[Steve & Deanna]

My personal feeling is that if your golf ball goes onto someone's property, you've lost the ball and take the penalty when you drop another ball. That's what I would do. The guy that played his ball of your lawn is......quite ballsy.....excuse the pun.

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by LndLocked

It was a bad golf hat trick:

Hit from out of bounds
damaged your property
rude and flippant remark

A couple of months ago I was walking back from the postal center along a street that borders a green. A golfer hooked his approach shot and it went out of bounds, across the cart path and into the road, bouncing right at me (I was on the far side of the road from the green). I caught the ball and just as I started to toss it back across the street onto the grass between the street and the cart path ... Captain Hook yells at me that I "should have let it go so he could play it from there"

I looked at him in amazement and then as I fired his ball down the street I said ... "play it from there, that is where it was headed!" and gave him the single digit salute. His ball was last seen bouncing toward BVB.

I am pretty sure that Captain Hooks real name was ...... Richard.

Good for you. Some people really shouldn't be playing golf!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by LndLocked

It was a bad golf hat trick:

Hit from out of bounds
damaged your property
rude and flippant remark

A couple of months ago I was walking back from the postal center along a street that borders a green. A golfer hooked his approach shot and it went out of bounds, across the cart path and into the road, bouncing right at me (I was on the far side of the road from the green). I caught the ball and just as I started to toss it back across the street onto the grass between the street and the cart path ... Captain Hook yells at me that I "should have let it go so he could play it from there"

I looked at him in amazement and then as I fired his ball down the street I said ... "play it from there, that is where it was headed!" and gave him the single digit salute. His ball was last seen bouncing toward BVB.

I am pretty sure that Captain Hooks real name was ...... Richard.

I am not a golfer, so please forgive my ignorance. But could you tell me what that means?

[mrfixit]

Originally Posted by LndLocked

A couple of months ago >> ...<< Captain Hook yells at me that I "should have let it go so he could play it from there"

I looked at him in amazement and then as I fired his ball down the street I said ... "play it from there, that is where it was headed!" and gave him the single digit salute. His ball was last seen bouncing toward BVB.

I am pretty sure that Captain Hooks real name was ...... RICHARD.

Betting that BOTH of his friends call him DICK.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by mrfixit

Betting that BOTH of his friends call him DICK.

OH! Heh heh... I'm a little dense today.

[jimmy D]

Once the ball is in your yard. it is your ball not theirs. They should not walk on your yard without your permission. Playing from your yard , Divot or No divot is a NO NO.

[ajbrown]

Dotti, you have every right to be upset. What happened to you seems crazy to me.

Reading this whole thread, the only clarification I would add is someone who does not know how to proceed after hitting a ball out of bounds (or even worse actually hits a ball from out of bounds) is NOT a golfer...

Call them whatever you will but a golfer would take the time to learn some basic rules... for goodness sake there are only 34 all together in a tiny little book.

[Birdie Dreamer]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

Dotti, you have every right to be upset. What happened to you seems crazy to me.

Reading this whole thread, the only clarification I would add is someone who does not know how to proceed after hitting a ball out of bounds (or even worse actually hits a ball from out of bounds) is NOT a golfer...

Call them whatever you will but a golfer would take the time to learn some basic rules... for goodness sake there are only 34 all together in a tiny little book.

It is even worse than you described when one factors in that this guy had to cross a busy road ( Pinellas Place ) and a sidewalk to play the shot back across the road before giving the OP attitude. Do you think he even checked to see if any cars were coming?

[ajbrown]

Originally Posted by Birdie Dreamer

It is even worse than you described when one factors in that this guy had to cross a busy road ( Pinellas Place ) and a sidewalk to play the shot back across the road before giving the OP attitude. Do you think he even checked to see if any cars were coming?

Understood. I also wanted to be clear in my statement about being a golfer. When I use that term it has nothing to do with HOW well you play. I know and play with beginners that IMO are golfers. They may not break 120, but they have taken the time to understand etiquette and the basic rules and are a pleasure to play with.

If I was in a group with a guy/girl that was playing a ball from across the street I would prevent him/her from doing that even if I just met him/her.

Maybe a phrase like: Yo Billy.... you nuts ? I need to work on that a bit...

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken

That is not the rule. OB is a stroke and distance penalty. You have to go back to where you struck the OB ball.

remember the famous Tiger Woods second shot (not Tee off shot) that when left out of bounds and into the green murky water pond. The Commentator's was questioning if he when back far enough where the ball cross the out of bounds line. He dropped at the edge of the out of bounds line and hit the shot from there not going back to where he hit the second shot?????? So if that's the rule shouldn't he of been disqualified?? Just wondering the cow patches I played on that was the rule, but maybe it was prevent slow play???

[dotti105]

Glad to know that he was clearly out of line.

And, yes, for clarification, we are across Pinellas Place from the green. He did hit it across the road to the green from 10 ft into our yard!

Takes all kinds I guess!!

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by Rc Moser

remember the famous Tiger Woods second shot (not Tee off shot) that when left out of bounds and into the green murky water pond. The Commentator's was questioning if he when back far enough where the ball cross the out of bounds line. He dropped at the edge of the out of bounds line and hit the shot from there not going back to where he hit the second shot?????? So if that's the rule shouldn't he of been disqualified?? Just wondering the cow patches I played on that was the rule, but maybe it was prevent slow play???

Don't remember the exact shot you are referring to but:


Tiger's ball must have been crossing a hazard line and NOT an OB line. If it were a hazard line then you have a few options depending on red or yellow (not going to get into those here). If OB then there is only 1 option: play from original spot with 1 stroke penalty (assuming he didn't hit a provisional ball thinking he might be OB).

[BarryRX]

Originally Posted by Rc Moser

remember the famous Tiger Woods second shot (not Tee off shot) that when left out of bounds and into the green murky water pond. The Commentator's was questioning if he when back far enough where the ball cross the out of bounds line. He dropped at the edge of the out of bounds line and hit the shot from there not going back to where he hit the second shot?????? So if that's the rule shouldn't he of been disqualified?? Just wondering the cow patches I played on that was the rule, but maybe it was prevent slow play???

That was the 2013 Masters when he hit the flag stick and his ball caromed into the water hazard. His ball was not out of bounds, but was in a water hazard. He had 2 options, to play the ball as closely as possible to where he played the original shot from or to take a point where the ball crossed the hazard and keep that point between him and the pin and go back as far as he'd like. He did neither of those and was correctly penalized for it.

[Topspinmo]

Chicken, BarryRX, and Russ thanks for the correction. I don't think that is the shot I was referring to I clearly remember it going far left and splashing down in the water, but been 3 or 4 years ago and I can't remember. I do remember the water hazard was covered with Green moss and when the ball hit it made big clearing in the murky green covering. IMO in regular daily play makes no sense to back peddle and slow play down unless your in tournament or playing for Sawbuck But that me, I try to keep up with the group and not cause backup.

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by Rc Moser

Chicken, BarryRX, and Russ thanks for the correction. I don't think that is the shot I was referring to I clearly remember it going far left and splashing down in the water, but been 3 or 4 years ago and I can't remember. I do remember the water hazard was covered with Green moss and when the ball hit it made big clearing in the murky green covering. IMO in regular daily play makes no sense to back peddle and slow play down unless your in tournament or playing for Sawbuck But that me, I try to keep up with the group and not cause backup.

Yes, the rules can be bent if you're just out for practice etc. But a refresher on the rules is never a bad thing. And keeping up pace is never a bad thing either