What Laws Would You Change?!

[lofty1019]

As the title suggests what laws of the game would you change?

I'll get the ball rolling

Free relief from divots on the fairway

 

[CliveW]

I'll get the ball rolling

Not if it's in a divot you won't! :clap:

 

[Brookesy]

I think the one where your playing with a partner and you ask what club he his is pretty stupid :s you can see the club they have hit and how fair its gone anyway

 

[rosecott]

I think the one where your playing with a partner and you ask what club he his is pretty stupid :s you can see the club they have hit and how fair its gone anyway

There is nothing stopping you from asking your partner what club he played.

 

[kmdmr1]

forgetting to sign your card....

 

[Slime]

1 club length or 2 club length drops must be taken with the club that you take your next shot with............oh, and ban belly putters .

Slime.

 

[JustOne]

Courses should not be allowed to operate without a marshal :thup:

 

[AuburnWarrior]

No man should be allowed to wear white trousers on a golf course..

No woman should be allowed to wear white trousers on a golf course if she's bigger than a size 16..

 

[Ethan]

I'd change the new ball flight laws, so that the ball went where I intended it rather than where the face angle and swing path dictated.

 

[bobmac]

1 club length or 2 club length drops must be taken with the club that you take your next shot with.

Really?

 

[JustOne]

I'd change the one about not being allowed to shoot slower players holding you up....

 

[Rooter]

No man should be allowed to wear white trousers on a golf course..

I did last weekend! I thought I looked like a less tanned, shorter, fatter and worse putting version of Sergio Garcia....

 

[Slime]

Really?

Why not?

 

[Yerman]

To save time I'd extend the lateral hazard rule to apply to out of bounds as well.

 

[bobmac]

Why not?

You only measure the nearest point of relief with the club you are going to use.

Then, you measure the one/two club distance with your driver normally.

 

[richart]

Increase the size of the hole to at least ten inches. Would speed up the game considerably, and would make putting less important.:thup:

 

[GasMan]

No man should be allowed to wear white trousers on a golf course..

No woman should be allowed to wear white trousers on a golf course if she's bigger than a size 12 or has the face of a man..

Corrected for you

 

[PIng]

To save time I'd extend the lateral hazard rule to apply to out of bounds as well.

Me too.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Increase the size of the hole to at least ten inches. Would speed up the game considerably, and would make putting less important.:thup:

We have that with bucket sized holes on temp greens and it makes a mockery of putting especially from six feet and in. Harder to miss and surely takes all the skill out of it. I think the one thing that needs a total overhaul is the rulebook itself and the way it is written and laid out. It needs to be simplified so the one we all carry in our bags is easier to interpret and perhaps cross rreference salient points (lateral hazards, drops etc)

 

[Slime]

Then, you measure the one/two club distance with your driver normally.

Or your 35' belly putter which puts your ball in the middle of the fairway :rant: .
Sorry bobmac, it's more of a lomg putter issue for me.

Slime.