touching a ball in bunker

[williamalex1]

you aren't a pest - it's a good, related, question!

it would be one stroke even for multiple infringements of the rule at the same time. however, you have to start considereing just exactly how this individual who can't see is managing to bring his clubhead into contact with a ball so delicately, on multiple occassions, such that it doesn't move at all - despite only being supported by a few grains of loose sand!!!

and if it does move he will have to put it back - hope you have a bucket and spade with you

I'm also ignoring here the possibility that the player is deliberately and knowingly breaking the rules and any other issues that might arise from that.

I should have said earlier that he's not been touching the ball and has kept within the rules. We had just wondered if he would be allowed due to his circumstances. But we now know he can't.
He could become registered blind if he pushed for it , but it could effect his right to drive on the road
thanks lads

 

[cliveb]

He could become registered blind if he pushed for it , but it could effect his right to drive on the road

Your friend does have my sympathy, but if he suspects that his eyesight is poor enough that he should not be driving, it isn't his choice whether to inform the DVLA - it's his obligation. This is a far more important issue than what he's allowed to do on the golf course.

Put it another way - if his eyesight is good enough that he is a safe driver, then it is certainly good enough for him to observe the normal rules about grounding clubs in bunkers.

 

[williamalex1]

Your friend does have my sympathy, but if he suspects that his eyesight is poor enough that he should not be driving, it isn't his choice whether to inform the DVLA - it's his obligation. This is a far more important issue than what he's allowed to do on the golf course.

Put it another way - if his eyesight is good enough that he is a safe driver, then it is certainly good enough for him to observe the normal rules about grounding clubs in bunkers.

If you read post 5 i said he HAS been tested and is allowed to drive with prescription glasses . but they are no good to him for golf .
Some people exagerate their illness to gain money , and certain other things that are available,but he just golfs on . Also i did not ask if he could ground his club i asked if he could touch the ball with the sole of his club. or did i say he was registered blind or for him to get special rights . I asked a rules question and got answers. story ended

 

[rulefan]

The R&A section on Disabled Golfers does not seem to define the term.

 

[Colin L]

I expect the reasonable assumption is that you need to be registered to be allowed to used the modified rules for any of the categories.

 

[rulefan]

The 'Disabled Register' no longer exists except 'informally' in some areas. It is more complicated than that.
But it also varies from country to country.

 

[Colin L]

The 'Disabled Register' no longer exists except 'informally' in some areas. It is more complicated than that.
But it also varies from country to country.

Really? Seems odd then that the NHS has a web page telling you how to go about registering for various disabilities.

http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/2571.aspx?CategoryID=155&SubCategoryID=155

 

[rulefan]

But it's no longer under the auspices of the NHS. It is most but not all the Social Services of the local councils who run their own registers.

Of course some countries within the R&A ambit have no such thing anyway.