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Re: DRAFT PROPOSED NEW RULES OF GOLF FOR 2019 - USGA

• Dneirf 438 Posts

  Wed, Mar 1 2017 3:33 AM

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• Wutpa 4,803 Posts

  Wed, Mar 1 2017 1:05 PM

  I was reading about that earlier today. Interesting.

  Some changes make total sense, some I didn't know weren't already implemented. I think the one that will be the biggest talking point is about dropping the ball from one inch instead of at arms length.

  And I get that they want to speed play up and that's certainly not a bad thing, but recommending no player takes more than 40 seconds to hit a shot is going to be impossible to police I think.

• aichapman 1,419 Posts

  Wed, Mar 1 2017 4:45 PM

  The "grounding of the club " rule was always a pet hate of mine , too easy to cost shots by touching a bit of flotsam etc ( which did occur not too long ago in the PGA from memory ) and enough said about DJ's penalty at Oakmont, the new rule will certainly help on slippery/windy days.

  Good luck to all who still swing the clubs, three steps forward and two steps back as always with new rules and innovations.

  Cheers from Al

• Fencer100 2,064 Posts

  Thu, Mar 2 2017 3:57 AM

  The banning of caddies helping players line up their shots is another very sensible idea also, seems ridiculous players need this !!

  Allowing use of distance calculators and rangefinders is a backward step, they should be banned outright as artifical aids. I am of the "old school" maybe, but I did manage to get down to 2 handicap without them, just used the course notes. But I suppose that's progress for you !! 

   

• nanstar 4,914 Posts

  Thu, Mar 2 2017 4:16 AM

  'In a document outlining the first substantial review of the rules since 1984, R&A and the USGA outlined their goals for tinkering with rules that are so complex, multi-layered and unforgiving that friendships have crashed over the rustle of a leaf' -

  Two reasons why this review of the rules will benefit the game. It makes golf more accessible and heaven forbid, it makes it more fun!

  The Aust 2/3/17