It was deemed unplayable on a hill he couldn't even stand and take a swing. But because you wanted Kucher to win, a rule that has been around 100+ plus years. Used several trillion times but now is stupid because you didn't want Speith to win. Unreal how you continue to make a dumb post increasingly idiotic.
The problem was not with Speith but the officials. Speith knew exactly what he could do. He had to walk it through with the officials who had to make sure he was correct. The last thing golf majors needs to happen is another caller bringing up a rules violation several holes after the fact. It was complicated that equipment was in his line of sight.
That rule needs to be exactly that way and never should be changed. The player must have the ability to declare a ball unplayable. They could never make a rule book big enough to cover all the possibilities. The rule is perfectly written.
I didn't miss your point. Saying its been around for ever is not a valid point in your thoughts. Other rules have been changed.
That is not how the provisional ball rule works. You hit a provisional if it might be lost or OB. Once you find you first ball the provisional ball is no longer in play, you must play the first ball
He does have that option but why would he take it? He had a small chance to get it on the green from the driving range. He even thought he hit it too far right and he was in great spot.
You throw a nice little nugget like this in the thread WITHOUT pics?
Ha. I do know nothing about forecasts but I can measure snowfall lol.
No. What is completely ridiculous is some clown, like the OP calling in and complaining about a rules violation, when his playing partner, the on course official saw nothing wrong. And notifying the player holes later that they earned a penalty or a discaulification.
Unplayable should not be stroke and distance. unplayable lies like a ball plugged in a bunker face under a lip, a ball in a deep depression in the rough or behind a tree, a ball in the roots of a tree or a ball stuck in a tree. These are the types of examples where unplayable lies occur and they should not be penalized stroke and distance.
He not only knows the rules but processed the situation instantly. He first question he asked the official was if the range was in bounds. We all saw it, fenced in, with trailers all over it but he was smart enough to know that it was part of the course property. You see him on top of the hill pointing to the line of sight to the official immediatly after learning it was in bounds. It was brilliant.
Do the rule books cover what to do when a caddie drops another ball from a hole in his pocket,down his pants leg,when looking for a lost ball?
