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Old 01-19-2014, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by tpop1 View Post
Lots of "stupid" rules in golf that IMHO should be changed.

Such as:
-Ball in footprint in trap cannot be moved,
-Ball in unfilled divot on course cannot be moved,(even Jack Nicklaus thinks this should be changed)
-Man made spike marks on green cannot be fixed, but ball marks can.

Essentially and man made problem for which there is no relief!

Pros do not usually have to deal with these issues as they have people fixing them up or rules for relief from them.
I tend to agree with some, but I think the spike mark rule is probably a good one. The pros would be smoothing the path to the hole endlessly.