Is this within the rules?

evahakool said:
On the subject of spirit of the game,I can only think of one example where it's within the rules but not in the ' spirit of the game'

On our course we can pick and place one club length not the normal 6 inches, I've seen players behind a green side bunker place one club length to the side so they don't have to play a more difficult shot over the bunker and play a easier putt or chip . Now this is within the rules but it's something I wouldn't do as it just feels like cheating to me.
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hmmm - what about my suggestion made in a post some months back that you should consider taking stroke and distance when you muck up when on or around the green. So you do such as putt off the green into a bunker, or chip on from back fringe and end up 50 yds away down a big slope and back down the fairway. You really DO NOT fancy the shot you now have given yourself so you take stroke and distance and replace (place or drop) your ball as close to the spot you played it from.

Stroke and distance 'relief' has nothing to do with the actual playability or otherwise of your shot - at any point in time it's entirely up to the player if he wishes to use S&D. Cunning ruse eh? :)
 
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ger147 said:
What about winter mats?
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Assuming you mean fairway mats, these take you outwith the rules of golf anyway, so it doesn't really matter that you use them for alignment. They're just a means of allowing social golf to continue in the winter without damaging the fairways.
 
Colin L said:
Assuming you mean fairway mats, these take you outwith the rules of golf anyway, so it doesn't really matter that you use them for alignment. They're just a means of allowing social golf to continue in the winter without damaging the fairways.
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Can you play qualifying competitions using them?
 
Yes, you can hold a qualifying comp with fairway mats, but you need permission from your area authority. I was a bit hasty in talking just of social golf.

I would look on aligning a fairway mat in the same way as aligning your ball by a line or by the manufacturer's markings. The mat has to be put down in some direction so it would be impossible to legislate against happening to align it with your line of play.
 
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I'll need to save that download to my phone in case of being accused of cheating by an on course self appointed ref who knows nowt!! :D
 
rulefan said:
Your post implied that it was something that you would always do at whatever course you were playing.

However, even on your own course, missing the chip over one bunker could put you outside the buffer zone and get you a stroke if going from x.4 to x.5.

;)
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would/could it be qualifying under these conditions tho ?...
 
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