bunkered
Head Pro
New rule as of 1st Jan, your committee cannot make a local rule to give free relief out a seeded diviot.
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drawboy
Tour Winner
Has this come from the R&A? personally I find not being able to take relief from a divot to be the very worst of all of the rules and cannot see the logic in it one bit.To be penalised through the fault of others is bad enough,that the governing body of golf see this as fair makes no sense to me.
SharkAttack
Q-School Graduate
Plugged ball in the rough AAAARRGGGHHH!!!!
Fyldewhite
Tour Winner
I'm not sure if you are agreeing with new decision or not but I assume that some club somewhere has introduced such a local rule and this decision clarifies that they are out of order in doing so.
The old "it's not fair being in a divot" argument has long been a bone of contention for many players but to rule other than "play as it lies" opens a whole new can of worms. How do you define a divot? I know most are obvious but players will claim any depression in the ground is an old divot (and most probably are). How can you decide when a divot is healed enough to get no relief. Any ruling around this subject is tantamount to playing preferred lies IMHO so I full agree with the decision. Sometimes life isn't fair, just get on with it.
The old "it's not fair being in a divot" argument has long been a bone of contention for many players but to rule other than "play as it lies" opens a whole new can of worms. How do you define a divot? I know most are obvious but players will claim any depression in the ground is an old divot (and most probably are). How can you decide when a divot is healed enough to get no relief. Any ruling around this subject is tantamount to playing preferred lies IMHO so I full agree with the decision. Sometimes life isn't fair, just get on with it.
jammydodger
Tour Winner
^ What Fyldewhite said 
pokerjoke
Money List Winner
I play with a bloke who wants relief for everything hes looking for perfect golf,no such thing deal with it,adds to the frustration.
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thecraw
Guest
How can you be expected to play from a sanded divot?
I thought the whole idea of relief from them was to allow the golf course to recover and to stop areas from becoming a minefield of rutted crap!
I don't really understand this decision at all.
I thought the whole idea of relief from them was to allow the golf course to recover and to stop areas from becoming a minefield of rutted crap!
I don't really understand this decision at all.
Quick tip: don't hit the ball into old divots then! Haha
to be honest this time of the tear most clubs have preferred lies do it makes no difference and in the better weather grass grows very quickly so the amount of seeded divots should be less noticeable.
to be honest this time of the tear most clubs have preferred lies do it makes no difference and in the better weather grass grows very quickly so the amount of seeded divots should be less noticeable.
AMcC
Journeyman Pro
Will the clubs then declare all "seeded divots" as ground under repair and players would take relief accordingly ?
Fyldewhite
Tour Winner
The basic rule of golf is to play as it lies....ie it's just bad luck. I don't know of any courses that have made such a rule though clearly it must have been done somewhere or the decision would never have come about.
As for the course recovering, I'm not sure how moving the ball onto a nice bit of grass and then creating a brand new divot would be any better than playing from the sanded divot. In fact you would end up with a sanded divot plus a new divot (2 divots) as opposed to just the original divot being fresh again (1 divot).
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thecraw
Guest
As far as I can remember every course I have been a member of has had a local rule for sanded divots. A sanded divot in the summer can be grass again within a week, it also allows the greenkeeper to maintain the fairways.
bunkered
Head Pro
Well craw you wont be doing it anymore,check out the scottish golf view website.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Won't affect me. I play all my golf from the rough.
