Robobum
Money List Winner
Just been watching some golf from Gleneagles and Ross Fisher has just had the most outrageous stroke of luck.
Bad pull on a par 3 plugs into the rough grass on the steep face of the bunker. European Tour rules afford relief for this anywhere on the course and not just on cut & prepared.
As the bank was so steep he couldn't drop or even get the ball to remain in place by placing it. He ended up getting to place the ball a good 10 feet to the left up on the same level as the green with a pretty easy chip.
If faced with the same scenario we would either have to (somehow) chop it out or take an unplayable and a penalty drop.
I know that a local rule can be put in place at any club to cover this but it isn't at our club and i haven't played at any where this local rule is in place.
Anyone's club have this local rule in place or are we just all really hard done by??
Bad pull on a par 3 plugs into the rough grass on the steep face of the bunker. European Tour rules afford relief for this anywhere on the course and not just on cut & prepared.
As the bank was so steep he couldn't drop or even get the ball to remain in place by placing it. He ended up getting to place the ball a good 10 feet to the left up on the same level as the green with a pretty easy chip.
If faced with the same scenario we would either have to (somehow) chop it out or take an unplayable and a penalty drop.
I know that a local rule can be put in place at any club to cover this but it isn't at our club and i haven't played at any where this local rule is in place.
Anyone's club have this local rule in place or are we just all really hard done by??
