Relief from divots
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hambugerpete
Well-known member
It would remove skill from the game i think. Shots like being up against the collar and that sort of of thing. People would just place away from it.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Not being funny but you've literally referred to it as "preferred lies" and then said it's not about having a nice lie??
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Why not?
The why is because it would stop people moaning about having to play from divots, obviously. And it's not compulsory to pick, clean and place every shot just because it's available. 4 times out of 5 you probably wouldn't touch it anyway. It would just be an option.
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Deleted member 36735
Guest
There's no requirement to stop people moaning...
Let them moan
Let them moan
rulie
Head Pro
forever....There's no requirement to stop people moaning...
Let them moan
KenL
Tour Rookie
It is frustrating to end up in a divot but it doesn’t happen that often.
I wonder how terrible fairways would look (especially in landing zones) if we had this rule as perhaps nobody would bother replacing divots.
I wonder how terrible fairways would look (especially in landing zones) if we had this rule as perhaps nobody would bother replacing divots.
3 jabber
Well-known member
Bad lies happen, just deal with it. Like playing in a competition where the morning groups get perfect weather and the afternoon groups get wind and rain. That's the way the cookie crumbles.
kp17
Newbie
If you’re managing to find a divot in the middle of the fairway then you’re good enough to hit from there. Hit it in the trees like the rest of us.
RichA
Well-known member
Also said I didn't know.Not being funny but you've literally referred to it as "preferred lies" and then said it's not about having a nice lie??
Pretty sure the main benefit for me is wiping mud off the ball. Anywhere within 6 inches will be just as crappy as where it landed where I play golf.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Preferred lies is about being able to clean your ball during periods of weather where most of us play courses that very soft and mud on the ball
You don’t get that during the summer growing months so there is no need to pick the ball and clean it
In the very rare occasion someone goes into a divot - that’s called rub of the green and play it as it lies
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
If you're finishing in a divot more than once or twice a year...for God's sake don't go out of the house or waste your money on lottery tickets....
Genuinely can't remember the last time I was in one....
Genuinely can't remember the last time I was in one....
Neilds
Assistant Pro
If you get relief from a divot, where does it end? Crack in the surface during the summer drought, big dandelion that evaded the mower?
Find it, hit it
Find it, hit it
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
There's way more deserving rules to rescind/change than this one
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Or they'd stop making the divots worse by having to hit out of them?
My number one use of pick and place is to perch my ball up on a little tuft of grass when I'm hitting a fairway wood I think.
Swango1980
Well-known member
In over 20 years of golf, I probably haven't been in a divot much more than 10 times. Maybe less. And I play at least twice a week, and up to 5 times during summer.
Bigger things to worry about. Start giving relief for divots, you'll soon have golfers asking "I think I'm in a divot, can I have relief" any time their lie is less than perfect. It vexes me when golfers try and claim relief from rabbit scrapings or tyre tracks when there isn't really a claim, but they think they can improve their lie by convincing others that is the case. But, that is relatively rare. Relief from divots, and you'll possibly be having that conversation every other fairway
Bigger things to worry about. Start giving relief for divots, you'll soon have golfers asking "I think I'm in a divot, can I have relief" any time their lie is less than perfect. It vexes me when golfers try and claim relief from rabbit scrapings or tyre tracks when there isn't really a claim, but they think they can improve their lie by convincing others that is the case. But, that is relatively rare. Relief from divots, and you'll possibly be having that conversation every other fairway
Crow
Crow Person
This is why SIM golf will take over, people are becoming less and less able to cope with the vagaries of nature and life, everything must be perfect.
WorldHandicapSystem
Active member
Use Rule 19.2 if you don’t want to play from a divot.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
The trick is never holding an expectation that your ball will end up where you’d like it or as you’d like it.Also part of the skill of the sport - playing a good tee shot to hit the fairway and get a good lie for your second shot.
It’s a game of percentages, likelihood, luck - good and bad - things that makes it a great game.
I hit my ball straight down the middle I then only think that I’ve got a decent chance of it finishing somewhere down the middle and with a decent lie…if it doesn’t…well…nobody said that golf should be fair.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
This isn't nature though - it's some idiot who played the course before you who can't replace a divot! If you land on a leaf or a twig or whatever that's all fine.
