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My training course driving range is flanked by openings 1 and also 9, and also lots of stray rounds discover the surrounding fairways. Guys like to strike them back onto the range– typically with the very same club they will strike their strategy fired with. Does this comprise technique during a round?
–Kurt Matthews, Denver, Colo.
It depends, Kurt, whether they’re doing so exclusively as a politeness or as a sly methods of technique. The previous is penalty. The last, under Rule 5.5 a, is not, and also brings with it the basic fine of 2 strokes in stroke play and also loss of opening in suit play.
Rules Guy can absolutely imagine a situation where a gamer simply takes place to make use of the club they currently have to put a arbitrary technique ball back to where it belongs … as well as likewise one where the gamer takes out a rangefinder, experiences their pre-shot regimen, and so forth etc. Common feeling will certainly inform you if it prevailed politeness or otherwise.
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I play year-round below inColorado Come wintertime, it can be hard, and also in some cases difficult, to obtain a tee in the ground, so I make use of a rubber tee like the ones at driving arrays. Is this allowable– and also, if so, is it allowable year-round? I such as that the ball is constantly the very same elevation at address, and also my drives are a lot more constant as a result.–Dean Marraccini, Niwot, Colo.
You would like to know where the rubber fulfills the roadway, Rules- sensible.
As long as your rubber tee does not go beyond 4 inches in elevation, it’s flawlessly appropriate to make use of, despite the ground problems. Keep burning rubber on those tee shots and also you may simply develop into a innovator.
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