Concessions R3.2b; Order of Play R6.4 a and b; A Player’s Responsibility R3.2d Golf fans around the world had to enjoy the little rules flap that overshadowed the Kuchar -Garcia quarter-final match on Saturday! If you missed it, Sergio missed a seven-footer for a win, and then missed a back-handed, raked, four-incher for the tie before Kuchar could concede the putt. Sergio thought nothing of the rake and walked to the next hole thinking he had tied the hole. Kuchar…
Facts In threesome “birdie-bash” competition, Foremost and teammate, JS, had teed off and were looking around for their fellow teammate who was nowhere to be seen. (Due to the delicacy of this factual situation, we will reference this “Remaining Partner” as “RP” so as to conceal his identity). It seems that RP had experienced serious “gastrointestinal issues” on the way to the tee box, and had excused himself to find the nearest facility. Unfortunately, due to the course construction work…
Facts Thanks to the handicap system, Foremost and Reader EC were engaged in a tense competition against a couple of long-knocking young challengers in Readers BF and SM. Before putting, F reached down and rotated his ball for alignment. As he did so, it occurred to him that he should have marked his ball before rotating, but then he realized at this same instance that his putter head was on the ground effectively marking the ball, and thus, he was…
BMCC Assistant Pro, DA, perhaps making his first appearance on these pages, stopped Foremost in the hallway simply to advise him that Scottish Day had come and gone without a single Rules question or controversy! “Nothing?”, asked F. “Nothing” was the response. “Perhaps a few minor inquiries about ‘casual water’, but the field seemed to resolve this issue on its own, since virtually the entire course was under casual water.” As a Rules commentator F was frankly disappointed, of course,…
Foremost went to bed wondering how in the world he could have been dumb enough to take the Rams against Tom Brady. But it wasn’t the football game that jarred him awake in the middle of the night; rather, from the depths of his subconsciousness it somehow occurred to him that he had given an erroneous Rule 9 ruling in play at BMCC: Facts Player SB had laced a tremendous iron-shot into the par three 2nd hole at BMCC. His…
After several weeks of flagstick “in” or “out” diagnosis, Foremost has been waiting for another “New Rules” shoe to drop. (He’s been warning that this new stuff can be tricky!) Well, another shoe did drop this week at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. This mistake was costly! Wire services report that Haotong Li’s caddie cost him $98,000 by standing behind the extension of his putting line as the player “began” (emphasis added) to take his stance. A review by officials…
Foremost (F) was thrilled when Phil (PM) summoned Slugger White (SW) to explain his “Relief Area” and options after he splashed his ball into a Penalty Area during the closing holes of the Desert Classic. F took careful notes, and reports this conversation to the best of his ability: PM: Sorry, I just don’t know the Rules. SW:That’s okay, that’s what I’m here for. (F: that’s what I’m here for, too). SW: Where’s your “Relief Area”? PM: This was my…
Facts and Rulings The locker room was tense as Reader and Player JS scowled menacingly and interrogated the prior foursome. “Did any of you leave a deep footprint in the bunker adjacent to the 10th green?” One could almost hear a pin drop. “That depends”, said Reader RP who was a member of this prior foursome, after an awkward moment of silence. “I was in there I think…but did it look like a size 9 and 1/2?” JS had indeed…
Readers, Many of you have asked if and when Foremost would address the New Rules of Golf 2019. Some of you have reported to F (confidentially of course) that your hair is falling out and you are losing sleep worrying about the changes! Foremost has heard your cries! Ok, this is a savvy golfing group…serious golfers…you know how to play golf; you know where to find a Rule book, and how to read it. So why purchase a book? By…