I have tried to read the rules of golf, but that's worse than trying to read legalese. The guy I played with yesterday thinks he's a real stickler for the rules, but I don't agree with some of his calls. These are some of the situations I found myself in yesterday, please tell me what should have been my penalty:
1- Tee shot on a dogleg right par 4 with lake in the crook of the dogleg: teeshot goes in the drink. I say go to drop area close to lake, with 1 shot penalty, now hitting 3. He says must hit from tee, now hitting 3.
2-Tee shot on short par 4 hits cartpath, bounces high & lands next to green, but also next to 8" horizontal plastic pipe used to pump water from one pond to another. My backswing is obstructed by immovable manmade object. He says play as lies or take drop and 1 stroke penalty. I say free drop.
3-My worst shot of the day. Tee shot s*****s and lands on green of adjoining hole. Luckily we were first ones out. I say I have right to play it as it lays, pulling out my 5 wood. He says I must remove ball from green and take 1 stroke penalty. We compromise as I threaten him with 5 wood: I remove ball to fringe, no penalty, and hit the best 5 wood over trees I have ever hit.
Help!!! Penalty shots are killing me!!!
1- Tee shot on a dogleg right par 4 with lake in the crook of the dogleg: teeshot goes in the drink. I say go to drop area close to lake, with 1 shot penalty, now hitting 3. He says must hit from tee, now hitting 3.
2-Tee shot on short par 4 hits cartpath, bounces high & lands next to green, but also next to 8" horizontal plastic pipe used to pump water from one pond to another. My backswing is obstructed by immovable manmade object. He says play as lies or take drop and 1 stroke penalty. I say free drop.
3-My worst shot of the day. Tee shot s*****s and lands on green of adjoining hole. Luckily we were first ones out. I say I have right to play it as it lays, pulling out my 5 wood. He says I must remove ball from green and take 1 stroke penalty. We compromise as I threaten him with 5 wood: I remove ball to fringe, no penalty, and hit the best 5 wood over trees I have ever hit.
Help!!! Penalty shots are killing me!!!