Junior
Tour Winner
It's height-ist and it give short people have more of an advantage lolol.
Stupid rule
Stupid rule
New dropping procedure...
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Griffsters
Hacker
This is an example of people finding a problem where there isn't one. Drop from knee height, don't over think it - we all know where it is! It lessens the risk of the ball rolling away rather than stops it.
In the scheme of things its just not on my radar of things to complain about.
In the scheme of things its just not on my radar of things to complain about.
Wolf
Well-known member
I don't see why people are finding it so hard, you don't need gorilla length arms or to contort in any way to do it.
Simple bend at the waist forward just like you do in the golf swing what's hard about that. Or can bend down on one knee much like a marriage proposal the other knee in this (lunged) position will still be same height as standing and drop from there.
Literally not an issue whatsoever and a decent change as lessens the risk of a dodgy bounce or lie when you've already taken a penalty stroke surely that's enough potential penalty.
Simple bend at the waist forward just like you do in the golf swing what's hard about that. Or can bend down on one knee much like a marriage proposal the other knee in this (lunged) position will still be same height as standing and drop from there.
Literally not an issue whatsoever and a decent change as lessens the risk of a dodgy bounce or lie when you've already taken a penalty stroke surely that's enough potential penalty.
what happens if you have 1 knee that is higher than the other?
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Average them out , or stand on a side slope.
Can see the day when we will have 14 clubs and a tape measure ha.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
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Deleted member 15344
Guest
Not had to do it yet but I can’t see it being a big issue - people have to bend down to put the ball on the tee on every hole
3offTheTee
Tour Rookie
If somebody drops from shoulder height now I take it there is a 1 stroke penalty.
If this is the case do they need to re drop?
If this is the case do they need to re drop?
D
Deleted member 15717
Guest
Only if they play it. If they drop incorrectly, they just redrop.
Not had to play it yet, but my arms, with a small kink, can get to knee height.
My personal feeling is that it should have just been a drop with your arms at your side
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
14.3 c
It does not matter whether the ball, after hitting the ground, touches any person, equipment or other outside influence before coming to rest:
It just must remain in the relief area.
See above
inc0gnito
Assistant Pro
First thing I thought when I read OP was “get a gripâ€. I don’t mean that to sound rude but knee height, shoulder height, arse height.... it makes no odds. Reminds me of when they introduced the 5p plastic bag tax. The English couldn’t handle it. All over the news, all upset, people perceiving all sorts of stupid problems. When it was finally introduced everyone just got on with it.
Take the ball, drop from around knee height and carry on. It really isn’t that complicated.
Take the ball, drop from around knee height and carry on. It really isn’t that complicated.
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
Done it just the once so far ... I think it's fine.
Not sure why there is concern over the variable height of people's knees? After all, shoulder height was variable as is "club length" & I assume most folk are content with that?
As to the actual height, knees are roughly at the same level as a coffee table - and I guess most folk could pick up/put down something on one of those? And as someone else said, you have bend a lot further to put in a tee.
And why knee height? To my mind it keeps an element of randomness, but means the ball is more likely to stay in the relief area - which give or take is roughly half the size of its old equivalent
Not sure why there is concern over the variable height of people's knees? After all, shoulder height was variable as is "club length" & I assume most folk are content with that?
As to the actual height, knees are roughly at the same level as a coffee table - and I guess most folk could pick up/put down something on one of those? And as someone else said, you have bend a lot further to put in a tee.
And why knee height? To my mind it keeps an element of randomness, but means the ball is more likely to stay in the relief area - which give or take is roughly half the size of its old equivalent
anotherdouble
Journeyman Pro
With ChrisD’s new and moving parts he might have a telescopic one. Press a concealed button and his knee becomes ankle height
chrisd
Major Champion
The flaw in your mad Heath Robinson concoction is that there's nothing to give me the arm length of a orangutan 🤔
shortgame
Tour Rookie
I like it!
Though it's a bit pointless IMO
Though it's a bit pointless IMO
shortgame
Tour Rookie
Not necessarily - some of our seniors use these ingenious gadgets to tee the ball up with (and pick tees up with!)😀
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Bigfoot
Tour Rookie
I agree - I think you have an advantage over me too!
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
I think you will find it wasn’t the “(English “) that had a problem with plastic bags
It was the press and media here, and most of that is owned by foreign moguls.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
One of the things I like about it is that I no longer need to practice my dropping
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Had to remind a PP to drop from knee height as he was about to drop the old way. I think it'll take some a while to get to grips with it. I had to take a drop from a path and it did feel self-conscious but picked a nice spot and the ball landed and stopped there and I made up and down so I'm happy
