I like the changes. It's much more common sense based. Thank you for actually demonstrating these situations. The double hit is a hard one and you were even willing to get wet.
A fantastically well thought out video in plain language. Well done sir. The one rule that needed changed and was supposedly not even debated was the ball in a divot rule. Nothing more infuriating than a well struck drive ending up in another player's divot.
Good summary of the changes. Agree that not being penalised for hitting the flagstick when putting is a significant change - for the better. Often you can arrive at a green where your ball is at the front but the pin is right at the back - so you have to wait until someone walks all the way up to hold or remove the flag. Now you can just get on and putt. There may be a few occasions where leaving the flag in for a downhill putt may be of advantage, but I think that's worth the trade off for faster play in general.
I had read somewhere that one of the rule changes to speed the game up on the green would be for each person to putt till out, then the next person do the same thing. Would save a lot of bobbing up and down marking your ball when you miss the hole!
Yes it does if you have a tap in or a putt you feel comfortable making. If you still have a decent length left, it's best to mark the ball and get a line. This allows you take to focus on making the putt and others putting their ball. (stroke play)
Really good video, well done. Should help a lot of golfers get closer to understanding the new rules. I think the changes will mean that more golfers will play by the rules, not least because of the publicity surrounding the changes and the easy to share information era that we live in.
Very good visual presentation of some of the new rules of golf. Hopefully additional changes will be made in the very near future, particularly having to play from a divot that the previous player did not have to. That is one of the worst rules in golf, totally unfair.
I always did remove the flag carefully. If any of the ball IS below the lip, the ball must fall. Any possible argument would normally only happen if the flag is leaning and is not dead straight.
Great clear and concise summary of some of the new rules - thank you! My frustration with these new rules is why didn't they bring in free relief from being in a divot on the fairway, it must be the most unfair "rub of the green" that there is in golf, and yet they have done nothing to address it with these new rules?
Great job. Appreciate the efforts and high quality production. Have to watch a few times to remember all the changes. Wonder if the R&A or USGA have something this easy to understand!:) Like how you hit your leg off of the tree. Nice. Thank you.
Finally! Rule changes that make sense and will hopefully speed up play. Now if some of the people I play with would carry a rule book with them instead of arguing about who is right.
Regarding being able to re-place a previously marked ball on the green, I believe that the ruling bodies should have put more emphasis on the fact that the ball must have been marked in order to allow it to be re-placed. Further, they should have emphasized that a ball which had not been previously marked before the next stroke must be played from the new position. Perhaps these points are implied and don't require emphasis. However, in 30+ years of playing, many rules which are spelled out fairly clearly are very often misunderstood and/or mis-applied.
Awesome explanations and reenactments. I wish they would add cleaning the ball in the middle of the fairway...had a huge chunk of mud on my ball last Sat....cost me two strokes. Thanks for posting!
Most of the scenes were taken at Son Muntaner golf. There are Son Quint and Son Vida close by. I'm a member in all 3 as they share the same Management. Its really nice to be able to play on 3 18 hole courses.
Love the new rules. I think it will not only speed up the game, but would help the weekend golfers enjoy the game more. Now what they have to do is put a shorter time limit on the Pros in preparing for a shot. It would not only speed up the game, but make the game more enjoyable to watch on TV.
Frank Jacono - I have the opposite view, I think most of the new rules are unnecessary and will slow down play. Removing loose impediments in bunkers and hazards takes more time than not removing them. The flag stick rule will slows things down. You still can’t ground your club behind the ball in a bunker. They still have red and yellow stakes marking “penalty areas”. I could go on. I don’t see anything that will speed up play.
Frank, I agree with you on speeding up play. Nothing frustrates me more than watching a foursome on the green taking 10 minutes to putt out. The pros set a very poor example re: the time they take to putt.
Kevin Robarge - when one stroke can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, you really can’t blame the tour pros for being thorough. Their livelihood might depend on it. Plus they have the skill to use the extra information they get. The guy in front of you at the local muni just needs to putt the damn ball and get out of the way!
