Dropping Lessons

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Would you pay for a lesson on dropping a golf ball?

Was wondering about the potential to save shots following relief situations and as part of a penalty i.e:

So not just your NPOR, is it accurate etc, but can we be better at dropping. Are you dropping effectively (considering as part of the drop, what the ball will do after impact & the different likely outcomes to the variables of slope, roll, ground conditions, next shot etc)

(accepting that it must be within the rules of course)

I know I don't consider the drop fully and tend to rush to get a ball back in play so dont know if I dropped to the maximum effect and minimum penalty

Pro's on TV never seem to rush this process
 
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£25 for a half hour session on dropping the ball?
That would be a great integrity test of your pro.
If mine agreed I'd never buy anything from him again.
 
as I'm not sure if this is a wind up or not I'm just point out that people actually do 'pay' for such when they give their time to attend rules sessions run by the club - time is money.

generally such sessions are well attended, and dropping is a major part of most.
 
I understand totally what your saying mate, I can see what your getting and it certainly pays to know the rules when your dropping a ball!! And WHERE you can drop it. Some of the places Iv seen people, I include myself in this, drop a ball is absolute mental.
But pay for a lesson to drop a ball!! Nope don't think so!! A quick read if the rules will help you with that and save you £30!
 
duncan mackie said:
as I'm not sure if this is a wind up or not I'm just point out that people actually do 'pay' for such when they give their time to attend rules sessions run by the club - time is money.

generally such sessions are well attended, and dropping is a major part of most.
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It kind of is and isn't a joke

I read a piece on it the other day about deliberately dropping on sloped ground with the 'hope/intent' that the ball would roll closer to the hole allowing a re-drop then a ball place etc and while reading I realised I don't consider that as an option (if the ground conditions suit) and in general I probably don't give dropping the attention it deserves and it could cost a shot or two over someone who's 'skilled' at it
 
Simbo said:
I understand totally what your saying mate, I can see what your getting and it certainly pays to know the rules when your dropping a ball!! And WHERE you can drop it. Some of the places Iv seen people, I include myself in this, drop a ball is absolute mental.
But pay for a lesson to drop a ball!! Nope don't think so!! A quick read if the rules will help you with that and save you £30!
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I agree to an extent, I have the rules app and the rules/decision book too but they only give the options not the 'best' option. So I guess it falls into course management (& I know many people would/should pay for a lesson in that)
 
Slab said:
Would you pay for a lesson on dropping a golf ball?

Was wondering about the potential to save shots following relief situations and as part of a penalty i.e:

So not just your NPOR, is it accurate etc, but can we be better at dropping. Are you dropping effectively (considering as part of the drop, what the ball will do after impact & the different likely outcomes to the variables of slope, roll, ground conditions, next shot etc)

(accepting that it must be within the rules of course)

I know I don't consider the drop fully and tend to rush to get a ball back in play so dont know if I dropped to the maximum effect and minimum penalty

Pro's on TV never seem to rush this process
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It may help, I've seen people jump into a decision before considering the options. Tricks like, considering where a drop would put you, knowing what you get relief from, where you drop, the clubs you use to measure and so on can help.

As an example I played a game with someone who'd knocked it in a water hazard and chose to go back in line. They dropped it immediately behind the hazard behind the hazard and due to the trees surrounding had to chip it 50 yards up the fairway. If they'd gone back 30 or 40 yards they could've played a shot over the trees or hooked around them and reached the green, basically throwing away a shot on top of the penalty they'd already taken.

I believe Annika Sorenstam went on a rules course, I think after some incident at the US Women's open.

I paid to spend a day with a tournament rules official, going through the rules in a practical setting also discussing course set up and the like. Though I'm considering doing an advanced rules course myself.
 
Oh I hope that the idea of this gets squashed quickly.
We don't need people taking 10 minutes to drop a ball after inspecting from 360 degree angle...
in my humble opinion this is a seriously stupid suggestion. Apologies for being blunt
 
As an example I played a game with someone who'd knocked it in a water hazard and chose to go back in line. They dropped it immediately behind the hazard behind the hazard and due to the trees surrounding had to chip it 50 yards up the fairway. If they'd gone back 30 or 40 yards they could've played a shot over the trees or hooked around them and reached the green, basically throwing away a shot on top of the penalty they'd already taken.



That's exactly what I'm getting at, see this all the time, or people dropping in a foot from there original ball then not being able to get a swing for overhanging branches or something daft like that, when they coukd have been a good bit further away.

I remember seeing a caddy tell his pro golfer exactly where to drop it, he had a free drop for rabbit hole or something and was sitting on a hill behind the green.The caddy told him to drop it on the very bare patch next to the rabbit hole as oppose to the lush grass surrounding it, the caddy knew the ball wouldn't sit on the bare patch, and when the time came to place the ball he knew it would roll down the green closer to the hole.
 
londonlewis said:
Oh I hope that the idea of this gets squashed quickly.
We don't need people taking 10 minutes to drop a ball after inspecting from 360 degree angle...
in my humble opinion this is a seriously stupid suggestion. Apologies for being blunt
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So you think it's better just to take an immediate rapid drop, then cost themselves shots/play again from 30 yards down because they didn't consider the options properly the first time???? For some people the game is about scoring and not how long it takes them to get round.
 
Ethan said:
I favour the Stack'n'Drop technique. Once you learn that you will never go back to the Leadbetter or Harmon methods.
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What is there is not a Stack n drop coach in your aria? Its just not supported enough, its just to radical.... Traditional is the way to go!
 
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