2019 Easily missed little changes

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

No.

Teeing Area
The area the player must play from in starting the hole he or she is playing.


The teeing area is one of the five defined areas of the course.
All other teeing locations on the course (whether on the same hole or any other hole) are part of the general area.

OK - thanks - seemed very generous ...

 

[mikejohnchapman]

95% is the same as 19 times out of 20
90% is the same as 9 times out of 10
80% is the same as 4 times out of 5.

Significantly different, imo.

So you hit a ball towards a water hazard 200 yards away with some rough close by. There was no obvious splash. You can't find the ball, are you seriously saying you can distinguish between a 90% and 95% probability it went in?

 

[backwoodsman]

Line of play definition altered
Line of Play
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]The line where the player intends his or her ball to go after a [FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]stroke[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri], including the area on that line that is a reasonable distance up above the ground and on either side of that line. [/FONT][/FONT]
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]The [FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]line of play [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]is not necessarily a straight line between two points (for example, it may be a curved line based on where the player intends the ball to go) [/FONT][/FONT]
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Not sure this one is a change either? It's phrased differently, but the meaning is the same as before.

Through the whole thing, the words & style have changed, but it doesn't mean that all the actual rules have changed - in many (most?) cases, it just a difference in how they are expressed.

 

[backwoodsman]

As an aside, l wonder if anyone has done a word count on the old & new rules? One of the aims of the revision was to make the rules easier to understand. My gut feeling is that the new rules take a lot more words to say what's said than was the case before?

 

[pogle]

As an aside, l wonder if anyone has done a word count on the old & new rules? One of the aims of the revision was to make the rules easier to understand. My gut feeling is that the new rules take a lot more words to say what's said than was the case before?

I haven't done a word count, but I'd guess there are more words in the new RoG. However, remember that a number of the existing decisions are now incorporated into the main text and more words does not necessarily mean more difficult to understand.

 

[rulie]

Line of play definition altered
Line of Play
The line where the player intends his or her ball to go after a stroke, including the area on that line that is a reasonable distance up above the ground and on either side of that line.
The line of play is not necessarily a straight line between two points (for example, it may be a curved line based on where the player intends the ball to go)

Is there still a line of putt?

 

[backwoodsman]

Is there still a line of putt?

There's no definition for it. It seems to be subsumed into "line of play".

l guess there is no need to define "line of putt" separately to "line of play"because the general probition of touching the line of putt has gone (in turn, presumably, because of the wider provisions for allowing repair of damage on greens?)

 

[jim8flog]

Is there still a line of putt?

I presume that is one reason why they have added the second sentence in to the Line of Play definition.

 

[jim8flog]

There's no definition for it. It seems to be subsumed into "line of play".

because the general probition of touching the line of putt has gone (in turn, presumably, because of the wider provisions for allowing repair of damage on greens?)

Thanks for that one . Sometimes it is hard to spot the rules that have been removed.

I see, from that, caddies are allowed to indicate the line of the putt with their hands or another object as long as they do not improve the surface.