what was the right action here?

chris3081 said:
This is my most frustrating rule in the whole of golf. The shameful and painful walk back to the tee to be scowled at by the group behind. what a complete waste of time. So much for speeding the game up. If they ever released an amateur set of rules this needs to go. Pro's have hundreds of people looking for their balls. This just annoys everyone - the people behind most importantly. Just take 2 shot penalty one for distance and one for the penalty and keep the pace of play up.
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If those people are playing golf and see you taking stroke and distance they need to suck it up and wait till you have finished. If that is too much for them, suggest tiddlywinks. They have no business playing golf.
 
patricks148 said:
You must be busy then,having a dig at any one who posts anything thats been posted before. There would be nothing on the forum
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Huh? I'm not sure what your point is.

Someone claimed that a particular topic had never been raise before. Implying that it wasn't a common situation. You have been around long enough to know that isn't so.
"As my original ball is unplayable, can I use my provisional as I have already incurred the S&D penalty?" is a question as old as the hills.
 
SaintHacker said:
No I didn't, I claimed that I hadn't seen it before, and certainly not 1000 times which the first sanctimonious reply suggested.
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Don't shoot the messenger, I was simply pointing to an earlier post to show that it had been raised. I didn't mention 1000 times in that context.
But my post above was addressed at patricks148.
 
rulefan said:
Huh? I'm not sure what your point is.

Someone claimed that a particular topic had never been raise before. Implying that it wasn't a common situation. You have been around long enough to know that isn't so.
"As my original ball is unplayable, can I use my provisional as I have already incurred the S&D penalty?" is a question as old as the hills.
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my point was, if you are not allowed to ask a question that has been before on this forum, there would be no posts as pretty much most stuff has been done before.

as for mentioned loads of times, may have been, but i asked a question about a situation, if you didn't want to answer, which you obviously didn't why both putting anything. as for 1000's of times the Rules section has only been going a few years and a doubt there have been 1000 questions posted overall in that section full stop
 
it is a pretty basic rule that everyone should know though.
 
patricks148 said:
my point was, if you are not allowed to ask a question that has been before on this forum, there would be no posts as pretty much most stuff has been done before.

as for mentioned loads of times, may have been, but i asked a question about a situation, if you didn't want to answer, which you obviously didn't why both putting anything. as for 1000's of times the Rules section has only been going a few years and a doubt there have been 1000 questions posted overall in that section full stop
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I simply posted a link to a post on the same subject. That showed that the topic had been raised before and confirmed the ruling. I have no problem with a question being raised more than once, particularly if the answers are consistent. I made no comments about the ruling or the question of 1000 posts or that the topic had been raised before.

I did however comment lightheartedly in response to the first comment about 1000 being an exaggeration.

I think you are pointing at the wrong person.
 
Maninblack4612 said:
That was my point. Strange that someone who has been playing for at least 7 years, with 11,000+ posts hasn't come across this situation, either on the Forum or the course.
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If you were not interested in the question , don't answer..simple as , no need for you to 2nd guess what I do or don't know. Plenty of posts on here I've seen before, if I can't add anything I keep quiet, maybe you should do the same?
 
patricks148 said:
I don't think so Clive, taking you back keeping the flag in line was straight OOB.. They have put a rabbit proof fence in the end of last year and this is about the only place on the course you would be anywhere near that.

all hypothetical and on the normal course you could go back and have a drop it was just because of the winter green
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If you're dropping within two club lengths, it doesn't have to be on the line of the flag. What Clive is saying is that you could drop sideways (no nearer the hole) as many times as is required to get to a playable position. Each drop would incur an additional penalty but it would be possible.
 
As far as I am concerned there is absolutely no harm whatsoever in asking a rules question that has been asked before, as not all of us will have read the previous discussion; scenarios vary slightly; and I find that it is always useful to be reminded of rules and rulings. And this applies especially for the most basic rules as these are the ones we should all know inside out - but we either don't know them as well as we should - or we forget.
 
HawkeyeMS said:
If you're dropping within two club lengths, it doesn't have to be on the line of the flag. What Clive is saying is that you could drop sideways (no nearer the hole) as many times as is required to get to a playable position. Each drop would incur an additional penalty but it would be possible.
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this particular instance, was an unusual one in that due to the winter green being in play. you could have quite easily taken a drop closer to the green, but not side ways or back. in fact you would prob be playing 6 with unplayable drops before you would have been able to play a shot.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
As far as I am concerned there is absolutely no harm whatsoever in asking a rules question that has been asked before, as not all of us will have read the previous discussion; scenarios vary slightly; and I find that it is always useful to be reminded of rules and rulings. And this applies especially for the most basic rules as these are the ones we should all know inside out - but we either don't know them as well as we should - or we forget.
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I 2nd this and regularly get refreshed of rules even the simple ones by reading posts asking for help whether its been asked recently or not so personally dont see it as a problem.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
As far as I am concerned there is absolutely no harm whatsoever in asking a rules question that has been asked before, as not all of us will have read the previous discussion; scenarios vary slightly; and I find that it is always useful to be reminded of rules and rulings. And this applies especially for the most basic rules as these are the ones we should all know inside out - but we either don't know them as well as we should - or we forget.
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:thup:
 
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