British Open - Rules question

[edjr 6,578]

What is the ruling if your balls goes in the wrong hole on a dual green?

 

 

You know how they have those giant greens with 2 seperate holes? If you shank a shot and it goes in the wrong hole, what is the ruling?

[WhiteWonder 2,685]

What is the ruling if your balls goes in the wrong hole on a dual green?

 

 

You know how they have those giant greens with 2 seperate holes? If you shank a shot and it goes in the wrong hole, what is the ruling?

 

i think they take away your clubs and give you a tennis racket.

[edjr 6,578]

Cruzer?

[WhiteWonder 2,685]

its free relief from the hole, within 1 clublength.

 

for us Americans, lets say we hit a shot that goes in the hole on an adjacent green

 

we would first take relief from the hole, then we would take relief from the "wrong green" by taking the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole we are actually intending to play to.

 

so im guessing a little bit but i would assume with a double green you would simply take relief from the wrong hole.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

I believe that he would be allowed to get relief without penalty. He could drop within a club's length of the spot, no nearer the intended hole, and play it from there.

[DankNuggs 305]

I'd imagine its a free drop no closer to the pin with x # of feet, much like a cartpath rule or landing on a drain grate...

 

Although those limeys are crazy, Mick and others were chipping off the road on that hole that was real close to it. Mick actually putted up the bank..

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

its free relief from the hole, within 1 clublength.

 

for us Americans, lets say we hit a shot that goes in the hole on an adjacent green

 

we would first take relief from the hole, then we would take relief from the "wrong green" by taking the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole we are actually intending to play to.

 

so im guessing a little bit but i would assume with a double green you would simply take relief from the wrong hole.

 

Rule 25-3 does not exactly apply here, though. You would get relief from the wrong green by taking a drop OFF the green. In this case, with a shared green, I think that you can play it from the green.

[WhiteWonder 2,685]

Rule 25-3 does not exactly apply here, though. You would get relief from the wrong green by taking a drop OFF the green. In this case, with a shared green, I think that you can play it from the green.

 

thats what i said....

[cbfalcon 825]

‎"Play it as it lies. I hit it off Frankenstein's fat foot. Those are the rules!"

 

You have to knock it out of the cup somehow. Thems the rules.

[Cruzer 1,995]

Hum, good question - Wonders answer sounds as good as any. We have two courses locally that have holes with shared greens. The simple, yet creative designs and features from such course as St. Andrews and Prestwick are just incredible. They have influenced golf course design all over the globe - even here in the States.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

According to Golf Magazine

http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction/article/0,28136,2001329,00.html

 

DEAR RULES GUY: During a recent round I managed to hole out my approach shot to a double-green shared by the ninth and 18th holes. Problem was, I was playing the ninth hole at the time and my ball dropped into the hole designated for No. 18. What's the ruling?

Mark Lynch, Loretto, Pa.

 

U.S. Open buffs might recall that Tom Byrum faced a similar scenario last June at Oakmont, where the ninth green shares real estate with the practice green. In the first round, Byrum's approach ran through the green at No. 9 and into a hole on the practice green. Under Decision 16/7, the practice-green hole was by definition Ground Under Repair, so Byrum placed his ball on the closest point of relief no nearer the hole and two-putted for a career par. You should have done the same, and if you three-putted, don't sweat it: career bogeys make for good stories, too. Career double-bogeys? Keep those to yourself.

 

 

So, we were sort of right. There is no penalty, but there is no dropping within one clublength. You can clean and PLACE the ball at the nearest point of relief, no nearer the intended hole.

[edjr 6,578]

Hum, good question - Wonders answer sounds as good as any. We have two courses locally that have holes with shared greens. The simple, yet creative designs and features from such course as St. Andrews and Prestwick are just incredible. They have influenced golf course design all over the globe - even here in the States.

 

I love the idea for a private course, Horrible idea for a public course, it's bad enough being in the fairway and having to watch out for wayward shots, I can't imagine how much it would suck to be over a 10 foot birdie putt and someone 8 holes away just landed one 3 feet from you.

[Cruzer 1,995]

I love the idea for a private course, Horrible idea for a public course, it's bad enough being in the fairway and having to watch out for wayward shots, I can't imagine how much it would suck to be over a 10 foot birdie putt and someone 8 holes away just landed one 3 feet from you.

These are two upper end, nicer public courses - but I kind of agree. Also, they really slow the pace of play bcoz you find yourself having to wait. On a busy muni - the last thing you need is something else holding up play.