GOLF Rules You Didn’t Know Exist..

GOLF Rules You Didn’t Know Exist..

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there are some insane rules in golf like did you know that players can get penalized for their own caddy standing in the wrong place or that it’s illegal to have a club with a non-conforming Groove pattern and don’t even get me started on the weird penalties for having too many clubs in your bag these are 15 golf rules you didn’t know existed and first what if I told you that golf has a rule that’s going to drive players crazy boring this is Ian wam a former world number one golfer and Master’s champion who found out the hard way that one extra Club can cost you dearly in the 2001 British Open WNAM was ready to make a serious run at the title the man was in top form but then disaster struck just as he was about to tee off on the second hole his caddy noticed an extra Club in the bag that’s a big no no in golf where the rules strictly limit players to carrying no more than 14 clubs wam had 15 the penalty for this infraction a brutal two-stroke penalty that mistake ended up costing him dearly knocking him out of contention but that’s not as crazy as this next rule involving golf balls in 2019 a European Tour player named Eduardo Molinari got penalized for something most of us wouldn’t even think about during a tournament he found out that that the rule book actually penalizes players if their golf ball moves after being addressed even if it’s because of wind or gravity mulinari had carefully lined up his putt stepped back to get a better look and just as he was about to strike the ball moved slightly the wind had done it but the rules didn’t care he had to take a penalty stroke talk about bad luck now you probably didn’t know that in golf it’s illegal to give advice to your fellow competitors this rule can be particularly tricky because it can feel natural to offer a tip or comment on another player’s shot but according to rule 10.2 giving advice is strictly forbidden and if caught both the giver and the receiver of the advice can be penalized in 2019 during the US Women’s Open golfer carlot saganda was penalized for just this reason she had casually chatted with their fellow competitor and Bam two-stroke penalty and speaking of weird rules did you know that you can get disqualified for starting a hole with a wrong ball it sounds simple enough to avoid but it’s more common than you might think at the 2013 Masters Guan tan Lang a 14-year-old Prodigy from China was nearly disqualified for slow play but he also had to be careful about not accidentally picking up another player’s ball if you tea off with the wrong ball your toast disqualified on the spot but The Oddities don’t stop there let’s talk about sand traps in most sports you’d think the rules would help you out in tough situations but not in golf if your ball lands in a bunker you’re not allowed to touch the sand with your club before you’re shot that’s right no grounding the club no testing the sand nothing in 2010 Dustin Johnson learned this the hard way at the PGA Championship he grounded his Club in what he thought was a trampled down piece of ground but was ruled to be a bunker the result a two-stroke penalty that cost him a spot in a playoff for the championship and then there’s the rule about water hazards if your ball lands in a water hazard you have to drop it within two Club lengths of where it crossed the hazard not where it landed this rule has caused many a golfer to scratch their head in 2013 Tiger Woods hit a perfect shot at the Masters that landed just a few feet from the hole but bounced into the water following the rules he dropped his ball in the wrong spot and got penalized leading to a massive controversy another rule that’s bound to surprise you is the one about replacing a damaged Club if a club is damaged during the normal course of play you’re out of Lu luck you can’t replace it in 2018 Zack Johnson broke his driver during the second round of the Masters he had to play the rest of the round without it severely impacting his game imagine trying to play golf without your favorite driver did you know that if your ball hits you your caddy or your equipment you’re penalized it’s true in 2012 web simpsons’s ball hit his own putter after he missed a putt and he had to take a penalty stroke it’s like golf has a rule for everything even the most unlikely scenarios but here’s a rule that’s truly bizarre in golf if you take too long to play a shot you can be penalized this happened to JB Holmes in 2018 when he took over 4 minutes to play a shot at the Farmers Insurance open he didn’t get penalized that time but the outrage from fans and fellow players was intense the rules state that players should play without undue delay and should be penalized if they don’t and if you think those rules are strange wait until you hear this one in the US it’s illegal for golfers to use a distance measuring device that provides information on slope and elevation changes in 2016 the USGA ruled that such devices give players an unfair Advantage so if you’re caught using one in a tournament you’re looking at a hefty penalty golf’s dress code is another area filled with peculiar rules for instance players are required to wear specific types of clothing in 2013 PGA Tour player Ricky Fowler was criticized for wearing all orange his signature look while it wasn’t against the rules it caused such a stir that some tournaments considered enforcing stricter dress codes imagine getting penalized for your fashion choices and speaking of penalties how how about the rule that penalizes you for repairing Spike marks on the green this used to be a big issue until the rule was changed in 2019 before that players couldn’t repair Spike marks which could affect their putts Tiger Woods famously complained about this rule arguing that it was unfair and cosplayer strokes but the strangest rule of all might be the one about artificial devices and unusual equipment in 2010 Phil mikkelson was almost disqualified for using a club that was designed to help him improve his putting stance the club had a special hinge that was ruled illegal by the usgaa mikkelson had to stop using it immediately or he would have faced a penalty golf even has rules about the type of shoes you wear in 2011 a female golfer named Paige spirino got into trouble for wearing shoes with soft spikes that were considered too aggressive for the course she was playing on she was forced to change her shoes or be disqualified it’s amazing how detailed and strict golf’s rules can be then there’s the rule about taking practice swings you might think it’s no big deal but in golf you can’t take a practice swing that touches the sand in a bunker or hazard in 2007 Michelle Wei was penalized for this during the Samsung World Championship she took took a practice swing in a bunker touched the sand and received a penalty stroke it seems like golf’s rules are designed to catch you off guard at every turn and finally there’s the rule that penalizes you if your ball hits an animal in 2014 during the John Deere classic Andrew Loop hit a shot that struck a bird according to the rules he had to play the ball from where it lay even though it had ricocheted off the the bird and landed in an unfavorable spot nature is unpredictable but in golf the rules remain strict no matter what so there you have it 15 golf rules you didn’t know existed from penalties for extra clubs to rules about hitting animals golf has some of the most detailed and unusual regulations in all of sports whether you’re a casual player or a pro these rules can catch you by surprise and sometimes times even cost you the game but hey that’s what makes golf so fascinating and challenging keep these rules in mind the next time you hit the links and maybe you’ll avoid some of these crazy penalties