What’s the funniest rules interpretations you have heard out on the course?

[HawkeyeMS]

We have a rule on this winter that is if you're in the fairway inside 180yds then you pick up your ball and place it in the first cut, plus if you're near the green on the fairway then you can putt it from its current spot or place it in the rough to chip. All common sense as far as keeping the course in good nick over winter goes, but reading this thread I suspect it's not technically within the rules.

Are you serious?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Are you serious?

You can see why they do it though

 

[HomerJSimpson]

We have a rule on this winter that is if you're in the fairway inside 180yds then you pick up your ball and place it in the first cut, plus if you're near the green on the fairway then you can putt it from its current spot or place it in the rough to chip. All common sense as far as keeping the course in good nick over winter goes, but reading this thread I suspect it's not technically within the rules.

I would hate this. Not proper golf in my mind. I understand exactly why the club do it but for my money winter golf is about getting the strike right and battling the conditions as best you can. Not knocking your club for doing it but I wouldn't be playing my winter golf there

 

[HawkeyeMS]

You can see why they do it though

They're either over protective or the course should be closed?

 

[In_The_Rough]

I would hate this. Not proper golf in my mind. I understand exactly why the club do it but for my money winter golf is about getting the strike right and battling the conditions as best you can. Not knocking your club for doing it but I wouldn't be playing my winter golf there

Agreed. It seems pointless to me. However if the course is that bad that they have to do that then it should not really be open

 

[Deleted member 15344]

They're either over protective or the course should be closed?

Or they know it's winter and it's allows their members to still continue playing despite the weather and conditions.

 

[North Mimms]

Played with a lovely lady this week who came up with the perennial "declaring a ball lost" one.
And also said that you "must" look for a ball which you have hit somehere dodgy- you are not allowed to play your provisional unless you have looked properly for your first ball

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I would hate this. Not proper golf in my mind. I understand exactly why the club do it but for my money winter golf is about getting the strike right and battling the conditions as best you can. Not knocking your club for doing it but I wouldn't be playing my winter golf there

"Proper golf"

I do believe the premise of golf is putting the ball in the hole in as little strokes as possible. They still do that but decide to protect their course during social winter play as opposed to the fairways getting ripped to shreds

 

[NWJocko]

Are you serious?

There's a few clubs I know of up here that, on every shot you need to lift from the fairway into the first cut.

Not mine right enough but common enough.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Quite common at many Scottish clubs Nov-Feb.
Even The Old Course St Andrews!

 

[JustOne]

"Proper golf"

I do believe the premise of golf is putting the ball in the hole in as little strokes as possible. They still do that but decide to protect their course during social winter play as opposed to the fairways getting ripped to shreds

Do you have to walk in the rough and not on the fairway?

How does a few (supposed to be replaced) divots 'rip the course to shreds'?

 

[virtuocity]

Do you have to walk in the rough and not on the fairway?

How does a few (supposed to be replaced) divots 'rip the course to shreds'?

Clearly it's a course where users DON'T replace their divots.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Do you have to walk in the rough and not on the fairway?

How does a few (supposed to be replaced) divots 'rip the course to shreds'?

Because the course gets softer. - shots hit fat take bigger more damaging divots , replaced divots get upturned by animals anyway, the growth stops in the grass. Clubs do as much as they possibly can to protect the course and I don't blame them at all .

 

[Imurg]

I can fully understand why they're doing it but it doesn't stop me saying that I wouldn't be playing my winter golf there.

 

[JustOne]

Because the course gets softer. - shots hit fat take bigger more damaging divots , replaced divots get upturned by animals anyway, the growth stops in the grass.

Does the grass keep growing at other clubs?

I'm not complaining... just wondering why they feel they have to take such extreme measures..... are trolleys completely banned?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Does the grass keep growing at other clubs?

I'm not complaining... just wondering why they feel they have to take such extreme measures..... are trolleys completely banned?

I don't know - I'm not a member there

And i don't believe it to be extreme and seem it at a numbers of clubs when fairways are very wet

 

[Imurg]

To be honest, if they're that wet the course should be closed.
Even walking on fairways that sodden is going to casue damage

 

[HawkeyeMS]

There's a few clubs I know of up here that, on every shot you need to lift from the fairway into the first cut.

Not mine right enough but common enough.

People take divots on courses down here but I don't see any lasting evidence when the season comes round. Until I joined this forum I'd never heard of fairway mats or dropping off the fairway into the rough as it doesn't happen down here.

I'm genuinely interested in what is different in Northern England\Scotland that makes these things necessary?

 

[chrisd]

Even walking on fairways that sodden is going to casue damage

How would you know?


(Sorry Ian, couldn't resist )

 

[HawkeyeMS]

To be honest, if they're that wet the course should be closed.
Even walking on fairways that sodden is going to casue damage

Plus, the rough must be non-existent when the season comes round since it's been hacked to death