I used to be the club handicapper and studied the rules very carefully. It has been two decades since then and I am amazed at the number of differences that are now commonplace. It really doesn't matter as long as everyone on the course is playing by the SAME rules. Yet I laugh to see how far we have come from "the ball should be played as it lies" from the earliest days of golf.
My dad used to double hit the ball every time he double hit it I noticed that he was trying to scoop the ball maybe you are trying to scoop the ball try to make sure your hands follow through I'm guessing you double hit the ball when you have short chips if you try putting the ball a little back in your stance hands forward that will help you not to double hit it
The Expert Golf Quick Reference he mentions at the beginning is a great book for the golf bag. It is tabbed by situation and references the appropriate rule in the usga rules guide so you can find rules you need to check very quickly.
Kind of amazing that the USGA is over 120 years old and there still had to be 20 rules changes. You would think that by now everything would have been settled.
Thank Yves, I bought your book but think it misses an important rule: Instead of the player returning to the spot of the previous shot in the event of a lost ball or a ball out of bounds, the player can take a drop in the nearest spot of the fairway (within two club-lengths of the edge of the fairway), no nearer the hole than where the ball crossed the OB line, with a two-stroke penalty.
Very good explanation, could do with other rules being explained, max handicap, every score registered and recorded, I cannot see out local Director of Golf her in France following this ruling. No doubt ffgolf will have their own version as they normally do.
Wouldn't these results vary depending on (i) the width of the flagstick, (ii) the material of the flagstick (wood, metal, plastic, etc), and (iii) whether the ball strikes directly at the flagstick, versus slightly off?
These are great changes. Most amateurs play this way anyway and they’re speeding up play by allowing a more relaxed approach to amateur golf and also being a little more forgiving to our handicaps.
Great explanation of the new rules... I'm still not playing it out of the water! :-) I'm still not too sure of the flag rule, seems to be an assist keeping the flag in, see how this pans out with the pros in 2019, I'm all for it for us amateurs though.
Dear Al, thanks for your comment and your interest in our “Golf Rules Quick Reference”. The booklet makes indeed a great give away and several golf clubs as well as companies used it as a gift with great success. Please contact us by e-mail at books@expertgolf.com for further details. Thank you and kind regards.
Thanks for the video. Clear, concise, unambiguous explanations. A great help! I especially liked the shown examples (for example, the one where the player dropped the club on the green and moved the ball) to illustrate what might happen. Question: the example you showed about "unplayable in a bunker". That ball certainly could not be played toward thd flag, I agree, but it could (and should?) have benn played out sideways. When do you deem unplayable?
@@phantomwhite7972 OK, I didn't know that. My buds and I tend to play that the playing partner(s) have to agree unplayable before you can take it. Social games, etc., and we are pretty fair with it. My example about the bunker we would have had to play sideways, hence my question.
The 3 minute rule should stand and if you can't find your ball you should be allowed to drop where all players agreed it most likely ended up. Penalty one stroke. Walking back to where you played it may be been a good idea in the 1800's but today it's not practicle
I have been attending seminars on these rule changes and I think this is the best explanation I have seen or heard. Well done.
What an excellent summary. Clear and concise, well presented. Well done.
I like the changes. It's much more common sense based. Thank you for actually demonstrating these situations. The double hit is a hard one and you were even willing to get wet.
A fantastically well thought out video in plain language. Well done sir. The one rule that needed changed and was supposedly not even debated was the ball in a divot rule. Nothing more infuriating than a well struck drive ending up in another player's divot.
Sounds like the rules are moving more towards the kind of rules we play in weekend golf. Good stuff.
Best summary I have seen - thanks! Glad you survived deflection at 2:54!
Loved the shot out of the water-I laughed so hard! Thanks for putting that in there!
