re placing ball

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Shouldn't this be a seperate thread, or at least the one re dropping and marking?

Not sure the question but the answers lie in most of rule 20!

No question - just an observation that a lot of folks have no idea what is and isn't allowed when lifting, dropping and placing.

 

[Three]

Totally agree: why would you want to hit from a loose piece of turf as you're not going to be able to get any 'pinch' on the ball!!

It wouldn't make any difference, the ball flies up in the air as soon as the club hits it.

 

[drdel]

It wouldn't make any difference, the ball flies up in the air as soon as the club hits it.

I beg to differ; IMO, if the turf is firm contact from an iron can momentarily, 'squeeze' the ball against the turf imparting more back-spin and, counter intuitively, height - hitting down to get it up !

 

[Three]

I beg to differ; IMO, if the turf is firm contact from an iron can momentarily, 'squeeze' the ball against the turf imparting more back-spin and, counter intuitively, height - hitting down to get it up !

Sorry that's an old myth, the ball goes up off the club immediately.

 

[guest100718]

Sorry that's an old myth, the ball goes up off the club immediately.

yeah, ball is never trapped against the ground. It may feel like it if you are big divot taker.

 

[rulie]

I think there's the potential for a little confusion here!

If the playing partner who took the divot has replaced it such that the ground is back how it was then I wouldn't have a problem either way if a player chose to replace his ball on it or if he argued that the nature of the lie (it's now on a replaced divot!) had been altered and he selected the nearest most similar spot.

What YOU cannot do, outside a hazard, is recreate the lie by replacing the divot (that he didn't replace)

A wee digression, but you can/must recreate the lie if the ball is moved during searching in sand, even outside a hazard.