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<p><b>Considering keeping winter rules for entire season</b></p>
<p>I don't like winter rules in general. It means after all shots in
the fairway I have to pick up the ball and tee it up on a tuft of
grass (a within-one-club-length tuft of grass, of course). Which
is what I do (not joking), otherwise I am letting down my
teammates by not taking full advantage of the rules. But it is
silly (and not everyone know you can do this, so don't tell them).</p>
<p>Winter rules are for when the course is so sloppy that many
fairway-landing shots end up with the ball covered with mud. Or at
least kinda like that in a lot of places. Then winter rules make
sense.<br>
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<p><b>and adding specific info for hardpan in fairway and relief
from roots.</b></p>
<p>We don't need special rules for special conditions that we make
up. Such things are just rub of the green, yo.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://golf.about.com/cs/golfterms/g/bldef_ruboftheg.htm">http://golf.about.com/cs/golfterms/g/bldef_ruboftheg.htm</a></p>
<p>If you don't like the lie, declare it unplayable.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://golf.about.com/cs/rulesofgolf/a/rule28.htm">http://golf.about.com/cs/rulesofgolf/a/rule28.htm</a><br>
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