AKB…. Golf rule

[Bkmtnittany1]

So Dylan Fritelli hits a shot into a tree, one of those mossy hanging jobs down south. He finds his ball, identifies it as his, then takes a club out and hits it from the hanging moss onto the green. Makes the putt for a par. He is later penalized 2 strokes. Anyone know why?

 

[Auxgym]

So Dylan Fritelli hits a shot into a tree, one of those mossy hanging jobs down south. He finds his ball, identifies it as his, then takes a club out and hits it from the hanging moss onto the green. Makes the putt for a par. He is later penalized 2 strokes. Anyone know why?

You need to stand to the side of the ball when you make a swing. He faced the target and batted the ball like a tennis shot. That's +2.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Dumb rule!

 

[WDLion]

So Dylan Fritelli hits a shot into a tree, one of those mossy hanging jobs down south. He finds his ball, identifies it as his, then takes a club out and hits it from the hanging moss onto the green. Makes the putt for a par. He is later penalized 2 strokes. Anyone know why?

 

[razpsu]

Makes perfect sense otherwise you would be hitting putts like pool.

 

[NittPicker]

You need to stand to the side of the ball when you make a swing. He faced the target and batted the ball like a tennis shot. That's +2.

Dumb rule!

It seems when that rule was made, they may have been assuming all shots would be played with the ball resting on the ground. Could they even have imagined a shot being played as described above?? Obviously with the ball on the ground on a horizontal plane it's easy to define "to the side of the ball" depending on which direction the shot is being made. But a suspended ball?? There are an infinite number of planes which could be applied. Suppose a vertical plane was passed through the ball. Fritelli then would have been to the side of the ball based on the orientation of that plane.

 

[Still in State Colllege]

Sam Snead started putting croquet style and they shut him down.

 

[NittPicker]

Sam Snead started putting croquet style and they shut him down.

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I love that photo. It shows that even back then, some people in the gallery looked like weirdos. I wonder if some joker yelled, "Get in the hole!!!"

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Only rule I know is never play golf with Harry’s wife, a horrible winner.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Sam Snead started putting croquet style and they shut him down.

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Did not know that . Thanks

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

I love that photo. It shows that even back then, some people in the gallery looked like weirdos. I wonder if some joker yelled, "Get in the hole!!!"

Or Bobba Louie

 

[Auxgym]

Sam Snead started putting croquet style and they shut him down.

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It should be noted that the Snead method pictured was not illegal.

 

[IrishHerb]

It should be noted that the Snead method pictured was not illegal.

You are correct. The picture above shows Snead's "croquet" putt adjusted so that both feet are on the same side of the ball. He did that after his original croquet putting style was deemed illegal ..

 

[BW Lion]

Only rule I know is never play golf with Harry’s wife, a horrible winner.

Competitive females are so ——.

 

[Auxgym]

You are correct. The picture above shows Snead's "croquet" putt adjusted so that both feet are on the same side of the ball. He did that after his original croquet putting style was deemed illegal ..

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Great Pic!

 

[Waaaaaaaany]

Should just done what I would have. Grab the ball out of the moss and toss it back toward the hole. then play on like nothing happened.

 

[Dailybuck778]

You are correct. The picture above shows Snead's "croquet" putt adjusted so that both feet are on the same side of the ball. He did that after his original croquet putting style was deemed illegal ..

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Bob Shave from Cleveland was another golfer who putted like this on tour.

 

[Still in State Colllege]

It should be noted that the Snead method pictured was not illegal.

Your are correct. You cannot straddle the line/ball.