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It's funny that this debate has only taken off in mid March, shortly before we are hopefully back to normal fairways. I guess some of...

Those rules you've quoted are all irrelevant since they don't pertain to the ball being on a fairway mat. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Surely the course still needs to be protected during competitions? And given the competitions are likely to be pretty relaxed off-season...

Indeed, very logical, isn't it? Just like flattening the mat on a slope to stop your ball rolling off? I don't need the R&A or England...

Is something only correct if it is written down? I'm of the opinion that it is absolutely allowed for a fairway mat to not be...

Been getting back into running in 2026, and have definitely started to get faster. Got the Lincoln 10K in a month. Had my knee MRI...

As Lord Tyrion said, if the grass in the rough is higher than the ball, then the blades of the mower are not reaching the ball. I don't...

A lot of work is done. But do you genuinely believe that they go out into every inch of rough and look for buried golf balls!?

Some have said they THINK that is the answer, without ever providing any documentation to back it up. And as someone pointed out, do the...

I work on a helpline as a volunteer. One common phenomenon we encounter is that callers will phone repeatedly asking the same question...

I bet 99.9% of players that play that golf course every year are not professional golfers

I never get that argument too much, and sometimes wonder does is stem simply from the fact that we watch the PL every week, and have...

Football is "confusing" in general. Wolves beat Liverpool and Villa, and draw with Arsenal in PL. Macclesfield beat Palace in the FA...

Many people have said yes. Has anybody said no?

Indeed. There will be extreme slopes where even adjusting the mat won't keep ball on it. Thus there needs to be a local rule to allow...