I. Facts In four-ball competition at BMCC, Foremost was a little slow out of the gate, but his partner RMcN had held off opponents Sandwich and SH with a bogey/par start. “Ok, we are one up”, said F to RMcN as the players proceeded to the third hole teeing area. “Oh no”, said Sandwich. “RMcN is my partner and you and SH are two down.” Well, F was flabbergasted with this announcement, as he distinctly remembered he had tossed the…
I. Facts Foremost was deeply touched when playing partner, JD, noted that he had missed F’s rules blog. F explained that, due to circumstances beyond his control, it had been an unusual and infrequent golf season for F, and that he had, indeed, dropped the ball in his solemn quest and duty to uphold, defend, and explain the Rules of Golf, a failing perhaps even more significant as the very foundations of golf are being rocked by the emergence of…
Veteran Readers CM and JB recently approached Foremost with questions relating to drop relief from a Penalty Area. CM asked whether he was “required” in a certain scenario to take a penalty stroke after playing a drop. JB asked if he had the “option” to take a drop and a penalty stroke without playing the shot. In neither case, was a ball actually in the Penalty Area. I. Facts On the 11th hole at HCC, Reader CM watched his drive…
Facts In a tense 4-Ball competition at BMCC, opponent Sandwich hit a lovely 30-yard pitch shot from the fairway to within 5 feet on the 12th hole. He approached his ball on the green, and announced that he had played the wrong ball (Foremost’s), at which point he correctly observed he was disqualified for the hole. He then walked deliberately back into the fairway and adjacent rough, and after locating and confirming the identity of his ball, proceeded to play…
Foremost received an urgent call as a debate raged in the BMCC locker room. Facts In a Match Play competition at BMCC, opponents BC and JB found themselves All-Square on the long and difficult 18th Hole. BC had pushed his drive into the healthy right rough and, in fact, had made a couple of passes in his cart just trying to find it. “There it is”, said JB, who was also BC’s cart mate. This alert came too late, however,…
Lunch Suddenly, without any warning, Reader JS’s eyes bulged and closed, his tongue fell out, his head dropped and drooped forward. F nimbly caught him as he was rolling helplessly out of his chair … all during a quiet and friendly post-round lunch in the BMCC Mens’ Grill. Fortunately, this frightening incident was not of a medical nature. JS had simply fallen asleep. At the time, Sandwich was 6-7 minutes into a fascinating story, he claimed, involving Billy Graham and…
(R’s 20.1a; 20.1c; 18.2; 18.3; 1.3b(1); 4.3b(6); 10.2b; and Def “Known or Virtual Certainty”) As Foremost was getting his oil changed, the service attendant reported exciting news … that the mileage on F’s Jeep Wrangler – 21212 – was a palindrome, only the second mileage palindrome this gentleman had ever witnessed in his long oil service career! He was so excited that he threw in a 10% price discount on the oil change, at which point F promised to refer…
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…
(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,…
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…