Should you be able to get relief from divots in the fairway?

[Imurg]

Rules of Golf Definitions - Humans are not Animals.

I'd argue that in a few cases..

 

[jim8flog]

What do people say when they land in a tractor tyre mark?

how do you know it was a tractor?

 

[USER1999]

how do you know it was a tractor?

Exactly. It could have been a badger pretending to be a tractor.

 

[harpo_72]

how do you know it was a tractor?

Indeed these new trolleys have some ludicrous wheel tyre assemblies!!

 

[harpo_72]

Good luck growing moss on a links (sandy) course

Links definition doesn’t state that they are all sandy underneath ... so yeah look for the moss it’s the perfect lie

 

[clubchamp98]

You've obviously never played golf with me then...?

It’s much easier with a spade .
I have a selection I just need a bag.
Don’t know how far I can hit a ball with a spade though.

 

[chrisd]

But nobody is claiming there should be relief from a tractor mark, done by someone not playing golf

 

[Deleted member 3432]

We have divot bags by the tee (they get moved from tee to tee). They are relatively small and the idea is that you use up all the bag on that hole and just leave the bag in the bin on the next tee. If you watch the first tee on a Saturday morning I reckon about 1 in 40 players actually takes a bag with them.

Why would players make at effort to that when they can play their 18 holes, hack up the place without replacing divots, repairing pitchmarks and not bothering to rake bunkers and then have a good moan afterwards what crap condition the course is in.....

The average member shouldn't be let anywhere near a golf course as they don't have a clue how to tidy up after the carnage they cause in acquiring their 32 pts with 2 blobs

 

[clubchamp98]

Or, if playing in certain countries, courses growing Bermuda grass.

Normally Bermuda is in hot countries and they have divot hole sand on the buggy.
Most are seeded divot is GUR. I do think that is sensible.

 

[Crow]

Yes voters should think themselves lucky that they're not following the late Horace Hutchinson; JH Taylor described his iron shot technique:

...flashing the bright iron head to and fro above the ball in the usual menacing style it would be plunged, at point of impact, deep into the earth, ripping out large fids of turf, which would be sent hurtling through the air like partridges on the wing.

 

[clubchamp98]

Rules of Golf Definitions - Humans are not Animals.

I have met a few!
There is a museum somewhere where you follow clues to the most dangerous animal in the world.
When you get there it’s a mirror.

 

[clubchamp98]

Exactly. It could have been a badger pretending to be a tractor.

A crow driving a tractor!

 

[clubchamp98]

Yes voters should think themselves lucky that they're not following the late Horace Hutchinson; JH Taylor described his iron shot technique:

...flashing the bright iron head to and fro above the ball in the usual menacing style it would be plunged, at point of impact, deep into the earth, ripping out large fids of turf, which would be sent hurtling through the air like partridges on the wing.

I think I have played behind him.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Normally Bermuda is in hot countries and they have divot hole sand on the buggy.
Most are seeded divot is GUR. I do think that is sensible.

If you are lucky.

Both in Florida and the Middle East I have witnessed plenty where the divot had not been filled.

 

[Robster59]

I think you might have misread the topic? It was not asking what the rule is currently.

No, I've not missed the topic at all which is what all my previous responses where about. And the last response I gave was, I believe, relevant to the original topic and the other posts that followed it.

 

[Orikoru]

No, I've not missed the topic at all which is what all my previous responses where about. And the last response I gave was, I believe, relevant to the original topic and the other posts that followed it.

But the topic is a hypothetical question about whether a rule should be changed or not. You were stamping your feet telling us what the rule is now. We already know what the rule is now.

 

[Robster59]

But the topic is a hypothetical question about whether a rule should be changed or not. You were stamping your feet telling us what the rule is now. We already know what the rule is now.

You can call it stamping your feet if you wish. I call it having an opinion.

 

[clubchamp98]

The first bit, yeah.

The second bit? Really? I have never, ever anywhere in the world seen such a rule as a seeded divot is GUR.

Seen a lot . Mostly for tourists .
Only in comps you can’t move it.
To be honest they grow back in a day over there.

 

[clubchamp98]

If you are lucky.

Both in Florida and the Middle East I have witnessed plenty where the divot had not been filled.

Yes so have I and they look terrible.

 

[DanFST]

A guy jumped on our booking a while back, Kept telling me I was cheating because I was using my club to nudge the ball a couple of inches back to check it wasn't muddy in preferred lies.

Was a long round.