Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Looking for Golf Groups That Play Strictly by USGA Rules
View Single Post
 
Old 05-31-2025, 05:19 PM
BrianL99 BrianL99 is online now
Sage
Join Date: Dec 2021
Posts: 3,531
Thanks: 296
Thanked 3,437 Times in 1,357 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aces4 View Post
If you play the rules regularly, you are going to hit a provisional to start with.

You don't have to go back to the tee box if you didn't hit the ball over the water.

You are not entitled to hit a provisional, if your ball may be lost in a Hazard.

& you are not allowed to "take a drop" under 26-1, without knowing to a virtual certainty, your ball is in the hazard. You are required to play a questionable shot as a "lost ball" and return to the Tee.
__________________
"God made me and gave me the right to remain silent, but not the ability." Sen John Kennedy (R-La)
" ... and that Norm, is why some folks always feel smarter, when they sign onto TOTV after a few beers" adapted from Cliff Claven, 1/18/90