Respectfully Submitted, Foremost

1) Facts -Match Play In elimination Four Ball Match Play competition at BMCC, Foremost heartily congratulated his partner, Sandwich, after a hard-fought victory which was closed out on the 16th Hole. “Without a doubt”, said F magnanimously, “you were team MVP!” Sandwich agreed, and grasping a chilled beverage, soon posted himself in the center of the locker room to regale helpless passers-by with detailed accounts of his fine play and the “team” victory. F, a hostage in this situation, ordered…

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(Appendix I, Section 8 E(3), Model Local Rules “Preferred Lies”; R’s 14.1 and 14.2; R 1.3c(4); R8.1; R 10.2) 1. Preferred Lies Golf in the mountains is often played under the Local Rule of “Lift, Clean, and Place” as the fairways at times can get a bit soggy. In fact, Foremost has found that “LCP” (aka, “Preferred Lies” or “Winter Rules”) on fairways only, seems to be the accepted and practiced rule in many general play club competitions (at least,…

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On 7/27/21, 8:52 PM, “taterich@deltacoals.com” wrote: Facts The horn blew on the White Tee competition at HCC as Foremost’s group reached their balls all lying in the middle of the 9th fairway. One ball, in fact, was already on the green looking at an easy two putt with the other 3 players in excellent shape for pars, perhaps even birdies. They had completed 11 holes after starting the round on the 16th Hole. “Should we play out the hole?”, asked…

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I. Facts F recently shot a 65 to win the BMCC Club Championship. When his score was posted, several of his golfing companions were highly skeptical of this posting, particularly when they confirmed that the Club Championship was an 18-hole event, and that there were no witnesses who could be found who actually saw F on the premises. Readers Sandwich, ZM, JS, and others who regularly play with F all said this score was “impossible” as F “wasn’t worth a…

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1. Facts From the cavernous front bunker guarding the difficult 11th hole at BMCC, Foremost feathered a splendid blast shot to six feet below the hole. He faced a manageable uphill putt for par, net birdie, to possibly win the hole against the formidable JS/RM team which was three holes up in a hotly-contested four-ball match. As F emerged from the bunker his partner, Sandwich, was engrossed in his own meaningless 10-foot putt for a bogie five. (Long-time Readers might…

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1. Facts In a financially-significant Four-Ball match at BMCC, team HC/BF quickly conceded a two-foot putt to opponent BV who was out of the hole. BV was apparently in no hurry to lift his conceded putt as his partner, KBP (who was still very much in the hole), had a short green side bunker shot and was already preparing his play. After KBP made his swing and with the certainty that BV’s ball might block KBP’s ball (perhaps leaving it…

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(Rules 1.3; 9.1b; and 9.2; the “KVC” Standard) All the talk on the practice range is college football. “Will they play?” Fans are getting excited, and rightfully so. Players have worked hard and deserve a chance to play. The country can use a break from Covid stress and political rancor. Sports can help unify the nation! Right? But is unity really on the plate for college football fans? Foremost sees a September surprise. Here’s the problem … in an action…

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(Rules 9.6 and 16.3; Def.s “Outside Influence”. “Abnormal Course Conditions”, “Temporary Water”, “Known or Virtually Certain”) I. Facts – Ball Theft In a three-ball match-play competition at OEI, opponent DS yanked his opening drive into a landscaped area between the 1st and 9th fairways — an area populated by a few trees, a few large bushes, and pine straw. As his unsuccessful search was drawing to a close, a player from a group playing #9 approached and asked if he…

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(Rs 17.3; 15.2; and16.1a(2)); Def., “Out of Bounds”) This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of James Dickey’s award-winning novel “Deliverance” which was set fictionally in North Georgia, just a few hills and streams over from a couple of the golf courses mentioned frequently in this blog. In fact, Foremost was riding down a stream-lined road the other day thinking about “Deliverance” … and, of course, the Rules of Golf. For those who didn’t read the book, or…

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The Livingston field breathed a sigh of relief as contestants reviewed the brackets and found that Foremost and his formidable partner, WT, would not be in the competition. Although he is generally not one to point fingers, F would have to lay the blame for this sad and noteworthy development exclusively on WT, who had volunteered to handle the registration. An explanation is in order. WT claimed that he had logged into the registration site precisely at the appointed time,…

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