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NEW RULES FOR GOLFERS OVER 65 (or so)


Rule 9.k.34(a): If a tree is between the ball and the hole and the tree is deemed to be younger than the player, then the ball can be moved without penalty.

This is so because this is simply a question of timing; when the player was younger, the tree was not there so the player is being penalized because of his age.

Rule 1.a.5: A ball sliced or hooked into the Rough shall be lifted andplaced on the Fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the Rough with no penalty.

The senior player should not be penalized for tall grass which ground keepers failed to mow.

Rule 2.d.6 (B): A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed NOT to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. The senior player must estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree, and play the ball from there.

Rule 3.B.3(G): There shall be no such thing as a lost ball.

The missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, thereby making it a stolen ball. The senior player is not to compound the felony by charging himself with a penalty.

Rule 4.c.7(h): If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped.

The Law of Gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf.

Rule 5: Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be blown in.

This does not apply to balls more than three inches from the Hole. No one wants to make a mockery of the game.

Rule 6.a.9(k): There is no penalty for so-called “out of bounds.” If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur. The senior player deserves an apology, not a penalty.

Rule 7.G.15(z): There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should float. Senior players should not be penalized for any shortcomings of the manufacturers.

Rule 8.k.9(S): Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new golf equipment.

Since this is financially impractical for many senior players, one-half stroke per hole may be subracted for using old equipment. Golf is.... above all.... a game of integrity.

PS. I realize some of you have already adopted these rules “ several” years ago.

 
 
 

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PE&R Branch
Feb 09, 2019

Ken: Rule 5 may be too suggestive to post on the site... :)

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