rulefan
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What penalty?
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Crow
Crow Person
Ours is definitely not a fancy course but for weekend competitions we have a starter (a volunteer member) who reads the rules of the competition out, states the tees and asks players to identify their ball and show a pitch mark repairer.
They then say when to tee off, it generally works well.
I've never been at a club that has a dedicated starter on the first tee. You often see them at opens, but regular club comps, not common up here.
I'd say it was quite a luxury to have one (yes, I appreciate they are volunteers)
D-S
Well-known member
Surely 1 stroke under 14.1a - unless I am misunderstanding you?
D-S
Well-known member
We used to have one for busy days and random times - they would also go out on a buggy to marshall.
We now use the Pro shop staff to regularly on course marshall in a buggy.
Arthur Wedge
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Backache
Assistant Pro
Possible pedantry? the offense is for moving the ball to identify it without marking rather than purely for the identification.
woofers
Medal Winner
Rule 7.3 :
If the player lifts their ball under this Rule when not reasonably necessary to identify it, (except on the putting green where the player may lift under Rule 13.1b), fails to mark the spot of the ball before lifting it or cleans it when not allowed, the player gets one penalty stroke.
I’m keen to get my understanding of the Rules correct, so please let me know if I have misunderstood this. Is this a reference to 14.1?
Or should I have said “not marking the spot of their ball” rather than “not marking their ball”, as that could be interpreted as physically putting an identifying mark on it.
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IanM
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My good lady wife is playing this morning at St Pierre, 8 mins down the road. 10:18 tee time.
10:00 Phone rings. "Help, I left my trolley battery at home, can you bring it down?"
10:03 I jump in the car with the battery.
10:08 I am turning into the gates of St Pierre, phone rings. "Where are you? We've decided to drop out as it's pouring down!
Thereafter, I am driving home and the sun comes out!
10:00 Phone rings. "Help, I left my trolley battery at home, can you bring it down?"
10:03 I jump in the car with the battery.
10:08 I am turning into the gates of St Pierre, phone rings. "Where are you? We've decided to drop out as it's pouring down!
Thereafter, I am driving home and the sun comes out!
rulefan
Tour Winner
I understood the words meant putting a mark on the ball itself as opposed to marking the position of the ball
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Sunday weather forecast for today was rain all day so I changed from my regular golf day to yesterday. At one point yesterday it chucked it down.
It has not rained today
It has not rained today
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
When we were asked for suggestions for the new rules one of the ones I put was about the 'start on your tee time rule' (personally I do not see any point in having a penalty for teeing off early) and requested an addition allowing committees to waive the rule for an early start but it was turned down.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
County Championship at our place tomorrow. Course is partially closed to members, but managed to get a course courtesy tomorrow afternoon at one of my favourite local courses.
Looked at the forecast yesterday - thunder and lightning all afternoon.
Looked again this morning, the thunder and lightning is now only due in the morning. However it’s now saying heavy rain all afternoon.
Can’t see us playing. Wonder if they will allow us to play on another day?
Looked at the forecast yesterday - thunder and lightning all afternoon.
Looked again this morning, the thunder and lightning is now only due in the morning. However it’s now saying heavy rain all afternoon.
Can’t see us playing. Wonder if they will allow us to play on another day?
D-S
Well-known member
Very unlikely, I would have thought, as the reason for the courtesy is the non availability of your course tomorrow not another day.
If they can’t play the Championship tomorrow due to the weather that prevents you playing elsewhere and play it on another day then you should get the courtesy for that day.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
Yes that’s what I thought, although a couple of the other course courtesies available did state they were for a different day, to be arranged.
I’ll give them a call, they can only say no.
moogie
Tour Winner
Which course are you due to play mate?
We've got courtesy at my place in next 2 weeks on a couple of different days.
Couple of the clubs state, instead of the normal date and time, that there's a 4ball voucher to just use whenever
Never seen that before
That's classy of them, fair play
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
Just had a look on the list, Whitley Bay, Hexham and Dunstanburgh were offering 4 ball vouchers, to be used whenever.That's classy of them, fair play
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Can we have some of your rain please....getting a bit fed up of playing on a runway...... 
