Blakey Rules

Welcome to Marcela, from Girlfriends Guide to Golf. 

Marcela is based shall, we say in California? We shall get to that.  

Now before we get into the podcast, and hear more about you, let’s get the answer to Ep49 GRQOTW, which was from Gerry Bower, our previous guest.  

Episode 49 GRQOTW: Fraz, Blakey and Rosco are playing the tough 17th hole with a hill on the right that is General Area and below the hill is a small Penalty area that isn’t seen from the tee.   Rosco hits his tee shot down the middle and both Fraz and Blakey pushed their tee shots to the right.   They go down and look around the area and Blakey finds his ball in the penalty area but Fraz can’t find his so says “it must be in the penalty area”.  They both take penalty area relief but Blakey and Rosco aren’t happy with Fraz also dropping as he didn’t find his ball.  They finish the round and Blakey asks for a referee.  How would you rule? 

As Rossco did not have known or virtual certainty that his ball had gone into the penalty area, he was not permitted to take the lateral relief or back-on-the-line as he did.  

Welcome Marcela, have you had a good start to your day?  

Let’s start at the start: 

Explain to the listeners who you are,  

How often you actually play golf 

what you do in the golf world, and 

Most importantly how did you and I become friends.  

So what is Girlfriends Guide to Golf?  

What got you into golf, and where did your fascination with the Rules start?  

Okay, now the tough questions: 

Why are the Rules of Golf important?  

What development in the Rules do you see, and is this good for the game?  

What is your least favourite Rule?  

And if it is different, which is the first Rule you would like to see changed come 2023?  

I thank you very much for your time, and would you like to read out Episode 50 GRQOTW: 

Amy and Becky are partners in a four mall match against  Charlene and Debbie. Charlene’s ball is at rest on the green, just past the hole.  Her partner Debbie is about to chip onto the green from the fringe.   Amy asks Charlene to mark her ball on the green.  Charlene refuses to mark and lift her ball. Debbie chips up and her ball hits Charlene’s ball at rest, causing it to roll a few inches further away.   What’s the ruling?  And how would it differ if this were a stroke play event?

Take the Bower Back - Episode 49

I would like to welcome another Rules referee to this week’s podcast, and just like last week with Fraser Nicol, this week’s guest is all the way from the Northern Hemisphere.

Mr Gerry Bower, from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, not Quebec as Fraser stated. A passionate Rules comrade, and official in many regional amateur and professional tournaments.

Welcome Gerry.

Now before we get into the podcast, and hear more about you, let’s get the answer to Ep48 GRQOTW out of the way.

Episode 48 GRQOTW: Fraz & Blakey are playing against each other in match play. Fraz steps up on the 18th tee all pumped, as he's won the last four holes to get back to all square, and in his excitement plays from the wrong teeing area. His ball goes dangerously close to out of bounds, so Blakey does not recall the stroke. Fraz now realises he has played from the wrong teeing area and declares he will play a provisional ball.

How should Fraz proceed?

Rule 14.6b, Fraz may play a provisional ball, but must drop it within a club-length, no nearer the hole than where the original ball was played from. He is not permitted to tee it up because he didn't originally play from within the teeing area

So Gerry, welcome again, what is the time in Canada right now, and have you had a coffee?

Let’s start at the start:

• Explain to the listeners who you are,
• How often you actually play golf
• what you do in the golf world, and
• Most importantly how did you and I become friends.

You run an online Rules meeting/workshop during winter? Who usually joins you and how did you get that started?

Is it invite only?

What are the tournaments that you mainly referee and how did you get yourself into that?

Okay, now the tough questions:

Why are the Rules of Golf important?

What development in the Rules do you see, and is this good for the game?

What is your least favourite Rule?

And if it is different, which is the first Rule you would like to see changed come 2023?

I thank you very much for your time, and would you like to read out Episode 49 GRQOTW:

Fraz, Blakey and Rosco are playing the tough 17th hole with a hill on the right that is General Area and below the hill is a small Penalty area that isn’t seen from the tee.   Rosco hits his tee shot down the middle and both Fraz and Blakey pushed their tee shots to the right.   They go down and look around the area and Blakey finds his ball in the penalty area but Fraz can’t find his so says “it must be in the penalty area”.  They both take penalty area relief but Blakey and Rosco aren’t happy with Fraz also dropping as he didn’t find his ball.  They finish the round and Blakey asks for a referee.  How would you rule?

