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CHIPPING , DRIVING ON GREENS

• hellie1 181 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 12:29 AM

  Playing a threesome in skins , a guy does an approach shot that is on the green yet 45 yrd away .

  Instead of putting on the green as you would do on a normal golf course , he chips it over the lines he should be putting across.

  You cannot do this on a legal golf course , why is this allowable on a WGT green .

  Do this on any normal golf course across the world you would be banned and physically altered .

  To do this in a skins game is even worse.

  WGT please ensure that your golf courses are the same as the normal golf courses you portray. 

  Have players penalised for driving , chipping etc on greens , WHY is it not already ????

• andwhy67 2,816 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 11:11 AM

  Nothing in the rules of golf that say you cant chip on the greens, been seen on TV, Mickelson and many years ago one Mark Calcavechia, who used a wedge on one of the larger greens at St Andrews, the divot was the size of a dinner plate, frowned upon yes, illegal, I dont think so!!

  Maybe someone no doubt will clarify!!

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 11:13 AM

  hellie1:

  Instead of putting on the green as you would do on a normal golf course , he chips it over the lines he should be putting across.

  You cannot do this on a legal golf course , why is this allowable on a WGT green .

  Do this on any normal golf course across the world you would be banned and physically altered .

  Complete nonsense, I'm afraid.

   

• Tigerpaw509 1,285 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 11:32 AM

  Any club on any stroke,its in the rules of golf.

  But I believe thats only for the girls league......j/k it is legal.

   

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 11:36 AM

  hellie1:

  You cannot do this on a legal golf course

• JFidanza 1,676 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 12:03 PM

  Related-

  Some people might use a 3W or driver, etc. to putt and some may even win a few of the 'bottom of the cup' awards as a result because it won't register as a 'putt'. I'm not sure if this has/should been/be changed by WGT.

  http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/6957.aspx

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  Bottom of the Cup 9
  12 or fewer putts in a 9-hole round

  Bottom of the Cup 18
  24 or fewer putts in an 18-hole round

   

  edit:

  to be clear, what I mean by 'I'm not sure if this has/should been/be changed by WGT.' is that any club shot on the green area should be counted as a putt in stats, no matter what club you choose to use. (depending on what is correct in the rules of golf, or generally accepted as fair in the community consensus)

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 12:09 PM

  Any club on any stroke!! (but not in the rules)

  AFAIK, the only mentionings in the rules are the fair shot, rule 14-1, and the illegal shot from the wrong green. Rule 25-3.

  Edit: Third, the Sam Snead "crocket" putt, Rule 16.1 e.

  Coming back to line one, I like to putt from the bunker and to drive from FW or rough. Special shot: The Tunesian chip from 60 yds out (and a friend was perfect in putting from 90 yds off the green).

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 12:27 PM

  I sometimes use a wedge on a green both here and in real life. Unless there is a local rule there is nothing to stop you.

• oneeyedjohn 9,581 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 1:52 PM

  I bet you're popular...

  ...in real life.

• hellie1 181 Posts

  Sat, Apr 11 2015 6:27 PM

  It like the underarm bowl in cricket .

  Personally i think WGT should change it  and not let any club other than a putter take a hit on greens .

  Cheers for your responses