In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by Golf Monthly rules expert Fergus Bisset to talk through the g5 golf rules that are surprisingly vague. Whether it’s determining if your ball is in a hazard, declaring a provisional or understanding what constitutes advice, there are actually quite a few grey areas in the rule book that you need to be careful of.
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Giving advice 0:33
Assessing the wind direction 2:57
Provisional ball 5:21
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Immoveable obstruction 9:04
Ball lost in a penalty area 11:29
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4 Comments
For the situation of standing on the path, wouldn't your nearest point of total relief from the path be further into the rough and not on the side closer to the fairway / hole, so this would not be an advantage ?
Is that why people smoke cigars while playing, to determining wind?
Golf monthly do a rules vide without mentioning the "say it's a provisional ball" rule challenge (impossible)
The thing to add about deciding on Known or Virtually Certain (KVC) is that 95% judgement depends on taking in all readily available information. That could be the terrain features, the trajectory of the ball and how much energy you estimate it had, whether you were looking into the sun, the testimony of any other competitors or spectators, the wind strength, etc. If taking all readily available information into account you believe you meet that 95% threshold, then you have KVC. (Note – not saying this needs to take a long time – just be cognizant you're considering all easily ascertainable factors)