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    rules question

    Hi I was wondering if anyone out there could answer my question & thanks in advance I was playing in a match play final & on a hole the person I was playing pulled their drive into deep rough, I located his ball which was in a heavy lie, he walked up to the ball, & as I turned away I looked...
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    winter league pairs formats

    hello can any one help do you know of the different pairs comps you can play & what the handicap allowence would be for these like better ball, greensomes, & foursomes cheers "come on europe"
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    bunker question

    found this in the R & A rule book do you think this answers my question After making the stroke, if the ball is still in the hazard or has been lifted from the hazard and may be dropped or placed in the hazard, the player may smooth sand or soil in the hazard, provided nothing is done to breach...
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    marking the card question

    its me again with the questions I hope someone out there can answer 2 players in a buggy claiming they only have one pencil between them. one of the two players fill in the stroke play scores for both for the both of them. are they at fault and does anybody know were this rule is in the R & A...
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    bunker question

    last Sunday, one of our players tried to play out of a large bunker, the ball hit the lip and came to rest back in the bunker. about 5 feet to his left, he proceeded to smooth the sand were he had played his first shot, using his club. with the ball still being in a different part of athe...
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    Handicap advice

    in answer to your question yes of course i want to be cut and get down as low as possible, but under the guide lines set out by the handicap system i have not missed a qualifing comp in 5 years, to me that reflexes my handicap is true
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    Handicap advice

    you can go up or down .1 .2 .3 depending on what category your handicap falls into
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    Handicap advice

    I play with my local club using the congu handicap i play every single week and never miss my golf, my current handicap is 13.2 over the course of the year as well as weekly comps we are awarded merit points, 10 for the winner 9 for the runner up and so on. at the end of the year we have the...
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    wrap up warm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Good luck to all you golfers that are braving the elements tomorrow, lets hope it pays off & we all have a good knock
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    What a difference a hotel makes...

    I play at Hoylake municipal just over the road from Royal Liverpool i have heard that they are going to build a big hotel next to our course, in time for the return of the Open, from what i have read from you lads the future for us regulars is not bright
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    Whats your favorite fixture at your golf club ???????

    At our club we play all kinds of formats, but the jewel in our crown is the Friends Across The Border. each week at our course, our golfers are awarded merit points, the top 20 at the begining of September make the team. next year will be the 25th year of this fixture, 20 golfers from Liverpool...
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    ecletic handicap

    anybody out there that knows what an ecletic handicap is may be able to help me. If you were going to review somebody's handicap, could you do an ecletic to argue your case for redutions or increases. I believe you cannot use ecletic for any reason when reviewing a handicap. Why ?? well...
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    golf disciplinary procedures ????

    No it was not me, I was one of the people he threatened.
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    golf disciplinary procedures ????

    Hi. this is my first post, just wondered if there were any golf committee members out there who can give a little advice. We had a member 4 years ago who made threats of violence, long story short, the committee held a hearing the committee did include people he had threatened. he was given a...
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