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Is this the worst rule in golf?
Martin Del Vecchio:
What about the twist on this rule seen most dramatically at the US Open at Olympic?
At that club, divots are not replaced, but are instead filled with sand. At least it is always reported to be sand; I have played many courses that ask you to fill divots with a provided mix of dirt and seed.
At any rate, Payne Stewart had to hit a key shot out of one such divot. He argued that, since the grounds crew had applied this sand, it was clearly ground under repair, and he was entitled to relief.
I think the overall response was similar to what many have said here; it's easy to declare GUR on a divot filled five minutes ago. But what about the divot from yesterday, or last week? When is it no longer GUR?
ForkaB:
At Dornoch, all divots are filled (by the groundstaff) and there is a local rule which allows for relief (under the GUR principle) for any "seeded divot." It says you "must lift and place, within 6"). The "must" is to protect the turf. The "place" is to speed up play. It is equitable, logical and it works, and the sky doesn''t fall (too often) up there.
JohnV:
Rich, let me understand this, I take my ball out of a sand filled area and put it on nice grass where I make a new divot and this somehow protects the grass?
What a shame that Royal Dornoch has lost its way from the true roots of golf! :(
Do I get to clean my ball also? No wonder the R&A won't take the Open up there.
ForkaB:
'tis true John, and BTW I liked your "roots" pun.......
Think about it some more and you'll come away from the dark side.
TEPaul:
"Tom
That ploy only works when you are playing in tournaments that don't apply the "One Shoe" rule."
Rich:
Even you should bone up on the rules of golf, the local rules of golf et al. Even if you are playing in a tournament that doesn't apply the "One Shoe" rule, as you call it, you'd still run afoul of the rules of golf technically and I'd be forced to have you DQed. It's not the "one shoe" rule you inveterate shirker of knowledge and education--it's the "one pair of shoes" rule. You go out there and try to compete in a tournament using only one penetrating spike shoe and one softspike shoe (used alternately "through the green" and on the green of course) and you're just not complying properly with the rules of golf, the local rules and their necessary procedures! Not only would I have to have you DQed, I might have to have you semi-castrated like that poor Pope did to himself on the "Fred Findlay" thread. For something as egregious as violating the technicalities of the "one pair of shoes" rule (or even mistating the exact name of the rule) even when it isn't in effect you should be forced to live the rest of your life as a gelding!
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