The updated Rules of Golf came with many changes, with most of them centered around speeding up pace of play. One of the areas that comes into effect often for the average golfer is when dealing with lost balls.
Under the old rules, players previously had up to five minutes to search for a lost ball. Now, that time has been reduced to three minutes, as outlined under Rule 18.2a.
“When Ball is Lost: Your ball is lost if not found in three minutes after you or your caddie begin to search for it,” the rule says.
In addition to reducing the amount of time, the rules also outline what is allowed when searching for your ball. This is covered under Rule 7.1.
While searching, you are allowed to “take reasonable actions to find and identify your ball.” Reasonable actions include moving sand or water, and moving or bending grass, bushes, tree branches and other growing or attached natural objects. Doing any of these things will not result in a penalty. However, the rule does go on to state “if taking such reasonable actions as part of a fair search improves the conditions affecting the stroke there is no penalty. But if the improvement results from actions that exceeded what was reasonable for a fair search, you get the general penalty.”
"ball" - Google News
March 21, 2020 at 08:24PM
https://ift.tt/2WtVAXb
Rules Corner: How do I proceed when searching for a lost ball? - Golf.com
"ball" - Google News
https://ift.tt/39CKzGV
Shoes Man Tutorial
Pos News Update
Meme Update
Korean Entertainment News
Japan News Update
No comments:
Post a Comment