Episode 48 - If I had a Nicol for every time I heard that one…  

Welcome Fraser Nicol to the GRQ Podcast, Episode 48. Hope you are well.  

Firstly, we need to get the answer to Episode 47 GRQOTW out of the way: 

Stuart and Ray are playing Big P and Gerry in a handicapped four-ball match at Wombat Hills GC. On the second hole of the day, Ray steps on his ball in the middle of the fairway when he was talking excitedly to Stuart about how he was getting 15 shots for the match. Ray replaced his ball where he thought he had moved it from, whilst Stuart and Big P were watching. Although Ray thought he was exempt from penalty under Rule 7.4, Stuart knew this was a breach of Rule 9.4, but said nothing. Big P assumed their was no penalty either. Ray then played an amazing shot which resulted in a conceded putt and what Big P and Gerry thought was a birdie, which they could not beat. On the next teeing area, Stuart played from outside the teeing area, which Gerry pointed out and asked Stuart to cancel the stroke and replay. Big P then joked to Gerry about the side making a blunder on the last hole when Ray stood on his ball in the middle of the fairway. 

Was there any course of action that Gerry could take for Ray’s blunder on the second hole? 

Unfortunately, Gerry and Big P are unable to make a claim for the 2nd hole, because Big P knew of the incident when it happened. The side’s ability to make a claim needed to be before anyone of the group teed off on the 3rd hole. Although Stuart’s shot has been recalled by the opponents and so Stuart’s first shot does not count, it still counts as starting play of the 3rd hole - Rule 6.1a.  

Let’s start at the start: 

Explain to the listeners who you are,  

where in the world you are,  

what you do, and 

Most importantly how did you and I become friends, because I believe that says a lot about the community you have built and are building.  

Okay, now the tough questions: Why are the Rules of Golf important?  

What development in the Rules do you see, and is this good for the game?  

What is your least favourite Rule?  

And if it is different, which is the first Rule you would like to see changed come 2023? 

Finally, what does it feel like to be a social media influencer in the Rules of Golf?  

I thank you very much for your time, and would you like to read out Episode 48 GRQOTW: Fraz & Blakey are playing against each other in match play. Fraz steps up on the 18th tee all pumped, as he's won the last four holes to get back to all square, and in his excitement plays from the wrong teeing area. His ball goes dangerously close to out of bounds, so Blakey does not recall the stroke. Fraz now realises he has played from the wrong teeing area and declares he will play a provisional ball.  

How should Fraz proceed?

Samuel Ryder Cup - Episode 47  

Now I didn’t get to say the GRQOTW 46 live on air after last week’s tech debacle, that is an tech IVOR, but here it is: 

Between play of holes 9 and 10, Ross took Big P’s putter and hit 3 putts on the practice putting green whilst waiting for the fairway on the 10th to clear so they could tee off. Does Ross incur any penalties for this action? 

Now it does sound quite strange, Ross has borrowed a putter during a round and had a practice putt, which wasn’t on the green of the whole he had just finished on. But the answer which may surprise you is, no penalties to Ross in either match or stroke play. 

Why? Firstly, using someone else’s putter is only a breach if you do it to make a stroke during the play of a hole. As this was between two holes, there is no penalty. Secondly, you are permitted to practice putt or chip on or near the last green played, the next teeing area, and any practice green on the course, this practice must also be between the play of two holes. If you had read Interpretation 4.1b(2)/2 you would have nailed the answer. 

Now speaking of practicing, you will see this week’s tournament is the Ryder Cup, which is an amazing spectacle of team golf and one on one competition in match play. Practicing on the green after a hole has finished is permitted, unlike in most stroke play tournaments around the world. This restriction in stroke play isn’t the Rule but a Term of the Competition, in the effort to speed up pace of play.

Now speaking of the Ryder Cup, firstly let’s chat about the format, and then we will go through some of the more interesting scenarios over the years:

In 1989 Paul Azinger refused to let Seve Ballesteros replace a scuffed ball. Whether the ball was cut/cracked or only scuffed we will never know, but it was the hostility between the two that neither man would give an inch to the other in one of the fiercest rivalries in golf.  Then in 1991 they were to face off again, and this time Ballesteros accused Azinger of changing balls on different holes depending on how they wanted to play, i.e. soft compression balls on holes where the pin was situated at the front and hard compression balls where the pin location was at the back.

