Ball moved from the tee but not with a club

[rulefan]

If you intended to hit the ball, no matter what happened its a stroke

Not quite, see post #12

 

[backwoodsman]

I didn't mean to suggest that the teeing ground is generally not relevant after your opening stroke...

I realise that. My response could (should?) have been a lot longer to explain that "in this instance - after opening stroke - not lost - not OOB - still in play - blah blah - then the fact of it being the tee is not especially relevant". Problem with these rules queries is that unless one is very precise then people misunderstand or misinterpret. Just like the rules themselves - and some folk say the rules need to be shorter and less wordy? Methinks they are as they are because they have to be.

 

[Colin L]

The straightforward approach to rules queries is just to state what the ruling is and give a reference to the relevant rule/decision.

It gets more complicated when you start, as I was doing above, to analyse and rationalise, to want to know why, not just what.

 

[rulefan]

Methinks they are as they are because they have to be.

Precisely

 

[rulefan]

Colin

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[Colin L]

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[Colin L]

The straightforward approach to rules queries is just to state what the ruling is and give a reference to the relevant rule/decision.

It gets more complicated when you start, as I was doing above, to analyse and rationalise, to want to know why, not just what.

Backwoodsman, the "you" in that was just a generalised one! Mainly meaning me.

 

[williamalex1]

A contender for Bobs IS IT YOU post, PEDANTIC

 

[rulefan]

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I'll try again