Am I allowed items on the floor in the tee box?

[tommyangles]

I have been using bobs headcover drill to correct my out to in swing path and it has been working a treat. Am I allowed to place items on the floor in the tee box in a real round? Was going to use something less bulky like another tee, just to give me visual aid.

Teeing off in an hour so help much appreciated.

Thanks
Tom

 

[CMAC]

Pretty sure You can in a bounce game, but in competitions no aid whatsoever is allowed

 

[Farneyman]

Don't think you are but use a blemish/ divot/ old broken tee and when you tee up set your ball in a position to use one of those to keep your swing on path.

Just choose a spot yourself that brings one of those into play for you if you nderstand.

 

[G_Mulligan]

Yeah I am pretty sure that would be in breach of rules 14/3

Except as provided in the Rules, during a stipulated round the player must not
use any artificial device or unusual equipment (see Appendix IV for detailed
specifications and interpretations), or use any equipment in an unusual manner:
a. That might assist him in making a stroke or in his play; or
b. For the purpose of gauging or measuring distance or conditions that
might affect his play; or
c. That might assist him in gripping the club, except that:

 

[bobmac]

A good way of practicing this on the course (Tee girl came up with this one) is to stand close to and facing a tree with low branches. Position yourself so that when you swing and throw at the top, you would hit the branches. Then simply have a few swings making sure you miss them. (Handy if they're close to the tee)

If you're really good or you play links golf, you could do the same with a bin, ball washer, trolley, playing partners etc etc.
I can not and will not pay for damages done to above items :rofl:

 

[Evesdad]

Not so much the headcover drill but for alignment I use divot marks etc or broken tees in the ground, just tee mine where it lines up etc.

 

[Colin L]

The reference is Rule 8-2 Indicating Line of Play rather than 14-3.

You can put something on the ground to align yourself (e.g. place a club across your feet) but it must be removed before making the stroke. See Decision 8-2a/1. If you leave the object in place as you play (see Decision 8-2a/2) you are in breach of 8-2 with a penalty of loss of hole or 2 strokes.