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Todd Morris
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Caps on, play ball!
Moving on to the third published local rule in the REGL rules: "League matches shall begin at the conclusion of the bugle calls from...
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Todd Morris
May 21, 20243 min read
Locality Part Deaux - Tee Boxes
And here's paragraph b. direct from the 2024 edition of the REGL rulebook: "All male participants must play from the white tees and...
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Todd Morris
May 1, 20242 min read
Stroke or Match?
The first local rule for REGL is quite short: "League competition shall be under USGA stroke play rules, except as modified (Local Rules)....
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Todd Morris
Apr 23, 20244 min read
The local spin....
Three weeks into the season - blog output.... zero! In my professional capacity I'm a supervisor of 19 government employees. April is...
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Todd Morris
Mar 6, 20246 min read
Rule 12 - Part II - Bunker Play
I’ve been round and round on this edition of the Rules Blog. “Finished” writing this entry about 6 weeks ago and I’ve been chewing on...
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Todd Morris
Aug 2, 20234 min read
The Confusion Factor of Implied Rules
The courtroom scenes in “A Few Good Men” are an instant draw for me. I surf by it on the tube, and I generally stop and stay glued until...
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Todd Morris
Jul 29, 20218 min read
Rule 5, Part the 2nd - The three P's
Practice is encouraged in golf. It’s a hard game and we have to keep our skills sharp. You think you find a key to your swing one week,...
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Todd Morris
Apr 20, 20214 min read
All the way to Rule 2! (The Course)
Rule 2 is everything to do with defining a Golf Course – where you can play and where you can’t. In fact, section 2.1 of this rule goes...
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Todd Morris
Apr 13, 20213 min read
My kingdom for a rake
I was out laying new floors in my son's home in Texas - no blog for last week. Before I jump back to a discussion of the USGA rule book,...
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Todd Morris
May 27, 20192 min read
Huh.... all that for nothing....
Let's be perfectly honest - I have a hard time with local rules. Rolling the ball in the fairway? Don't like it. Do I do it? Sure,...
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Todd Morris
Mar 18, 20193 min read
Another captains' meeting... more local rules
I was sitting in for Captain Jimbo a couple of weeks ago in the annual captains meeting (having actually remembered to turn onto Maryland...
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Todd Morris
Apr 10, 20183 min read
Time limits on dirty laundry
Apparently this one came up during this year's Captains Meeting. I was supposed to sub for our cap at this year's meeting, but forgot to...
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Todd Morris
Mar 31, 20183 min read
Tree soldiers and a new local rule
Ruggles golf course planted a ton of trees since last season in these neat little rows spaced about 10-feet apart so some places look...
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Todd Morris
Aug 20, 20173 min read
Playoff dreams
Aargh.... Four weeks to go and our team was in a solid 4th in the East. Then we got whooped on three consecutive nights - with a week...
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Todd Morris
May 26, 20176 min read
The legacy of Ed Ault
I’d be surprised if 10 percent of the people that play in our league know anything about the guy who took Ruggles from a 9-hole to an...
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Todd Morris
Mar 31, 20173 min read
Week 1 2017!!!! (What's life without a temporary Local Rule)
And so it begins.... Your rule card and some other tidbits prior to the start of play. I don't know how these are going to be passed...
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rugglesgolfleague
Feb 17, 20172 min read
Rule Changes for 2017
Every four years, the United States Golf Association (USGA, now partnering with the R&A) releases a revision to the Rules of Golf. The...
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Todd Morris
Aug 24, 20163 min read
Jim Furyk And Playoff Gimmies
I walked upstairs at some point on Sunday evening and of all people, my wife told me about Jim Furyk’s 58 at the Traveler’s Championship....
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Todd Morris
Jul 27, 20164 min read
The Blind
My partner and I arrived at the 12th hole for the start of last night’s round. We’ve once again been zeroed out and restricted to playing...
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Todd Morris
Jul 18, 20169 min read
Abnormality (and what to do about it...)
Rules Blog for the week of 18 Jul 16 – post Open Championship thoughts I’ve said it a few times this week – we may never see what...
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