January was a quiet month for the Men’s Golf Club. With New Year’s happening on a Tuesday (our usual golfing day) and the wet weather after that, we ended up with only two outings. That said, the rain followed by sunny weather made the courses lush and green. We managed to sneak in a Tuesday at Oak Creek and Strawberry Farms. Coming up in February we will be playing San Juan Hills, Tijeras Creek, Talega, and Arroyo Trabuco.
FIVE NEW GOLF RULES, MAYBE
Rule 1.d.6 (b) A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have
hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a
scientific game. The player must estimate the distance the ball
would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball
from there.
Rule 2.b.3(g) There shall be no such thing as a lost ball The
missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be
found and pocketed by someone else, making it a stolen ball.
The player is not to compound the felony by charging himself or
herself with a penalty.
Rule 3.a.9(k) Putts that stop close enough to the cup that
they could be blown in, may be blown in. This does not apply
to balls more than three inches from the hole. No one wants to
make a travesty of the game.
Rule 4.a.9(k) There is no penalty for so-called “out of
bounds.” If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient
land, this would not occur. The golfer deserves an apology, not
a penalty.
Rule 5.g.15(z) There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard,
as golf balls should float. Golfers should not be penalized for
manufacturers’ shortcomings.
—Bob Russell
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