Snail ruling…

[Troymcclure]

I can only ever see it becoming a problem if it suddenly happened to a professional golfer on a televised event (and to one of the golfers they are actually showing, so either one of the world's best golfers, or one who is near the top of the leaderboard).

A pro would just wait for it to move away of its own volition. He’d be halfway home by the time our man has decided what club to hit

 

[Swango1980]

A pro would just wait for it to move away of its own volition. He’d be halfway home by the time our man has decided what club to hit

If it was Keegan Bradley, the snail would have had time to drag itself to a neighbouring State

 

[Springveldt]

I think people are worrying far too much about a situation that they are (almost) never likely to see whilst playing golf

You never know, I thought the exact same thing about someone hitting my ball as I hadn't have it happen to me in the 9 years I've been back playing and then it happened about a week later.

I'm now expecting a snail to be behind my ball in the next couple of rounds.