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Don't the USGA / R&A both say under 18.3 a provisional ball can be played "to save time"? Has it any other use? GM def say the purpose...

Yes, because that is a clear indication. They are doing nothing more than asking if their original ball went in the hedge or is lost...

The inevitable consequence of that would be disqualifying players because they have not used exactly the right word(s). No thanks.

No, they couldn't. Only one of your examples gives a clear indication. With no clear indication, the ball is not a provisional.

Requiring new players to learn a vocabulary is order to avoid penalties and/or disadvantage is ridiculous. And we certainly don't need...

To be fair there as still people who think the earth is flat and that COVID was a conspiracy so their are a level above those knuckle...

Nothing happened on the levels we are seeing now. Not as frequent. This is becoming a yearly occurrence. It used to be once in a...

Ofc it has. The world buys everything from china. Did you even read my post? The world outsourced it's emissions to china. " Myth 4...

No where near the cost if we don't.

That's normal in most sports though, isn't it? The international federation sets out the rules/laws of the game but national...

Don't see why not as long it doesn't alter the conditions affecting the swing. Not sure you'd learn very much though, 1) the apple won't...

The powers that be were without doubt consulting social scientists and were right in doing so. Withiut publc buy in then then whatever...

There was nothing stopping people from going for a walk to keep that fitness for the older people Golf and golfers weren’t harmed by...

What do the social sciences say about this do you think?

Keeping people alive was a bigger priority that someone being able to go and hit a golf ball There were some who selfishly only could...