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LPGA Pro Penalized For Divot Moving Her Ball

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  • LPGA Pro Penalized For Divot Moving Her Ball

    In the latest edition of "Rules You Didn't Know Existed," an LPGA Tour pro had the unthinkable happen to her this past weekend at the Indy Women in Tech Championship at Brickyard Crossing Golf Club in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cheyenne Knight was playing the Brickyard's signature hole, the par-4 16th


    This game's rules can be so idiotic IMO. They changed the rules for accidental moving of golf balls but not this.

    Lesson to be learned...don't practice swing behind your golf ball.

  • #2
    This is a non-story, really. The only change to accidentally causing your ball to move was if your ball is if your ball is on the putting green. She was responsible for moving her ball other than on the putting green and gets a one stroke penalty just as she would have before and as others have.

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    • #3
      interesting Darwin ruling.
      where a change is not the better answer.
      things change

      Maga Lies Matter

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      • #4
        Originally posted by TeetoGrnr View Post
        https://golf.swingbyswing.com/tour/l...g-moving-ball/

        This game's rules can be so idiotic IMO. They changed the rules for accidental moving of golf balls but not this.

        Lesson to be learned...don't practice swing behind your golf ball.
        In the third round of the 2013 BMW Championship, on the par-5 14th hole Justin Rose hits a divot out of his practice swing that moves his ball. .SUBSCRIBE to...

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        • #5
          Originally posted by ColinL View Post
          This is a non-story, really. The only change to accidentally causing your ball to move was if your ball is if your ball is on the putting green. She was responsible for moving her ball other than on the putting green and gets a one stroke penalty just as she would have before and as others have.
          He stated that the rules had been changed for accidentally moving a ball, but not for this, maybe they should have?
          But then again rulies need things like this to keep them interested.
          Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong, because sometime in your life, you will have been all of these. Dr. Robert H. Goddard




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          • #6
            With all of the progress in changing the rules this one baffles me. They have changed accidental movement in 9.4 to better assist the players yet this still costs them a stroke? really...IMO they haven't addressed the ball at this point. Shouldn't be a penalty.

            Exception 2 – Accidental Movement Before Ball Is Found: There is no penalty when the player accidentally causes the ball to move while trying to find or identify it (see Rule 7.4).

            Exception 3 – Accidental Movement on Putting Green: There is no penalty when the player accidentally causes the ball to move on the putting green (see Rule 13.1d), no matter how that happens.

            Exception 4 – Accidental Movement Anywhere Except on Putting Green While Applying Rule: There is no penalty when the player accidentally causes the ball to move anywhere except on the putting green while taking reasonable actions to:
            • Mark the spot of the ball or lift or replace the ball, when allowed to do so (see Rules 14.1 and 14.2),
            • Remove a movable obstruction (see Rule 15.2),
            • Restore worsened conditions, when allowed to do so (see Rule 8.1d),
            • Take relief under a Rule, including in determining whether relief is available under a Rule (such as swinging a club to see if there is interference from a condition), or where to take relief (such as determining the nearest point of complete relief), or
            • Measure under a Rule (such as to decide the order of play under Rule 6.4).

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            • #7
              Re above:

              They've made a number of exceptions for reasonable conditions.

              IMO they figured anyone dumb enough to hit a divot straight into their ball on a practice swing deserves a penalty. You have a lot of alternatives available.

              "Confusion" will be my epitaph
              ...Iggy

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Ignatius Reilly View Post
                Re above:

                They've made a number of exceptions for reasonable conditions.

                IMO they figured anyone dumb enough to hit a divot straight into their ball on a practice swing deserves a penalty. You have a lot of alternatives available.
                yea, makes sense. I always practice beside the ball, plus I don't often take divots while in my practice routine.

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                • #9
                  As some have said I was saying they changed rules for accidental and yet they don't consider this accidental. At the end of the day, she has to replace the ball as best she can to where it was so where is the harm/foul that justifies a penalty in this instance?

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                  • #10
                    Hitting her ball with the divot was accidental.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by TeetoGrnr View Post
                      As some have said I was saying they changed rules for accidental
                      They didn't change this one. The changes were well publicised and a bit of forethought would have prevented a penalty.
                      Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.
                      - Chi Chi Rodriguez

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Ignatius Reilly View Post
                        Re above:

                        They've made a number of exceptions for reasonable conditions.

                        IMO they figured anyone dumb enough to hit a divot straight into their ball on a practice swing deserves a penalty. You have a lot of alternatives available.
                        My thoughts exactly, except I wasn't going to use the pleasant words that you did.

                        Guaranteed that it's a mistake that you make once.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by aaagc View Post

                          They didn't change this one. The changes were well publicised and a bit of forethought would have prevented a penalty.
                          Hang on a sec. A bit of forethought? The article mentioned she was 10 feet behind her ball, maybe that was wrong. She might have been 2 feet behind it, that would have been dumb...

                          BUT...

                          you could be off to the side, 10 feet away, and accidentally taken a divot that could spin over and hit your ball. How far away from a ball do you have to be to have enough forethought to prevent a penalty in this situation?

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                          • #14
                            But when are you so close that you could have anticipated a potential problem? Who decides and what criteria are used?

                            Have you really seen a divot go 10' sideways?
                            Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.
                            - Chi Chi Rodriguez

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by aaagc View Post
                              But when are you so close that you could have anticipated a potential problem? Who decides and what criteria are used?

                              Have you really seen a divot go 10' sideways?
                              Exactly, Stand beside you ball.

                              Standing behind it and taking a divot on a practice swing? You only have yourself to blame.

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