Recent content by Steven Rules

Not an insurmountable problem, which they already deal with in other aspects. For example: The hole must be 4 ¼ inches (108 mm) in diameter and at least 4 inches (101.6 mm) deep. A tee must be no longer than four inches (101.6 mm)

What if we rotated the paper by 90 degrees around its z axis, rather than its x or y axis? (terminology which would also be dependendent on context and a standardised frame of reference) Could we then say that the paper is about 0.07mm long?

It didn't quite say that. Context is everything. Just as context and a frame of reference would be necessary to understand the differences between length, width, height, depth, thickness, etc in engineering applications. The original article said (and I quote): "The relief area for preferred...

A measurement of, say, 11 inches would require every player to carry around with them another piece of equipment - a ruler or tape measure.

Not an argument you are going to win. A quick check of the first online dictionary I came aross defined length as: the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object.

wjemather has it right.

I am not sure where this poster is published or who it is targetted at, but the thing that concerns me is that the unwitting or casual observer may incorrectly conclude that the changes are universally applicable. (i.e. "rule changes"..... "you need to know"...."new rules" ) They are potential...

It is not clear to me what you are getting at here. Maybe it is clearer to others. What is the link between this post and the topic of this thread?

No. As currently (and previously) written, line of play relief is avaiable if the condition (i.e. immovable obstruction, or potentially GUR) is on, or within two club lengths of, the putting green and the ball is within two club lengths of the immovable obstruction (or GUR). If the MLR was...

Yes. To my naked eye, though, the 'simple terms' and 'nitty gritty' for Immovable Obstructions Close to Putting Green in the article have missed the substance of the change. The substantive change in the Additional Clarifications and in the new Model Local Rule F-5 is that the Committee can...

Yes it is. I am not a fan of the descriptions in the graphic above. The defintions of teeing area and putting green, in particular, don't tell the full story. The teeing area is just the the small defined piece of land between the tee markers (not tee boxes) and two club lengths deep that the...

I see the point you are making, but that is not how I interpret it. Where can I find guidance on what constitutes 'being repaired'?

We have (rightly) transitioned from a question about the impact of a Local Rule on a ball embedded in a stacked turf face of a bunker, to a discussion about the extent of GUR, and the Committee's role in making clear the extent of that GUR. In the first instance, we need to squash the idea that...

Cor Blimey! I am not going to flog this but they are not the words of the poster; they are the words in the Rules of Golf - 16.1c. It is not opinion; it is fact. (But, shucks, thanks for thinking I'm an expert.) The heading of 16.1c uses the words (and I quote) "...ball in bunker" and the first...

I am sensing more confusion here. Certainly I am confused. What do you mean by 'stance relief' and 'allowed to drop his ball in the bunker relative to his new stance position'?