Never up, never in?
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Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I'd be: Unplayable ball, stroke & distance pen and I'll take the putt again 
Springveldt
Well-known member
Did he stand on the line hoping the ball would stop?
Orikoru
Tour Winner
With hindsight he should have done that, but he probably felt he could chip it close rather than chunking it into the bunker.I'd be: Unplayable ball, stroke & distance pen and I'll take the putt again
Probably just me but the pin position is a bit ridiculous if that can happen, it looked like he barely touched that putt.
SyR
Challenge Tour Pro
Ouch, that's brutal.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
With hindsight he should have done that, but he probably felt he could chip it close rather than chunking it into the bunker.
Probably just me but the pin position is a bit ridiculous if that can happen, it looked like he barely touched that putt.
Yeah any decent pro probably wouldn't even consider it... mere mortal like me, as soon as it was off the green heading south I'd be dropping my marker down knowing the odds of holing the repeat putt were just as good (or even better) as my chances of chipping it close... too short and its back at your feet, too long and you've got that same putt anyway, scary stuff!
Considering he only tapped that it makes the green a bit mickey mouse. That really should not happen unless you wallop the ball.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I remember the US Open, the one Goosen won....one green was so hard and fast that, during practice, a caddy placed a ball 18 inches beyond the flag.......
And the ball rolled 30 yards off the back of the green under its own steam.....
Sometimes golf just ain't fair.....
And the ball rolled 30 yards off the back of the green under its own steam.....
Sometimes golf just ain't fair.....
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Deleted member 29109
Guest
Was that the one they had to water between groups as the ball wouldn’t stay on the green?
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I think it was..they completely lost the greens. Farcical but also quite amusing to watch....
You have to say he was unlucky and I assume no-one else suffered the same fate. Seemed to scramble his head hence the poor pitch but it wasn't a poor putt and didn't deserve that outcome
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Deleted member 29109
Guest
Disagree that it wasn’t a poor putt. He’s hit it miles past. Unfortunate maybe, that it went off the green. But a pro should be able to assess the danger and play an appropriate shot.
Jimaroid
Journeyman Pro
It missed the hole and went off the green. If that’s not a poor putt I’d hate to see what a bad putt looks like. ?
louise_a
Money List Winner
I'd be: Unplayable ball, stroke & distance pen and I'll take the putt again
I did the same thing in a match a couple of years ago, I knew about the unplayable rule but in the heat of the moment forgot all about it, I was putting for birdie, finished with with a triple bogey.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Your ball doesn‘t have to be unplayable - that’s a common/popular misconception.
You can take S&D at any point and under any circumstances and the player alone can decide when to take it.
Ball might be sitting perfectly and in the middle of the fairway but if the player simply doesn’t fancy the shot faced then an option is to take S&D and put the ball back to the place it was before, and that point can be anywhere including much closer to the hole - relative proximity to the hole of where ball was and where it ended being irrelevant.
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BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
☝ 'mansplaining' ?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Sorted ?
cliveb
Head Pro
If you'd been a member at Grims Dyke a few years back, you'd have seen the same thing in the club championship on the 10th. It was carnage. A mate of mine playing off 7 was on the green with his tee shot and walked off with an 8. Someone scored 13. I got a 9, which included TWO instances of taking S&D after putting off the green.
Backache
Assistant Pro
I'd have to see it from the side to be sure but to me it looked like the ball virtually stopped on about three occasions including before the hole. Which to me means the green was to fast for that pin location.
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Deleted member 29109
Guest
It wasn’t close to stopping before the hole. It was 10ft past the first time it virtually stopped.
