Myth ? or new one on me at least

[bladeplayer]

Played with 2 guys yesterday and this came up ..

i was putting from the fringe , brushed 2 leaves off my line with my putter on way back from removing the flag .. (across not along my line by the way)

One guy got into the whole Rory penalised for sand on green etc ( i know , i know ) no need for answers on this ,

One said as i was off the green i had to lift the leaf i couldn't brush it off with my putter as i was improving my line .. i told him id never heard of this rule & which rule was it .. of course he didnt know .. Sounds mad to me but ya know when someone is so adamant , ya wonder afterwards ..

Any1 else even heard of this ?

Thanks

 

[rulefan]

A myth, as you suggest.

This is what he got wrong.

[h=2]23-1/1[/h][h=4]Means by Which Loose Impediments May Be Removed[/h]Q.Worm casts are loose impediments. By what means may such casts be removed?
A.Loose impediments may be removed by any means, except that, in removing loose impediments on the line of putt, the player must not press anything down (Rule 16-1a).

 

[bladeplayer]

A myth, as you suggest.

This is what he got wrong.

23-1/1

Means by Which Loose Impediments May Be Removed

Q.Worm casts are loose impediments. By what means may such casts be removed?
A.Loose impediments may be removed by any means, except that, in removing loose impediments on the line of putt, the player must not press anything down (Rule 16-1a).

PHEW !!

Yep i tried explaining that to no avail ..

Many thanks for reply , had a feeling it was indeed a myth , just wanted to double check tho !

 

[Fyldewhite]

As regards the myth element, a lot of golfers believe that the ball has to be on the green to remove loose impediments and repair pitch marks. I've seen that "ruling" quoted many times.

 

[bladeplayer]

As regards the myth element, a lot of golfers believe that the ball has to be on the green to remove loose impediments and repair pitch marks. I've seen that "ruling" quoted many times.

Yea , have heard this many times as well,
but to be told, as your off the green u may lift the leaf or your improving your line , if you were on the green u could brush it ,

To make it worse he was adamant ..

 

[MashieNiblick]

To make it worse he was adamant ..

They always are!

The more wrong they are it seems the more certain they are that they are right.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

As regards the myth element, a lot of golfers believe that the ball has to be on the green to remove loose impediments and repair pitch marks. I've seen that "ruling" quoted many times.

...and when off the green they then go and repair pitch marks in the fringe

 

[hovis]

A good one i had recently was when i lost my ball marker on the 18th so with me to put first i marked my ball with my pitch mark repairer, cleaned my ball and replaced it. Apparently i broke the rules by not using a purpose built marker and i was testing the green by shoving my pitch mark repairer into the ground!!!!! What a tool

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

A good one i had recently was when i lost my ball marker on the 18th so with me to put first i marked my ball with my pitch mark repairer, cleaned my ball and replaced it. Apparently i broke the rules by not using a purpose built marker and i was testing the green by shoving my pitch mark repairer into the ground!!!!! What a tool

LOL - testing the green - that's a cracker

 

[rulefan]

Of course you can only be penalised for testing the green by rolling a ball or roughening or scraping the surface.

 

[duncan mackie]

Played with 2 guys yesterday and this came up ..

i was putting from the fringe , brushed 2 leaves off my line with my putter on way back from removing the flag .. (across not along my line by the way)

One guy got into the whole Rory penalised for sand on green etc ( i know , i know ) no need for answers on this ,

One said as i was off the green i had to lift the leaf i couldn't brush it off with my putter as i was improving my line .. i told him id never heard of this rule & which rule was it .. of course he didnt know .. Sounds mad to me but ya know when someone is so adamant , ya wonder afterwards ..

Any1 else even heard of this ?

Thanks

Strangely exactly this (well the example was on the green) came up over dinner after a mixed match last week. It was quoted as a recent situation where the person doing it hadn't understood the rules.
I suggested it might have been the other way round as it wasn't a requirement to use he back of the hand (as given as the only correct procedure...) but I was told I was wrong - at which point our Lady Captain made it clear I should leave it there...

I must have been wrong anyway as the lady made it clear that another lady in their team had explained it all and was a county referee.

:thup:

 

[rulefan]

I hope no one misunderstands your post but I'm afraid they will

 

[chrisd]

I hope no one misunderstands your post but I'm afraid they will

Maybe an additional post is needed Duncan

 

[Fyldewhite]

It's amazing how many of these incorrect "rulings" come "directly" from some official or other. Of course when they say "directly" they mean by word of mouth via about 2 or 3 people. No wonder some of these myths are so staunchly defended!! One of my mates won't have it that you can play a provisional if your ball "may be in a water hazard"......his best mate and very good golfer had this explained to him by an R&A rules official......easy to see the confusion but (believe me) very difficult to convince him he's wrong.......about anything come to think of it.

 

[cliveb]

I must have been wrong anyway as the lady made it clear that another lady in their team had explained it all and was a county referee.

It is a law of nature that in any discussion between a man and a woman, the man is always wrong. This takes precedence over the rules of golf.

 

[duncan mackie]

It is a law of nature that in any discussion between a man and a woman, the man is always wrong. This takes precedence over the rules of golf.

Thank you for clarifying my post with your incite