Comments on: 2008 Rules Changes are Player Friendly

By: Everett

Everett — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:51:38 +0000

None of my partners believe me but I think I remember seeing that if you unintentionally hit a ball (like a practice swing contact) you can state that it was unintentional and replace the ball, but if you don’t state it the stroke counts?

By: johnv

johnv — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:14:50 +0000

Stan,
Yes, provided the cart path is outside the hazard. Once you have dropped on the cart path, if you have interference with it, you may take free relief from it. In taking relief, you can not drop in the hazard.

By: stan blackketter

stan blackketter — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:33:33 +0000

can you drop from hazard onto cart path?

By: Scott Seward

Scott Seward — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:39:16 +0000

Jerry – There is no rule prohibiting chipping on a green, but for us less-skilled golfers, its probably not advised for the sake of the green.

By: Jerry Walton

Jerry Walton — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:37:56 +0000

I was asked by an other golfer (can you chip on the green)

By: John Vander Borght

John Vander Borght — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:16:13 +0000

Brian,

In a team match, a player who plays a wrong ball is disqualified for that hole. Rule 31-7 covers all disqualification penalties. Some penalties do result in the team being disqualified, but failure to correct the play of a wrong ball is not one and the result is only that the player is disqualified for that hole.

By: Brian Scott

Brian Scott — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:21:52 +0000

In our recent zone qualifier a player played a wrong ball and did not correct his mistake, holing out with the wrong ball and proceeding to the next tee and teeing off. Is he disqualified and all of his score cannot be used in the team match or is he disqualified for just that one hole? This was a team match two better balls of four. Thank you.

By: Scott Seward

Scott Seward — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:18:22 +0000

George – There is nothing to say, he is well within the rules. Thanks

By: George R. Senn

George R. Senn — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:04:15 +0000

Different subject. A golfer friend routinely plays with three clubs (no putter) and maintains a 12 handicap from the back tees of difficult courses. Question, when he plays in tournaments he uses the full complement of 14 clubs! What would NCGA say about this?

By: Jim Cowan

Jim Cowan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:29:33 +0000

Steve Nielsen, thank you for your comment. It is interesting how your comments contrast with those of John McEnnry since he felt things were fine in stroke play with a low playing against a high, but not in match play. All I can tell you is that if you played against the same high handicapper 100 times, you would come out on top more often than not due to the bonus for excellence. If you compete against an entire field of high handicappers, however, it doesn’t surprise me that you might come out on the short end. High handicappers do not play to their handicap with any greater frequency than lows, but on any given day, they have the ability to go lower. Many of our tournaments have handicap flights for this specific reason. Thanks again – Jim Cowan