Josh Cool yes I would definitely take a drop shot after seeing that
Excellent video very clear and precise. Making Golf play quicker is important but simplifying the rules is just as important.
this video allowed me to improve my understending about golf new rules
Good summary of the changes. Agree that not being penalised for hitting the flagstick when putting is a significant change - for the better. Often you can arrive at a green where your ball is at the front but the pin is right at the back - so you have to wait until someone walks all the way up to hold or remove the flag. Now you can just get on and putt. There may be a few occasions where leaving the flag in for a downhill putt may be of advantage, but I think that's worth the trade off for faster play in general.
this is the most helpful explanation I've yet seen!
Thanks for explaining the most important new rules so simply and so well. I like the new rules - they are much more sensible.
I had read somewhere that one of the rule changes to speed the game up on the green would be for each person to putt till out, then the next person do the same thing. Would save a lot of bobbing up and down marking your ball when you miss the hole!
Yes it does if you have a tap in or a putt you feel comfortable making. If you still have a decent length left, it's best to mark the ball and get a line. This allows you take to focus on making the putt and others putting their ball. (stroke play)
What an excellent, clear, intelligent presentation. Thank you for making this very useful video.
Thank you for the information and I purchased the guide on Amazon to keep in my golf bag.
Very well produced video that summarizes the new changes to the golf rules for 2019. Thank you!
Well done and thank you. I will show this at my first team meeting.
Really good video, well done. Should help a lot of golfers get closer to understanding the new rules. I think the changes will mean that more golfers will play by the rules, not least because of the publicity surrounding the changes and the easy to share information era that we live in.
Fantastic video! Needed a good summary of 2019 golf rule changes so thankyou.⛳🤩
Very good visual presentation of some of the new rules of golf. Hopefully additional changes will be made in the very near future, particularly having to play from a divot that the previous player did not have to. That is one of the worst rules in golf, totally unfair.
Why am I watching this. It is 4.30am, and I don't play golf...
lukeytron , you should start, immediately!
lukeytron go play
Hilarious, you're as crazy as us golfers
Go play!!! you'll never stop
Because you can and you should.
Great summary. Agree with all changes except the flag on green rule. I see controversy ahead when the ball teeters over the edge.
I always did remove the flag carefully. If any of the ball IS below the lip, the ball must fall. Any possible argument would normally only happen if the flag is leaning and is not dead straight.
Thanks for the explanation. They need to bring back behind the back drops for the lolz.
Maybe my second post on a TH-cam video, ever. Really, really well done.
Excellent summary with visuals for the new rule changes.
Great clear and concise summary of some of the new rules - thank you!
My frustration with these new rules is why didn't they bring in free relief from being in a divot on the fairway, it must be the most unfair "rub of the green" that there is in golf, and yet they have done nothing to address it with these new rules?
Great job. Appreciate the efforts and high quality production. Have to watch a few times to remember all the changes. Wonder if the R&A or USGA have something this easy to understand!:) Like how you hit your leg off of the tree. Nice. Thank you.
Awesome video to show the rules with helping us better understand them. Great job.
Excellent summary of the 20 most important rules changes
Very clean explanation. I will follow him
Thanks for explanation. It was easy and clear to understand 👍
That double hit demo had to take forever to get on video!
Who cares
@@marlita221 pipe down Roger!
Finally! Rule changes that make sense and will hopefully speed up play. Now if some of the people I play with would carry a rule book with them instead of arguing about who is right.
Regarding being able to re-place a previously marked ball on the green, I believe that the ruling bodies should have put more emphasis on the fact that the ball must have been marked in order to allow it to be re-placed. Further, they should have emphasized that a ball which had not been previously marked before the next stroke must be played from the new position. Perhaps these points are implied and don't require emphasis. However, in 30+ years of playing, many rules which are spelled out fairly clearly are very often misunderstood and/or mis-applied.
particularly Rule 4. striking faces.
Very clear explanation, thanks
I really like the new rules this year because they're in favor of the player. Also to speed up play.
Brief but very clear specially for those new in the game. Very well presented.