So although we wish for a clean and excellent match of character and golf skills in the cauldron that is the Ryder Cup, some of us do enjoy the theatre of a few Rules issues thrown in there.

Now GRQOTW47, is worthy of a match play question: 

Stuart and Ray are playing Big P and Gerry in a handicapped four-ball match at Wombat Hills GC. On the second hole of the day, Ray steps on his ball in the middle of the fairway when he was talking excitedly to Stuart about how he was getting 15 shots for the match. Ray replaced his ball where he thought he had moved it from, whilst Stuart and Big P were watching. Although Ray thought he was exempt from penalty under Rule 7.4, Stuart knew this was a breach of Rule 9.4, but said nothing. Big P assumed their was no penalty either. Ray then played an amazing shot which resulted in a conceded putt and what Big P and Gerry thought was a birdie, which they could not beat. On the next teeing area, Stuart played from outside the teeing area, which Gerry pointed out and asked Stuart to cancel the stroke and replay. Big P then joked to Gerry about the side making a blunder on the last hole when Ray stood on his ball in the middle of the fairway. Was there any course of action that Gerry could take for Ray’s blunder on the second hole?  

Remember without rules, there is chaos.

Separate or Related Acts - Episode 46

GRQOTW 45

ANSWER

Whilst the boundary of the GUR is straight down from the defined line or invisible line between the stakes, it also states that anything rooted in the GUR area is part of the GUR.

So in this case Fraser is entitled to free relief, and IF it was a No Play Zone, he must take free relief due to the interference. He would be breaching Rule 16.1f if he didn’t.

However, although tree roots maybe rooted in the area, as the boundary goes straight down from ground level, should these roots go under the line, they are effectively cut off from being part of the GUR.

I have had a couple of interesting questions come up lately, including from Steve Whiting, which was one of those premonition situations again.

Steve asked about a player who played onto an adjacent fairway, then played a wrong ball, and had to return to the area to find his own ball, with the 3 min search time already elapsed, this player believed that someone from another group had taken his ball. This was proved to be correct, but as the information was found out after the 3 minute search time, his ball should have been deemed lost. Unfortunately the story goes that the decision was made that the player could proceed under Rule 9.6, but still incurred the two stroke penalty in stroke play for hitting the wrong ball.

Steve asked this question prior to the Bryson Dechambeau disappearing ball incident. The big difference there is that the Committee knew/were virtually certain that the ball had been picked up by a spectator before the 3 minutes was up. So a huge difference, and I would say the player that Steve is speaking of, got away with one there.

Another incident that popped up in front of me was the difference between separate acts and related acts, and this is certainly one that gets my head spinning.

The situation was whether determining the yardage of your shot by using a distance measuring device that also has a slope function, playing your shot, and then going through the process again before another shot was a separate or related act.

It is an act that is similar, and on the same hole, but because of the intervening act - the stroke, then it is seen as a separate act, and the player incurs the general penalty for the first act, and then disqualification for the second.

A note there, there aren’t many occasions where you can get disqualified from a match, but that would be one of them.

Just quickly back to separate and related acts, what breaks up a related act is one of three actions:

• You make a stroke,
• You put a ball into play, e.g. replacing or dropping
• You are made aware of the breach, someone tells you that you just broke a Rule, and then you do it again. You will most likely incur two times the penalties.

I could make a whole episode on related acts vs separate acts, so maybe we delve into it a bit deeper soon.

Lastly, I wanted to speak about Rule 18.2/18.3 and 14.4/6

I’ve had the same question asked of me in recent weeks about dropping a ball into play and then the original ball being found, which ball is in play:

As soon as you dropped your ball (in the fairway/rough/penalty area/bunker) under Rule 18.2/14.6, that was the ball in play. So subsequently finding the original ball does not entitle you to continue with the original ball.
GRQOTW 46

Between play of holes 9 and 10, Ross took Big P’s putter and hit 3 putts on the practice putting green whilst waiting for the fairway on the 10th to clear so they could tee off.

Does Ross incur any penalties for this action?

Firstly, the GRQOTW for week 44 

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GRQOTW 44 

The Answer is: 8

Stuart hit his tee shot, that is 1 He hit his second shot from the fairway, that is 2. He couldn’t find his second, so had to go back to where he played his stroke from in the fairway and drop a ball for a penalty of 1, that is 3. He placed it instead of dropping it, so effectively he has breached Rule 14.3b(3) and incurs a general penalty, we are up to 5. He then has a further 3 shots, so total 8.  

