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Todd Morris'

RULES OF GOLF BLOG

No mas..... No mas!

I'm going to begin my discussion of the 2019 rules changes by talking about the rule changes that give a break - things that are no...

Ah, that McCord....

What a PGA Championship! For those of you that didn't have the opportunity to watch Sunday afternoon's drama, I cry for you. Tee balls...

Is you is or is you ain't?

Was involved in another good match two weeks ago - both singles matches were very competitive and you know what that meant - it was...

And it had to happen on the last hole...

Something happened to me on the golf course this past week that I'd never had the misfortune of addressing. I'm in a good match on...

A time for change

And here we go... I've been warning you that changes are afoot. The USGA and R&A have been busy the past three years on a monumental...

Back, back, back in time....

An oldie and a goody. I get a lot of questions about handicaps – “I didn’t even play and my handicap changed!”, “Why does it take longer...

Aerating - any options?

The quick answer to the question, is generally "No". Unless a local rule is implemented (and we do not have one in the copious REGL...

Time limits on dirty laundry

Apparently this one came up during this year's Captains Meeting. I was supposed to sub for our cap at this year's meeting, but forgot to...

Tree soldiers and a new local rule

Ruggles golf course planted a ton of trees since last season in these neat little rows spaced about 10-feet apart so some places look...

Playoff dreams

Aargh.... Four weeks to go and our team was in a solid 4th in the East. Then we got whooped on three consecutive nights - with a week...

Running Interference

Noticed that I had a suggestion to address remarking a ball on the putting green when the marker interferes with someone else's line of...

And there's a third option!

This or that. Many of the decisions we make on a daily basis are binary in nature. Yes or no, black or white, paper or plastic. We get...

No need to search for that....

Took the rules question of the day on the USGA website (yeah, I'm a USGA junkie, I freely admit it). The topic was the searching for a...

Resistance is futile

I think it’s human nature to dislike change. Changing the Rules of Golf or implementing a new Local Rule is no different. The human...

Mea Culpa

Sometimes you think you know a rule and you don’t. In this case, I’m the guilty party and I feel bad – I’ve apologized to the other team...

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