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[dagolfer33]

Originally Posted by gales0678

no i know her reason was flimsy , she hit the shot and was fine until after the shot and she grounded the club then , i have seen people ground the club before they play the shot , i think this is where some of the confusion is coming from

If she was a student of Dave Pelz she would have known to close that clubhead a little more for that shot......I love his tutorial on how to hit it out of the water.

[Crown@club]

One year in a tournament (local city), I was in a 4-some as the 1st group off the tee. We are playing a 200 yd Par 3 4th hole where the green is wide. Hole was hidden behind the sand on the down slope towards the left side.

3 of us missed on the left side off the green. I was a little long but was able to see the hole. The other 2 were short on the left below the green, so they couldn't see. The 4th guy was on the green far right. I went 1st and knocked my chip about 2 feet short of the hole. I went to go mark, when the guy on the green decides to putt, and made an incredible long distant putt. One problem. You guess it. Pin was still in the hole.

There was 2 rules officials already watching, and I knew he was on the green. Incredible birdie to a bogey. He said he was just to make sure we speed up play. I told him, that you never played in this tournament before had you. I said we'll be waiting to tee off on #10. Sure enough it happened.

After that he was such jerk the rest of the way, critique every questionable drop from unplayable lies, and everything else.

He did not show up the next day for the 2nd round. Thank God!

[dagolfer33]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

One year in a tournament (local city), I was in a 4-some as the 1st group off the tee. We are playing a 200 yd Par 3 4th hole where the green is wide. Hole was hidden behind the sand on the down slope towards the left side.

3 of us missed on the left side off the green. I was a little long but was able to see the hole. The other 2 were short on the left below the green, so they couldn't see. The 4th guy was on the green far right. I went 1st and knocked my chip about 2 feet short of the hole. I went to go mark, when the guy on the green decides to putt, and made an incredible long distant putt. One problem. You guess it. Pin was still in the hole.

There was 2 rules officials already watching, and I knew he was on the green. Incredible birdie to a bogey. He said he was just to make sure we speed up play. I told him, that you never played in this tournament before had you. I said we'll be waiting to tee off on #10. Sure enough it happened.

After that he was such jerk the rest of the way, critique every questionable drop from unplayable lies, and everything else.

He did not show up the next day for the 2nd round. Thank God!

Great scenario and the moral to the story is this: No matter how you and your regular group normally play, you had better know the REAL rules when you are in a formal setting.