Bryson’s scenario at the Tour Championship. He hit his ball well left off the 18th during round 3, even left of the 9th hole, which I thought was about 70 yards, but someone on YouTube thought it was more like 200 yards. 

He wasn’t able to find it within the 3 minute search time, but after this had elapsed, the Committee were able to get a message out to him through their referee on hand that video coverage had picked up that a spectator had moved the ball, hence why it couldn’t be found. They applied the exception to Rule 18.2b and allowed Bryson to replace a ball on the estimated spot where it had been moved from for no penalty under Rule 9.6. Bryson went on to hit the green in two, one of only a handful of people to have done that all week, and two putt for a birdie.

On the saturday afternoon during the four-ball competition, Nelly Korda attempted an eagle putt, which sat on the edge of the hole. The referee thought it was overhanging, and as Madelene Sagstrom picked it up before the permitted time that Nelly was entitled to wait and see if her ball would fall in, Nelly was given the putt as holed, her eagle counted and the US won the hole. So let’s unpack this: Rule 13.3 is very clear about what the player is entitled to when their ball is overhanging the hole. Even in match play they are permitted the reasonable time it takes to get to the hole, including Nelly falling to her knees and then get back up and starting her journey, and then from there she would be able to wait ten seconds beside the hole to see if the ball will fall. Sagstrom took away this right by conceding the putt and picking up her opponent’s ball, and throwing it to her. So in that instance, there is no penalty applied, but the ball is considered holed. As that was the lowest score on the hole, the US won. The real answer all comes down to whether the ball was actually over hanging the hole. The referee thought it was, and the tv referee  (who I am led to believe was John Paramor) believed that too. So there was no other ruling that could be applied. The question was asked, well did Nelly and Team USA have to make a claim? Well no they didn’t but that wouldn’t have mattered. Because the referee was an allocated referee, it is up to the referee to decide what the correct outcome is. This is different when it is a roving referee, who should not get involved unless they have been asked by one of the players, or they see a situation under Rules 1.2, 1.3, 5.3, 5.6a, and 5.6b. So the referee had to rule as it was seen or reported to her. If she had missed it, then that’s good/bad fortune for someone.

Fraser has interference with the branches of a tree that are outside of a ground under repair area. This ground under repair area is defined by a white line. However, the tree is rooted in the ground under repair area. So the branches overhang outside the GUR, and fraser’s swing is hitting them, but none of the branches that interfere with his swing are inside the GUR area, but the tree is rooted inside the GUR area, is Fraser entitled to free relief?

Episode 44 - Turned the Camera on this Time

Firstly, let’s go over the answer for Episode 42’s GRQOTW, which was:

In agreement a player and their opponent stop their match due to the weather conditions. They agree to return the next day and start at 8am.

Firstly, is this permissible for a player and opponent to agree to suspend their match, AND

Secondly, when they come back, do they start from where they left off or from their first hole with the score being square?

So firstly, yes it is permissible for the player and the opponent to agree to suspend play UNLESS doing so would delay the competition. Then as soon as one player wants to go back out, the other player must also resume.

Which actually brought a question to my mind? What if the opponent doesn’t want to go back out because it is too dark. Will the Committee agree or disagree with the opponent?

Considering the Committee would suspend play due to bad light, you would think they would agree with the opponent under reasonable circumstances.

Secondly, when the match does get started again, do the player’s start again from their first hole all square, or do they carry on where they left off. Yes, you are correct, they carry on where they left off.

JT Poston Ball OOB

JT Poston hit his ball so close to an out of bounds line that the referee - Steve Carmen and assistant had to use a piece of string to determine if the ball was out.

The string was placed at the bottom of each stake - ground level, on the course side and pulled tightly. No part of the ball crossed that piece of string, so it was deemed to be out of bounds.

Thankfully JT had played a provisional ball down the middle of the fairway and so headed straight to that, unlucky for JT, he lost in a playoff.

Gary Woodland Opts to Play 18th Hole a Different Way

Gary Woodland hit his ball so far right on the 18th hole during the 3M Open, that it went right of the penalty area. The Committee had that area as in bounds, you can see the white stakes in the video, so Gary was free to play. He opted to hit his ball, knowing he basically had a backboard, the temporary immovable obstruction (18th hole hospitality).

Gary then called in a referee to assist him with some interference he had with his swing. The referee treated the interference under Rule 16.1 and helped Gary then find his Nearest Point of Complete Relief, and complete the relief process.

