ClubLand Stories October 26 - Blakey Rules Podcast Episode 142 In partnership with Fraser Nicol from The Golf Rules Samaritan - if you want to learn the rules, I mean really do a deep dive, then you have to sign up to The Golf Rules Samaritan. Fraser has over 29,000 Rules questions at your fingertips, plus a Rules forum where you can actually get the right answer, rather than randoms giving their opinion. If you want to learn the Rules, this is the place. 20% off for new members https://thegolfrulessamaritan.golf/go/blakeyrules/7448/ BRQOTW 141 - Your caddie can mark, lift, clean and replace your ball on the putting green without needing permission. Once your ball is marked and lifted, it "owns the spot". If wind moves it, you must replace it on the original spot. If the ball will not stay on the spot after being replaced, try again. If it still will not stay, find the nearest spot where it will remain at rest. Trying the original spot a third time is acceptable because it is the nearest spot to the original spot. No penalty applies. Rules question of the episode - ERQ - Episode Rules Question ClubLand Stories Flag on the cart Players in a four-ball event claim a win under an incorrect ruling, leave, and then lie about the facts. Players forgetting what the Terms of Competition say about handicap adjustment (75%) and playing off their normal handicaps in a match Structure of a club championship - best 3 out of 4 Local Rule for powerlines off the course, parallel to play but located in the rough Playing an individual stableford round combined with a 2 person aggregate stableford competition Three common unauthorised local rules - free drop from tree roots unless located within 2 club-lengths of trees, AND free relief from divots, AND lift, rake, and replace in bunkers Are competitors allowed to search for their opponents ball If a match goes to extra holes, do the players use the same handicap strokes? If a man is playing a woman in a match, and the man plays a par 4, and the woman plays the same hole as a par 5, how is the result calculated? Can you put a stake in a bunker to make it GUR whilst staff are working on it? Ball in GUR and also has access to preferred lie No caddies allowed within 20 metres of player, disqualification after the results are announced Foursome partner takes free replay for ball hitting sign Free replay for hitting rake holder Tree branch being moved by wind keeps moving ball. Ball replaced and still gets moved Making a local rule that restricts who the marker is, not someone sharing the same cart Partner hits player’s ball with follow-through Opponent isn’t happy that they can’t win a hole if they are giving shots and the other person birdies a par 3 Debate a subjective Rule/ruling Flagstick - deliberate vs accidental A player stands next to the flagstick, and watches a ball hit the flagstick that they are not holding, and the ball goes in the hole.