Awesome explanations and reenactments. I wish they would add cleaning the ball in the middle of the fairway...had a huge chunk of mud on my ball last Sat....cost me two strokes. Thanks for posting!
Great job! Love the commitment on your water shot😂👍
Great overview of the new rule changes! That helped a ton! Thanks!!
Excellent summary. Well done.
I'm still learning the game so I'll have less to confuse me once we're in 2019! Great presentation here!
Clear, concise, and informative!
That's my home course Arabella golf in Spain! Awesome video and thanks for the good explanation!
I was wondering which Arabella that was, we have a Arabella close by where I live in South Africa.
Most of the scenes were taken at Son Muntaner golf. There are Son Quint and Son Vida close by. I'm a member in all 3 as they share the same Management. Its really nice to be able to play on 3 18 hole courses.
@@SuperYoda7 Where is it in Spain ??
Nicolas Blachard it's located on the balearic island of Palma de Mallorca. Next to Palma.
Very clear - thanks.
Outstanding New Golf Rules 2019!
Wow!This will speed up the game. Specially for us amateurs looking for a lost g/balls.
Just how many lost balls are you looking for per round?
great summary, clear and concise....
Excellent summary thank you
Love the new rules. I think it will not only speed up the game, but would help the weekend golfers enjoy the game more. Now what they have to do is put a shorter time limit on the Pros in preparing for a shot. It would not only speed up the game, but make the game more enjoyable to watch on TV.
Frank Jacono - I have the opposite view, I think most of the new rules are unnecessary and will slow down play. Removing loose impediments in bunkers and hazards takes more time than not removing them. The flag stick rule will slows things down. You still can’t ground your club behind the ball in a bunker. They still have red and yellow stakes marking “penalty areas”. I could go on.
I don’t see anything that will speed up play.
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Frank, I agree with you on speeding up play. Nothing frustrates me more than watching a foursome on the green taking 10 minutes to putt out. The pros set a very poor example re: the time they take to putt.
Kevin Robarge - when one stroke can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, you really can’t blame the tour pros for being thorough. Their livelihood might depend on it. Plus they have the skill to use the extra information they get.
The guy in front of you at the local muni just needs to putt the damn ball and get out of the way!
I used to be the club handicapper and studied the rules very carefully. It has been two decades since then and I am amazed at the number of differences that are now commonplace. It really doesn't matter as long as everyone on the course is playing by the SAME rules. Yet I laugh to see how far we have come from "the ball should be played as it lies" from the earliest days of golf.
What a great video! Funny and informative! Thank you!
I like Rule #21 No intentional spearing your opponents - this will cut down on injuries and speed of play
Excellent summary of new rule changes for 2019
2:51 talk about taking one for the team!
Asians have small dinkys, so nothing was harmed.
clear and concise, best video on this so far
Love this video. Very useful. Thank you.
Thank you for the information, very useful.
very good video explaining the new rules thank you.
Great update for all golfers!
Great job. Thanks
Very nice video. Thank you.
Wow. You'll need the updated rules on hand if you're playing for $ at the club now! Save some potential arguments for sure!
I have a tournament tomorrow, thank you!!
An excellent and clear summary. However should also include the changes in taking relief for an unplayable lie.
Excellent video - gppd clear overview.
Where can I obtain a copy of your Golf Rules Quick Reference Guide??
I have 'double hit' the ball so many times my guys just say 'add one' now...I like that rule change.
My dad used to double hit the ball every time he double hit it I noticed that he was trying to scoop the ball maybe you are trying to scoop the ball try to make sure your hands follow through I'm guessing you double hit the ball when you have short chips if you try putting the ball a little back in your stance hands forward that will help you not to double hit it
I failed to qualify for my state amateur tourney by 1 stroke due to hitting my own bag on a shanked chip. Too little too late for me!
@@brekkoh BOO-HOO!
In tennis, if it is an unintentional double hit, there is no penalty so I think this new rule is fair.
