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So we’ve had - Sergio getting away with a very mild punishment for beating up the greens The Pros deciding they don’t like one of the new rules so they’ve suspended it But even worse...... The sight of Dustin Johnson yakking out some of the longest gobs I’ve ever seen in full view of the...

Orikoru, Back in the 80’s stablefords for some reason were often played off 7/8 of your handicap instead of the full we use now. As very few people knew their 7/8 table clubs used to print a matrix on the back of the scorecard so you would look up your handicap and alongside was its 7/8...

Popped into Painswick GC for a bite to eat while on my travels last week and picked up one of their scorecards to look at. Delighted and surprised to see that was still a 7/8 handicap matrix on the back. Remember that from stablefords of old? It got me thinking about the things that are...

Three years ago one of comps was won with a net 58 (par 69). He was a 1 handicap at the time - was then chopped to 0.

If you leave your trolley to the side of the tee you will probably have a walk of a few yards each way to the tee. If you take your trolley with you you will probably have to negotiate a small slope (most tees being slightly raised) wearing away at that area, then across the ground you would...

Does anybody else shake their head in amazement when this advert comes on? In one shot they’re playing in what looks to be a garage the size of a small hangar with a comfy sofa to sit on and a few garden implements hanging on the wall to make it look authentic. Then.... the family man is...

So........ you hit your ball towards a big old bush. You can’t find it, so then you can drop in the ‘vicinity’ including the fairway. However, if you can see it but can’t play it, nor can you take any reasonable relief under the unplayable rule you will still have to return to where you...

Just wondering where par (bogey) competitions will fit into this? At the moment your handicap is adjusted to your +/- score against css which often doesn’t reflect what your stableford score would have been. Also, as the whole golfing world will now be dancing to the same handicapping tune...

What’s the worst score you’ve had in a match and still won the hole? I played a league match last year and we were both a bit better than our handicaps after 10 holes. Then we both proceeded to hit every tree on the 11th hole including 5 off the tee for me and 3 for him. I eventually won...

Thanks. Some interesting answers here across a range of different rule numbers although there doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer. On refelection I would have thought that the definition of building a stance referred to something you had done specifically for yourself whereas the spreading...

Hi all. First post although I’ve been a read-only for a long time. We had an interesting one at the club yesterday. It was freezing cold though the course was quite playable. One of the tees is set back in the trees and out of the sun and consequently it was like a skating rink and very hard...