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Old 07-21-2020, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by chet2020 View Post
Rahm was pretty aggressively shoving the grass down behind his ball and improving his lie all day on chips out of the rough. It's legal as long as his ball doesn't move. He did finally move his ball. He's taking the chance, he should be penalized when it backfires. However, I do agree that unless someone can see it with the naked eye, you have to let it go.


I agree... but i thought that they had changed the rule that a penalty would not be imposed if not caught with the naked eye??
apparently not?