Recent content by HiltonParker78

Yes, the penny has dropped. The illustration talks about a player wishing to declare the ball unplayable and dropping it behind the point where the ball lay and the hole, and that has to be in the bunker. Only stroke and distance allows him to drop outside the bunker. Thanks for assistance.

Thanks for that. However, my money would still be on the R & A getting the answer right to the specific example shown and me getting the interpretation wrong. Anyone armed with a copy of the article in a position to enlighten me?

In the latest edition of Golf Monthly (Test Your Knowledge section) it states that when a ball is declared unplayable in a bunker it must be dropped in a bunker. I always thought you had the option, under one-stroke penalty, to drop the ball where you last played it. Am I wrong again?

No offence taken - or perceived for that matter. As far as enjoyment goes, there is absolutely none when you come to a green, then three, four or five stab a putt because of the yips. My long putter allows to play on as a senior and long may that continue!

If I felt that using my long putter (unanchored) gave an unfair advantage, I would hang up my spikes tomorrow. I would not wish one on my worst enemy. Going from being an excellent putter with the short stick (pre yips) to a mediocre one with the unwieldy "pole" is no fun. And there will be...

Elsewhere on the forum you will see "Tony Jacklin has me in a spin", which I posted earlier today. Well, Tony, your thinking on the long putter has my head spinning, too. In The Open edition of GM he writes: "And the long putter. I do not know why it took 30 years to realise it is not in the...

:confused: Right, I now accept that a golf ball has no topspin when hit correctly from the tee, only backspin. So could someone help me unscramble a quote from Tony Jacklin in the current GM? Talking about senior players (yes, I am one) and their inability to maintain distance, he says "Your...

We broke with tradition at Hilton Park yesterday. Our three-man teams went out all playing to the lowest man's handicap - in our case 17. That was it. Simple as that. 17 strokes for our team. Seemed to be well received, and gave a lot more teams meaningful hope of a place on the leaderboard. Our...

Apologies for going over old ground. Will head back to July 25 and digest all responses.

Right, I'm reading the latest Golf Monthly, specifically the section "Know the Rules". Lost ball: "You cannot render the original ball lost be declaration". I thought that was EXACTLY what you had to do! It goes on, stating that "I'll declare the original ball lost" is meaningless. What could be...

This link may help. My vote? Can't see anything other than dq. http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/article/585/8635548/-

There are pro golfers around who take everything going from the sport but put precious little back. So let's hear it for Scotland's No 1, Martin Laird, who honed his skills as a lad over my own course, Hilton Park, just outside Glasgow. Anyone here will tell you just how hard Martin worked at...