The Expert Golf Quick Reference he mentions at the beginning is a great book for the golf bag. It is tabbed by situation and references the appropriate rule in the usga rules guide so you can find rules you need to check very quickly.
...and make a killing on the $15 charge + shipping. They could sell those things for five bucks and make a profit! They will get cheaper I'm sure.
Enjoyed this video!
Kind of amazing that the USGA is over 120 years old and there still had to be 20 rules changes. You would think that by now everything would have been settled.
I have read the new rules book and missed some of what you have shown. Well done.
This helped me lot! Thank you
Thank Yves, I bought your book but think it misses an important rule: Instead of the player returning to the spot of the previous shot in the event of a lost ball or a ball out of bounds, the player can take a drop in the nearest spot of the fairway (within two club-lengths of the edge of the fairway), no nearer the hole than where the ball crossed the OB line, with a two-stroke penalty.
Very well produced. Great job.
Thank you for sharing new golf rules. Easy to understand and good looking pro..
Genius, thank you well delivered
Great instruction on how the rules have changed 👍👍
I loved your old book and will surely be getting the updated one.
Could you please tell me where I can purchase this book? Thank you.
Excellent info, that really helped me understand the new rules and I'm a stickler for the rules and love to play by them. Thank you.
Best way to save time out on the course is to improve.
Great explanation. Well done indeed!
Finally some common sense in rules changes.
Awesome video, thank you for an awesome walkthrough
Great summary, thanks!
Very good explanation, could do with other rules being explained, max handicap, every score registered and recorded, I cannot see out local Director of Golf her in France following this ruling. No doubt ffgolf will have their own version as they normally do.
Wouldn't these results vary depending on (i) the width of the flagstick, (ii) the material of the flagstick (wood, metal, plastic, etc), and (iii) whether the ball strikes directly at the flagstick, versus slightly off?
A VERY helpful vid. Props, Dude. Very well done.
These are great changes. Most amateurs play this way anyway and they’re speeding up play by allowing a more relaxed approach to amateur golf and also being a little more forgiving to our handicaps.
Great summary thanks for the update
Great explanation of the new rules... I'm still not playing it out of the water! :-) I'm still not too sure of the flag rule, seems to be an assist keeping the flag in, see how this pans out with the pros in 2019, I'm all for it for us amateurs though.
This was super valuable! Thanks. I'm hosting a tournament on June 19th and wondered how might I obtain copies of the booklet?
Dear Al, thanks for your comment and your interest in our “Golf Rules Quick Reference”. The booklet makes indeed a great give away and several golf clubs as well as companies used it as a gift with great success. Please contact us by e-mail at books@expertgolf.com for further details. Thank you and kind regards.
thanks for this video !
Thanks for the video. Clear, concise, unambiguous explanations.
A great help!
I especially liked the shown examples (for example, the one where the player dropped the club on the green and moved the ball) to illustrate what might happen.
Question: the example you showed about "unplayable in a bunker". That ball certainly could not be played toward thd flag, I agree, but it could (and should?) have benn played out sideways. When do you deem unplayable?
A player can deem his ball to be unplayable at any time. You could call a ball unplayable in the middle of the fairway if you really wanted to.
@@phantomwhite7972 OK, I didn't know that. My buds and I tend to play that the playing partner(s) have to agree unplayable before you can take it. Social games, etc., and we are pretty fair with it.
My example about the bunker we would have had to play sideways, hence my question.
Great to know the new golf rules!
Very helpful. Thank you.
The 3 minute rule should stand and if you can't find your ball you should be allowed to drop where all players agreed it most likely ended up. Penalty one stroke. Walking back to where you played it may be been a good idea in the 1800's but today it's not practicle
I do believe they have addressed that with the new lost ball, OB shot and balls hit in the "penalty area". Look it up, it's a two stroke penalty.
excellent summery thank you
Well done thank you!
Very good video very clear, and not to boaring. ⛳🏌️♂️
Great video. Cheers!