Awful rule

[Dodger]

These greens are not even touching 10 on the stimp so hardly 'ridiculously fast'.

 

[Khamelion]

Looks like the others have learned from Rory's mistake(?) Ricky Fowler has just putted without letting the club touch grass.

 

[rickg]

I remember Ken Brown doing a piece on the course at Augusta where he literally blew the ball once and it travelled about twenty foot

He likes a fast green does Ken.......he designed our course. Our greens were stimping at 11.8 yesterday for our club championships.........wind and heavy rain cut the round short and it was abandoned in the end to be replayed over 2 days in Sept.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Perhaps it may be an idea for greenkeepers not to prepare the greens so rediculously fast? A common fault with many many courses. As for the ruling, yes it is unfair and it should be a different ruling on the green from elsewhere on the course.

The greens were kept deliberately slow because of the wind, if they made them any slower the players would complain.

It's a ridiculous rule - period

 

[Crow]

As well as being a bad rule, it also slows play up considerably with players hovering over their putt not daring to breath and continuously backing off.

The R&A is supposed to be encouraging faster play, changing this rule would help that aim.