Recent content by Colin L

I've always reckoned I am more likely to make an error on the simple ones where you just trot out the answer than the difficult ones which cause you to pause, think, maybe look up the rules, maybe consult with a colleague.

I wonder what the referee was explaining. Why did it seem to need more than to hear what happened, say "Ok, that's a one stroke penalty and replace your ball " and step back to watch the player get on with it?

I would always expect a singles match to be much quicker than a 3 ball stroke play competition group. On the matter of precedence, even where there is no special status given to a competition match, I'd suggest that the match should, if it goes to the 19th, have precedence over a group waiting...

You're welcome. Another possibility is 4.1b(2) - borrowing a club. Neither that or 10.2 is, of course, unique to the situation of two matches playing alongside each other and I can't think of anything that would be.

The only Rule I can think of that could be broken is 10.2 by asking for advice from a player in the other match. There is also Clarification 10.2a/2: you would need to stop a player in the other match from giving you advice.

You can be required to submit your score both on a physical card and by electronic means but only one method can be the way in which you must return your score for the competition. The Committee has to specify how a score is to be returned - on a physical card or an electronic one. Whichever...

And also on the hard cards of Scottish Golf, England Golf, Golf Ireland, the European Golf Association, Golf Australia, the R&A and the USGA.... maybe more!

Indeed it should . I'd put money (but not a lot, being a Scot) on the MLR making its way into the 2027 Rules.

The question is, of course, whether the offence of forgetting to sign is so egregious that it merits a DQ. The MLR doesn't exonerate the player but gives us the opportunity to say that a moment's carelessness isn't that bad and that a 2 stroke penalty is enough. Which is presumably the opinion...

I'd be interested to get some idea of how many clubs introduced have MLR-1 in place. That's the local rule made available in 2023 whereby if a player returns his card unsigned by himself, his marker or both, the penalty is 2 strokes added to his score for the last hole rather than...

It would probably throw up.

No. Your reference point for relief has to be on another part of the course than the penalty area and since the line is in the penalty area your reference point cannot be on it. 17.1d(3)

Reading through this thread, you could be excused for thinking AI to be the initials of a real person. Like cliveb I find that a bit spooky.

You have the answer. But why, if the ground is regular enough to warrant using your putter, why would you want to play from a mat?

Be better just reading the Rules of Golf.