How long may you wait for your ball to fall in?

Pajaree Anannarukarn played her shot out of a bunker, and then deliberately took her time to get to her ball. You could see her delaying her time in getting to the ball, and then when eventually getting there, she pretended to line the ball up and eventually put her shadow over the ball to which the ball then dropped in. Unfortunately the footage only shows the bunker shot, but the scorecard does show that she made a 3 on the hole, leading us to believe that the Committee either penalised her for taking too long, or they didn’t but she had an extra shot in the bunker that we missed.

GRQOTW 44

In stroke play at Wombat Hills GC, Stuart plays his second shot on the Par 4, 5th hole from the fairway and pulls it into trees, left of the green. He and his group spend 3 minutes searching for his ball but cannot find it. He returns to where he played his previous stroke from, places a ball as close to that spot as possible, and plays his next shot onto the green. He has two putts to hole out.

What is Stuart's score for the 5th hole?

That’s it for this week, remember without Rules there is chaos.

Episode 43 - Hear me, but you can’t see me  

The livestream got off to a bang, because I forgot to turn the livestreaming on, so there is no video, only audio.  

GRQOTW 42 - Are you permitted free relief from a dot of paint that is marking a yardage on the fairway? 

Answer - These are artificial objects, however they are not obstructions. So there is no free relief UNLESS the Committee declares them to be ground under repair - Local Rule F-21.  

Thank you everyone for the well wishes since hearing that I have left Golf Australia. It was time to move on and find new challenges. As well as not being hamstrung in the Rules of Golf content and projects that I have put out. This includes being able to go out to golf clubs in Australia to run Rules workshops. If you are interested or know of a club that would like a Rules of Golf workshop, please reach out to me. I can even do one online, but certainly everyone learns more in person.  

Now back to catching up on rulings:  Jason Dufner Duffs his Putt This was a PGA Tour archive video of Jason Dufner & Dustin Johnson playing in a four-ball tournament. As Dufner was setting up to putt, his putter slipped off the grass and into the ball, back then theis incurred a penalty of one stroke. But now there would be no penalty under Rule 9.4, because Dufner’s ball was on the green.  

Jon Rahm’s Ball Moved Jon Rahm’s ball moved on the green at The Open Championship. Unlike Dufner’s situation, Rahm’s ball was moved by the wind. Now usually you would play the ball as it lies when it has been moved by wind, but under Rule 13.1d, because Rahm had already lifted and replaced his ball. Of course marking it first. He was required to move it back. If he had not lifted and replaced it, he would just play it as it lies.  

Rory McIlroy at The Open Championship hit his ball next to a massive television. This TV was of course showing the leaderboard and video footage of players out on the course. Because Rory had interference to both his line of play and line of sight from the TV, he was permitted to take free relief. His ball was in the general area, so the relief area had to be in the general area. Not a common Local Rule in club land, but certainly on every PGA Tour, LPGA, and European Tour event there are Temporary Immovable Obstructions.  

IVORs Two massive IVORs last week. G-9 not D-7 was the correct Local Rule for Bubba being permitted to replace his club. And the Dunes was designed by Tony Cashmore not Tom Doak.  

GRQOTW43 - In agreement a player and their opponent stop their match due to the weather conditions. They agree to return the next day and start at 8am. Firstly, is this permissible for a player and opponent to agree to suspend their match, AND Secondly, when they come back, do they start from where they left off or from their first hole with the score being square?

Blakey is back again, by popular demand. After a hiatus of 6 weeks when Blakey went on holiday, and then Rossco and Blakey managed 2 episodes, this break was for a slightly different reason, my previous employer were jealous of this show and wanted it canned. Now Blakey has broken from the shackles of GA, and has moved on to marketing home golf simulators, so the show is back.

Unfortunately Rossco was unavailable this week, but hopefully he will be back soon.

GRQOTW Ep41 Answer:

If it is not physically possible to drop the ball in any part of the identified relief area, the player is not allowed relief from the condition.

This is True.

Definition: Nearest Point of Complete Relief

Interpretation Nearest Point of Complete Relief/5 - Player Physically Unable to Determine Nearest Point of Complete Relief

If a player is physically unable to determine his or her nearest point of complete relief, it must be estimated, and the relief area is then based on the estimated point.

