In this video Neil Tappin and Jezz Ellwood take a look at the rules of golf. They de-mystify 6 rules that can catch regular golfers out. The mistakes in this video are all easily avoidable – but you need to know what they are first. This should help you steer clear of any unwanted penalty shots.
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14 Comments
I do enjoy these videos, but my goodness do these rules sap the fun away! I couldn’t imagine calling someone out for this level of rule following. Other than some sort of high stakes situation, this seems to just ruin the fun of it all!!
I AM going to be playing in my first tournament this fall, though being a charity tournament, I expect it will be a scramble.
Why can’t you do a video on how to cheat and get away with it? The Bandit Series🤣😂🤣
Could always play 2 balls if you are uncertain of the rule
what happens if the ball sits on the white line with no part of the ball hanging over either side? And also, the issue of a ball being moved by a player, if you can see that the ball is crazily balanced is it still viewed as you have addressed the ball if you do not ground the club- and if it does move ( just because you are standing next to it) you can replace it? I guess it comes down to the rule as to what determines that you have addressed the ball?
Question- your in the tee box your practice swing and the wind from you club knocks the ball off of the tee. Is that a penalty.
Question you tee a ball, you notice it leaning one way or another, may you adjust or reset the tee?
I had the opposite of the last scenario just this weekend in a competition. I hit my drive into what I knew was big trouble, where even if I found it I would have nowhere to drop and even if I did little chance of getting it back in play so I actually said for the avoidance of doubt "I'm going to hit another one – this is NOT a provisional ball".
Normally, I always say provisional ball because you can guarantee if you don't say provisional ball you are guaranteed to find the first one, it will be playable and you will be kicking yourself!
What if the ball moved during the swing?
The one question I want to know is the answer to is, off tee you can hit a provisional ball in case you can’t find the first one, but if on your second or third shot, what happens when you can’t find your ball? Do you drop in the general vicinity or can you go back to the fairway no closer to the hole? Thanks in advance
Great video, I wish more people would play by the rules because I’m sometimes branded an idiot by mentioning a possible rule infringement before the player makes a stroke. I’ve been playing for 60 years and we all used to be very careful about rules, but now it’s more about winning!
The ball moving penalty when grounding your club behind it is petty and ridiculous….get rid of it 😬
Neil: Oh, that was a close putt!
Jezz: I hope you're not going to just tap in
Neil: You hope I'm not going to what?
Jezz: Tap in
Neil: Yes, Jezz?
Jezz: I said that's an illegal move in match play
Neil: What's illegal?
Jezz: Your tap in
Neil: Well of course I'm Tappin! Jezz, are you alright in the head?
I had a strange situation in a medal comp recently very similar to the last one. I hit my drive into semi rough and both myself and my playing partner saw it land. When I walked to the location it dropped into neither of us could find it. After a short search i ended up telling my PP that I was going to have to go back to the Tee to 'hit another'. After I'd gone back to the Tee and played, and walked back down, my PP informed me he'd found my original ball. Unfortunately because I'd not said I was going back to hit a provisional ball i had to now play the replacement ball. Lesson learned was to always say I'm playing a provisional ball.