New Rules - Flag left in hole

[duncan mackie]

I got a tale of woe from one of our staff who is a member at another club. Her opponent was attending the flagstick and while the ball was trundling towards the hole just walked away. The ball hit the flagstick. The opponent was suitably apologetic .....while at the same time claiming the hole. I did ask if she had had the decency to concede the next hole, but she hadn't.

I find it hard to accept that walking away like that from a flagstick you are attending can be accidental.

Certainly lead to some pythonesque discussions in the future!

 

[clubchamp98]

I got a tale of woe from one of our staff who is a member at another club. Her opponent was attending the flagstick and while the ball was trundling towards the hole just walked away. The ball hit the flagstick. The opponent was suitably apologetic .....while at the same time claiming the hole. I did ask if she had had the decency to concede the next hole, but she hadn't.

I find it hard to accept that walking away like that from a flagstick you are attending can be accidental.

I would have left her standing there on her own.
That’s just cheating imo.