Sunglasses Fall onto Ball

[CliveW]

Is this the reason pros put their sunglasses on the back of their hats?

 

[Swango1980]

I'm just so glad the rules were simplified in 2019

 

[jim8flog]

I'm just so glad the rules were simplified in 2019

Yes prior to 2019 it was a penalty if your monocle fell on to the ball.

 

[salfordlad]

I'm just so glad the rules were simplified in 2019

In this case, not simplified, but I think made fairer - penalties only applying when the player was personally responsible.

 

[backwoodsman]

Yes it's from 2019. Previously if it was your equipment that moved your ball you were on the hook. Now a decision is required whether it was player action that caused the movement or natural forces and if it was player action did a 9.4b Exception apply.
I'm not aware of any direct link between this issue and accidental deflection/stopping of a moving ball, but that shares the similar feature of removing previous penalties in situations where the player could be considered an innocent party (eg ball rebounds from tree and hits the player).

Ta for explaining.

As regards the highlighted bit - that's sort of what I was thinking.

 

[Slab]

Is this the reason pros put their sunglasses on the back of their hats?

Yeah I wondered the same but It's also possible we're giving the average pro too much credit

 

[D-S]

Yeah I wondered the same but It's also possible we're giving the average pro too much credit

Probably because if they were at the front they would obscure the money spinning logo.