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Todd Morris'

RULES OF GOLF BLOG

A time for change

And here we go... I've been warning you that changes are afoot. The USGA and R&A have been busy the past three years on a monumental...

Back, back, back in time....

An oldie and a goody. I get a lot of questions about handicaps – “I didn’t even play and my handicap changed!”, “Why does it take longer...

Aerating - any options?

The quick answer to the question, is generally "No". Unless a local rule is implemented (and we do not have one in the copious REGL...

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...

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...

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...

At least I don't screw up on national TV....

I like watching Jason Day. Effortless power, great short game, precision iron player. His personal history makes you route for him. And...

Running Interference

Noticed that I had a suggestion to address remarking a ball on the putting green when the marker interferes with someone else's line of...

And there's a third option!

This or that. Many of the decisions we make on a daily basis are binary in nature. Yes or no, black or white, paper or plastic. We get...

No need to search for that....

Took the rules question of the day on the USGA website (yeah, I'm a USGA junkie, I freely admit it). The topic was the searching for a...

Resistance is futile

I think it’s human nature to dislike change. Changing the Rules of Golf or implementing a new Local Rule is no different. The human...

Mea Culpa

Sometimes you think you know a rule and you don’t. In this case, I’m the guilty party and I feel bad – I’ve apologized to the other team...

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...

The Rock is for sale

Golfsmith is out of business. Bulle Rock is up for sale (if you buy it, please reduce the green’s fee and I’ll gladly play it more...

Abandon all hope....

My teammates had a couple of rule questions for me this morning after their round last evening. That’s a good thing – a good bit of the...

Hello.... ball!

I was an emergency sub for our team in week #2, our captain lives up near Airville, PA and some joker got high as a kite and smacked into...

Won't do that again....

Experience is always the best teacher, and I've always learned the most about rules when I actually see them violated in person. ...

Rules Body Blows

I didn't actually see this play out myself, but it did generate a good bit of outrage this weekend. Lexi Thompson started her final...

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