Golf Rule Changes for Senior Golfers
Sep 7, 2013 14:49:50 #
Golf Rule Changes for Seniors:
Rule 1.a.5
A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized for tall grass which ground keepers failed to mow.
Rule 2.d.6 (B)
A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. The senior player must estimate the distance the ball would have travelled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from there.
Rule 3.B.3 (G)
There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, making it a stolen ball. The player is not to compound the felony by charging himself or herself with a penalty.
Rule 4.c.7 (h)
If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The Law of Gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf.
Rule 5
Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be blown in. This does not apply to balls more than three inches from the hole. No one wants to make a travesty of the game.
Rule 6.a.9 (k)
There is no penalty for so-called "out of bounds". If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur.. The senior golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty.
Rule 7..G.15 (z)
There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should float. Senior golfers should not be penalized for manufacturers' shortcomings.
Rule 8.k.9 (S)
Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new golf equipment. Since this is financially impractical for many senior golfers, one-half stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old equipment.
Please advise all your senior friends of these important rule changes. And they are written big enough that most of you should be able to read them!
Rule 1.a.5
A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized for tall grass which ground keepers failed to mow.
Rule 2.d.6 (B)
A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. The senior player must estimate the distance the ball would have travelled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from there.
Rule 3.B.3 (G)
There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, making it a stolen ball. The player is not to compound the felony by charging himself or herself with a penalty.
Rule 4.c.7 (h)
If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The Law of Gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf.
Rule 5
Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be blown in. This does not apply to balls more than three inches from the hole. No one wants to make a travesty of the game.
Rule 6.a.9 (k)
There is no penalty for so-called "out of bounds". If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur.. The senior golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty.
Rule 7..G.15 (z)
There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should float. Senior golfers should not be penalized for manufacturers' shortcomings.
Rule 8.k.9 (S)
Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new golf equipment. Since this is financially impractical for many senior golfers, one-half stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old equipment.
Please advise all your senior friends of these important rule changes. And they are written big enough that most of you should be able to read them!
Sep 7, 2013 14:54:41 #
Sep 7, 2013 14:58:09 #
Sep 7, 2013 15:07:44 #
I don't play golf, but they all sound sane and worthwhile to me, I'll vote for it.
Sep 7, 2013 15:09:29 #
rivercityjack wrote:
I don't play golf, but they all sound sane and worthwhile to me, I'll vote for it.
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Sep 7, 2013 16:40:51 #
Sep 7, 2013 19:47:43 #
having ben banned from driving ranges for errant slices ( if I had a little more club I could catch the damn ball),
I like the rule changes. might help my handicap, I can only play dog leg right holes.
I like the rule changes. might help my handicap, I can only play dog leg right holes.
Sep 7, 2013 23:21:41 #
DOOK wrote:
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Sep 7, 2013 23:21:59 #
Bruce with a Canon wrote:
having ben banned from driving ranges for errant slices ( if I had a little more club I could catch the damn ball),
I like the rule changes. might help my handicap, I can only play dog leg right holes.
I like the rule changes. might help my handicap, I can only play dog leg right holes.
:lol: :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Sep 8, 2013 12:02:29 #
New rule - # to be assigned
He/She who has the fastest power cart is never out of bounds.
He/She who has the fastest power cart is never out of bounds.
bcheary wrote:
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Sep 8, 2013 13:15:07 #
bcheary wrote:
Golf Rule Changes for Seniors: br br Rule 1.a.5 ... (show quote)
My partner follows these rules. But then he is 93.
Sep 8, 2013 16:39:41 #
Fezz wrote:
New rule - # to be assigned
He/She who has the fastest power cart is never out of bounds.
He/She who has the fastest power cart is never out of bounds.
:lol: :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Sep 22, 2013 02:39:50 #
johnr9999
Loc: Carlton, OR
at 70 I should get a lot of strokes for playing with old equipment but hope aspirin helps stop them. Plus, I don't golf.
Sep 22, 2013 18:16:14 #
soli wrote:
My partner follows these rules. But then he is 93.
Good for him. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Sep 22, 2013 18:16:59 #
johnr9999 wrote:
at 70 I should get a lot of strokes for playing with old equipment but hope aspirin helps stop them. Plus, I don't golf.
Maybe your are playing with the wrong club! :lol: :lol:
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