Fallen apples

[Timpd]

My club is built on old orchards so there are loads of golf ball sized apples lying in the long grass. Can I hit one of those apples on a practice swing to see how it comes out of the rough?

 

[Bdill93]

My club is built on old orchards so there are loads of golf ball sized apples lying in the long grass. Can I hit one of those apples on a practice swing to see how it comes out of the rough?

This is genius if allowed!

 

[doublebogey7]

Don't see why not as long it doesn't alter the conditions affecting the swing. Not sure you'd learn very much though, 1) the apple won't be the same density as a ball 2) the lie is unlikely to be precisely the lie of the ball 3) the apple will most likely break up on impact.

 

[Neilds]

Don't see why not as long it doesn't alter the conditions affecting the swing. Not sure you'd learn very much though, 1) the apple won't be the same density as a ball 2) the lie is unlikely to be precisely the lie of the ball 3) the apple will most likely break up on impact.

Agree, seems a pointless thing to do - unless you want a bit of ‘fun’

 

[Colin L]

No different from taking a swing at a daisy. Potentially messier though.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Conkers - with the spiky cover still there.

Pine cones.

Done them all. Great fun.
I always hit them away from the green, of course.

Tend not to do apples - risk of being messy as Colin says.

 

[Timpd]

It was not entirely serious, I wasn't expecting to check the yardage or how much spin I’d get.. I won’t do it , not in a comp anyway. .

 

[Steven Rules]

Clarification 5.5a/1

Practice Stroke with Ball of Similar Size to Conforming Ball Is Breach

A "practice stroke" under Rule 5.5a covers not only hitting a conforming ball with a club but hitting any other type of ball that is similar in size to a golf ball, such as a plastic practice ball.

Striking a tee or natural object with a club (such as a stone or a pine cone) is not a practice stroke.

 

[rulie]

And an apple is not a "type of ball".

 

[jim8flog]

A cox yes, a gala yes, a grannie no.

 

[Slab]

Few years back at a xmas event I happened across a large bauble on the fairway (must've dropped off a decorated cart) anyway I took driver, it was a bit messy but satisfying

 

[NearHull]

Few years back at a xmas event I happened across a large bauble on the fairway (must've dropped off a decorated cart) anyway I took driver, it was a bit messy but satisfying

Was that Michael Bauble? I’m also not keen on his singing.