For example, in taking relief under Rule 16.1, a player is physically unable to determine the nearest point of complete relief because that point is within the trunk of a tree or a boundary fence prevents the player from adopting the required stance.

The player must estimate the nearest point of complete relief and drop a ball in the identified relief area.

If it is not physically possible to drop the ball in the identified relief area, the player is not allowed relief under Rule 16.1.

What has been happening in the Rules world since we left...LOTS:

Bubba Watson Makes Birdie After Breaking Driver - Golf Rules Explained

Bubba hits his driver off the tee and it breaks. The head actually flies about 50m. Whilst Rule 4.1 wouldn’t permit Bubba to replace his club, Local Rule D-7 had been adopted, so he was able to replace his club.

Mackensie Makes Hughes Score on 11 at US Open - Golf Rules Explained

Mackensie hit his ball on a par 3 up a tree, during the last round of the US Open. It actually hit the tree, dropped down onto the cart path below, and then bounced back up into the tree where it came to rest.

Louis Oosthuizen Gains Free Relief at US Open - Golf Rules Explained

Louis had interference with a cart path during the US Open. It was from his area of intended swing. Whilst many would say as a professional he shouldn’t be anywhere near the cart path, hit the ball first, etc. there was reason to believe the grass had encroached over the path a little bit and thus the path was nearer to the ball than the coverage showed.

MIKE MODANO's Albatross Was Actually a BIRDIE! - Golf Rules Explained

Mike’s wife, who is a professional golfer herself (Allison Micheletti), but hasn’t been reading the Rules of Golf lately, stood in a position behind Mike, during the time Mike had taken his stance for the shot. Now Allison moved away, but Mike did not reset, and thus he incurs the penalty. However, the penalty was never imposed because it was a charity tournament, where some Rules are disregarded. So it was recorded as an albatross, but it wasn’t really.

Background Bingo

Rossco - Barnbougle

Blakey - Torrey Pines

IVORs

GRQ OTW 42

Are you permitted free relief from a dot of paint that is marking a yardage on the fairway?

GRQotW40 ANSWER
Fraser walks into the bunker that his ball is at rest in, and tests the depth of the sand with his feet by digging in when taking his reasonable stance. Does Fraser incur any penalties?  

US Open Rules incidents, here are two of the biggest (to talk about):
Dustin Johnson - ball moved on the green
Phil Mickelson - made a stroke at his ball that was in motion after a stroke on the putting green.  

Tainted Drop Tain Lee playing in just his third PGA Tour event at the age of 31, what seems to be over-the-hill on the PGA Tour, hits it into a penalty area and then takes a lateral relief drop. When dropping the ball many believe that Tain deliberately threw the ball down so that it struck the relief area with force and then bounced into the penalty area. The Palmetto Championship Tournament Committee discussed it with Tain and didn’t see it as a violation. https://youtu.be/K_veLyiv4YA
How to get the ball back into play when taking free or penalty relief - dropping. Basically, how to drop the ball.
The player must let go of the ball from a location at knee height so that the ball:
Falls straight down, without the player throwing, spinning or rolling it or using any other motion that might affect where the ball will come to rest, and
Does not touch any part of the player’s body or equipment before it hits the ground. The ball is in play as soon as you let go of it, but whether you can play it from where it comes to rest will depend on what happened to it on the way down, and where it is at rest.

Referee Antswers SungJae’s Question Sungjae Im had some issues with ants around his ball at the Palmetta Championship. A referee was called in, who provided no free relief to the player, letting him know that their bite was not harmful. SungJae played his ball as it lay. https://youtu.be/wYcaFS09xQU   

Fight After Player Doesn’t Help Another Play Search for Their Ball In a Monday qualifier on the Korn Ferry Tour (for the Wichita Open), two players got into a scuffle mid-way through their round. The group was behind on pace of play and it is not exactly known who was the main cause of the delay, but one of players had a ball search, that two of them went to look for, the third player and his caddie (dad) didn’t bother to help. This was brought to the third player’s attention by player 1, whose retort was play better. Player 3 then went and struck player 1, and charges were laid. Player 2 was a bit shaken up, able to go back out on the course and continue his round, but was also given a refund, he managed a 79.  

Commentator Ivor  

Background Bingo
Rossco - Lonsdale Links
Blakey - The Olympic Club, where the 2021 US Women’s Open was held.  

GRQotW41 True or False:  If it is not physically possible to drop the ball in any part of the identified relief area, the player is not allowed relief from the condition.