My ball is teed up on a toupee of turf. Do I have to play it as it lies?
What do you do when your ball comes to rest on top of a detached divot? Can you take free relief? Rules Guy has the answer.
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Rules Guy: The ball of my partner was blocking my path, but he didn’t mark it. Is this legal or not?
What do you do if your partner refuses to mark their ball when you ask? Do they have to take a penalty? Rules Guy has the answer.
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Justin Rose is burned by a rare rules incident at Sentry, as well as miscommunication
A rare rules incident burned Justin Rose during the first round of the Sentry tournament. As did miscommunication with a playing partner.
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Rules Guy: Can I take a penalty and tee off from the drop zone to avoid potentially losing a ball?
If you have an iffy carry, or simply don’t want to risk losing a ball, can you take a penalty and start playing from the drop zone instead?
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The 14 biggest rule controversies and mistakes of 2023
Rules controversies and blunders were ever-present on pro golf tours in 2023. Here are the biggest golf rules incidents of the year.
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The most popular rules question we received in the past year was a conundrum involving a hole-in one.
Rules Guy’s most-read column of the year answered an interesting question about golf’s holy grail, the hole-in-one.
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Rules Guy: I accidentally picked up a provisional. Can you return it to play?
What do you do if you pick up your provisional before realizing you need to play it after all? Rules Guy has the answer.
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Rules Guy: Do you have a right to free relief if a memorial is planted on the course.
What do you do if your ball comes to rest behind a tree planted as a memorial? Can you take free relief? Rules Guy has the answer.
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What’s the rule for teeing up on consecutive shots? This little-known rule allows it.
Good news, golfers who might struggle to get off the tee. Thanks to the USGA, we recently learned of this handy little-known rule.
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Rules Guy: Can I ask the player in the group ahead to come back and rake his footprints in my line of play?
Is it permissible to ask a player to come back and clean up the mess he left in the bunker? Rules Guy has the answer.
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