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Clearly, rules makers didn't know golf balls would be $6 a piece when they made this rule.😅JK. I knew this rule. It's also a two stroke penalty and a dunce cap for asking what club someone just played off a par 3.

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How do you place it where it was if there is no marker?

I didn't watch the video for a second time but I think you said that if your ball is teed up and you accidentally knock it off the tee it is no penalty, I agree. But you said it has to be an accident, which I do not think is correct. If you tee your ball up in the teeing ground you could kick it off the tee on purpose and it would not be a penalty as the ball is not in play. If I misunderstood my apologies.

One problem that would benefit from a convenient memory aid is whether the penalty scenario is one stroke or two and the relief option is one club length or two.

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The relief area you used was only half of what is allowed. You could have flipped the club to the right of your tee and done an entire semi circle of relief area. Granted, the most forward part would not be used because of the pipe.

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If I have to lift and replace my ball in the bunker, can I clean it before dropping?

Maybe I heard it wrong but I think you said you need to use the longest club in your bag to measure your allowable drop area. I do not think this is true, you can use any club except a putter. I believe they excluded putters due to the excessive length of the long putters. So although most people will use a driver to give them a bigger drop area it is not necessary that you use it.

when playing it as it lies, you said you get no relief if it's immovable like a cart path. Is this only true inside a red staked area? I always thought you got free relief on any man made structure, especially if it stops on / near a cart path

Thanks for the explanation. I was faced with stinging bees around my ball in a penalty area and was wondering if my drop inside the penalty area and away from the bees was valid. My lie was actually worse after the drop, but at least I didn't get stung.

Is there also an option to deem the ball as unplayable from where it is found in the hazard and play it from within two clubs length of where it lies (under a one shot penalty)

Is there also an option to deem it unplayable from where you find the ball in the hazard and play it (with a one shot penalty) from within two club lengths of where it lies,

What if it’s match play???

So if you take the option on the line back in the bunker, you don't have to drop on the line here and can drop anywhere within the 1 club length as long as you aren't closer to the hole?

Probably the best explanation of the yellow stake rules and procedures. When dropping "back on the line", do you have to drop it on the line or are you able to drop it anywhere in the 1 club length limit?

You cannot take a direct line back from the ball as long as the bunker allows, and ALSO go to either side one club length. You have to drop the ball as near to the line as possible.

Ok I got one for you. There are OB stakes but also a white line painted. But the white line stops in between 2 stakes and really curves into the out of bounds where it stops. What is out of bounds in that scenario? In other words do you assume that where the white line ends you can assume at that point that there should be a stake there? If you go strictly by the stakes the ball is out of bounds. If you were to put a new stake at the exact point that the line ends, the ball is in bounds. What do you think?

better off not playing golf but to walk 5 miles.

Should be play the ball as it lies.... If i land in a divot in the middle of the fairway i have to play it... Yet someone who missed the fairway by 30 yds gets a free drop?

there appeared to be some grass NOT in the penalty area, why did u not drop there, is it because with the 1 club relief area you would still be on the cart path???

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So if you’re ball was lying just into the red penalty area and your stance was still in cart path, could you still get cart path relief if you claim to want to play the ball if it weren’t for the cart path?

In the first case, isn't it possible to just play the ball from where it stopped after the accidental touch of a practice swing? (1 stroke either way.)

This scenario, just happened, at the par 3, 8th hole; during the 1st Round, of the Genesis Scottish Open. Collin Morikawa’s tee shot was on the green. Ludwig Aberg teed off and his ball struck the golf ball, of Collin’s and drove it off the green. My question is how do you know where to replace Collin’s golf ball, on the green; since no one was actually near it, to know the original placement?

I have a question concerning identifying Nearest Point of Complete Relief for an Abnormal Course Condition when there is a Penalty Area also in close proximity. To use your Video where the NPCR is to the Left of the Path, what happens if there is only enough room between the Path and the PA to have the Ball in the General Area - but my (righthand) Stance has me inside the PA? Is this actually a Nearest Point of COMPLETE Relief, or do I get to find a legitimate PCR that includes a Stance in the GA?

You didn't mention the option of hitting a provisional (from the T) if you suspect your ball has gone out of bounds. You also didn't mention, after 3 minutes of searching, what to do if the ball can't be found. I play twilight golf and moving down the fairway as quickly as possible is the objective, before dusk descends and you're playing the back nine in the dark. Going back to the T to re-hit a drive that disappeared in the red zone is not an option -- unless you want to really piss off the group behind and risk an altercation. Hitting a provisional would be the smart thing, but what if the OB is over a hill or someone plays your ball and moves on without you seeing them? Lost ball situations, as described, when you can't actually see what happens to your ball is something you need to cover.

You left out one thing. Can you rake the sand in the established zone before dropping the ball? I would assume not, but I'm curious considering all the footprints that would be made in the process of establishment. They weren't there before the ball entered.

Before you drop your ball in the bunker, YOU CANNOT FLATTEN THE SAND WITH YOUR FOOTPRINTS! ADD ANOTHER PENALTY FOR IMPROVING YOUR LIE! 😮

Good stuff!

Thanks for this. - The new rule makes perfect sense. In the case of back-on-the-line, there is no reason whatsoever to prohibit the dropped ball from rolling closer to the hole, because you could have chosen yourself to drop it closer anyway. Since you are free to choose the distance from where to drop, the ball rolling closer is irrelevant. (As long as it doesn't come to rest closer to the hole than the original ball was.)

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Should you avoid walking around in the bunker? If you have to drop within it, your footprints could ruin an otherwise good lie upon a drop.

Did you ever once say what yellow stakes mean?

30 seconds of info stretched to almost 8 minutes.

Tournament golf mark your ball. Buddy golf mark it clean it, line it up and start looking at the break so you can be ready to go as soon as it's your turn. (as long as your not in anyone's way) If some one putting at 6 o'clock another 3 o'clock another 11 o'clock all but your balls down and start reading the green.. This will speed up play 30 - seconds to two minutes a hole equal 20-30 minutes of faster golf. Thank you all the people behind you.

Excellent video.

Love these videos, however as can be expected there are many situations in golf where the situation is not quite as clear. For example, at our Club, Member Member Tournament. Par 3 water in front of the green with a drop zone. Player hits ball and estimates that it went into the hazard but did not see a splash. Hits ball from drop zone, skulls it across the green into another red hazard. As the player is walking up to the green, sees his original ball just outside the hazard on the opposite side of the hazard. As you can imagine, he now thinks this ball is in play, chips it onto the green and makes par. What would be the ruling? In my mind as soon as he hit from the drop zone that ball is in play and he should be penalized 2 strokes for hitting the wrong ball?

if you hit the green (island) and the ball then goes in the water where can you drop the ball '

Many years ago, I did a shot from that exact lie. Club broke, my hand needed medical attention.

Can you legroom the sand after stomping around setting up you drop area before you redrop?

If two balls are lying close to each other, and the ball that must be moved cannot be replaced in its original lie because the first person to play causes a divot or other ground condition that prevents the other player from recreating his original lie, how would you proceed?

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You do a really good job clarifying these rulea

I wish to point out that in playing stroke play as you said at the beginning, there is no opponent. Your opponent only occurs in match play.