[jlab-9hgl 00179] Re: rules clarification

[Mark Wiseman]

I agree with Mark on this one as far as the rules go.  

Mark M. Ito wrote:
> There should be no rule about this at all. The option to invoke the 
> unplayable lie rule is always there; there is no need to say that it 
> is an option. The "no penalty in case of roots" formulation is kind of 
> weird to me. Take your 1 sroke penalty and move your ball.
>
> This way no special rule is needed.
>
> My humble opinion.
> -- 
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
> Mac Mestayer <mestayer at jlab.org> wrote:
>
>     Hello golf league; I am writing this in behalf of the rules
>     committee: Kelly Dixon, Paul Powers and me. I was asked by a
>     league member for clarification of the "you don't have to hit it
>     off rocks" rule. The present rule (5-j) is the following and is
>     somewhat unclear: "Outside of a hazard including the woods and
>     tree roots, if your ball comes to rest on or near rocks that you
>     feel might cause injury or damage your club, you may drop the ball
>     within one club-length of the nearest safe spot, no closer to the
>     hole, for no penalty if your opponent agrees. Otherwise, use the
>     unplayable lie rule: Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot
>     from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5 of
>     USGA rules); OR Drop a ball behind the point where the ball lay,
>     keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which
>     the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point
>     the ball may be dropped; OR Drop a ball within two club-lengths of
>     the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole." We propose
>     the following rule change: the language is clearer we hope and the
>     only substantive change is that you no longer need your opponent's
>     consent. "If your ball comes to rest on or near rocks that you
>     feel might cause injury or damage your club, you may drop the ball
>     within one club-length of the nearest safe spot, no closer to the
>     hole, for no penalty, unless you are in a hazard or in the woods,
>     in which case you may drop out of the hazard or woods for a
>     one-stroke penalty or play the ball as it lies or use the
>     unplayable lie rule: Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot
>     from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5 of
>     USGA rules); OR Drop a ball behind the point where the ball lay,
>     keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which
>     the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point
>     the ball may be dropped; OR Drop a ball within two club-lengths of
>     the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole." Mac
>     Mestayer (for the rules committee) questions? comments?
>     "mestayer at jlab.org", (757)-269-7252
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