Good news for golfers

kenner · 2016-07-13T05:48:54+00:00

There will no longer be a penalty stroke for hitting a ball into the water or out of bounds. The USGA , the R&A, the PGA, after a private meeting with...

mulegolf

jamez
Jul '16

Stroke and distance is stupid for OB or lost ball anyway. Should be stroke, drop and move along.
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I couldn't agree more on this. It's different than a pro in a televised tournament. They always have TV slow-mo replay to help locate a wayward ball. The normal hacker hits a ball (often times to a location they can't see over a hill, etc.) and we are supposed too take a stroke and distance penalty. It should be enough to drop somewhere on the line of flight as close a can be determined to where the ball may rest, take a stroke penalty and be on our way to the hole. I feel stronger about this for a lost ball than an out of bounds stroke that you can see (and find easily).

rsvman

mulegolf, why shouldn't it be two strokes? For OB, for example, the idea is that you hit the ball off the course. You take a one-stroke penalty for that. Then, you hit from where you were BEFORE you hit the ball off the course. (That's the "distance" part.)

So if you just drop and take a one-stroke penalty, you've essentially advanced the ball 230 yards (or whatever) without a stroke. In essence, just picked the ball up and moved it 230 yards. Hardly seems fair.

My advice is to always hit a provisional when you think the ball might be OB. But if you don't do this, and you don't want to go back to the tee (which I understand), then you at the very least need to assess yourself a TWO-STROKE penalty, not a one-stroke penalty.

Zack

raggmann54 Goes to your "intent". If you intended for the ball to go into the hole when putting and it doesn't, you can put down the alternative number as the score you feel you deserve, rather than the actual true score.

It's called the the Trump Reality.

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