will not resume on the same day, without restriction before the match is resumed. Therefore, there is no penalty.GRQOTW134: In stroke play, a marker enters the scores in the wrong boxes on the scorecard, can they correct it after they have returned the scorecard, or is it too late? If a marker signs in the player’s spot, and the player signs in the marker’s spot, and the scorecard is returned, is that also too late to correct it, or does it even need to be corrected?
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