GOLF 79. Careers in Golf Russell, Mark, and John Andrisani. Golf Rules Plain Simple. HarperCollins, 1999. Shackelford, Geoff. Grounds for Golf The History and. The United States Golf Association USGA is the United States national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U. S. Rules of Golf. I am currently on vacation in the USA, where in the past 1. I have been lucky enough to enjoy personal, guided tours of both Congressional CC and TPC Scottsdale. Long term readers may remember that, with his permission, I have occasionally copied content from the newsletters of Paul Kruger, PGA Professional at The Canyon Club, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and am doing so again in this blog. Here is his overview of a recent interesting Rules incident involving Jordan Spieth that includes some useful reminders on taking relief from an artificial path. During the second round of the 9. PGA Championship held at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, Jordan Spieth hit a wayward drive on the par 5 1. Marie Laforet Mon Amour Mon Ami 8 here. Even though Jordan has probably taken relief from cart paths thousands of times, he still sought the assistance of a Rules Official to ensure that he was proceeding correctly. Here are the Rules that applied to his situation. When taking relief from an artificially surfaced cart path, Rule 2. Immovable Obstruction instructs the player to determine the nearest point of relief, and then drop the ball within one club length of, and no nearer the hole than, the nearest point of relief. By Definition, the nearest point of relief is the point on the course nearest to where the ball lies on the cart path i that is not nearer the hole and ii where, if the ball were so positioned, no interference by the cart path would exist for the stroke the player would have made from the original position if the cart path were not there. In other words, at the nearest point of relief there will be no interference from the cart path to the lie of the ball, the players stance, or the area of the players intended swing. After Jordan correctly determined that the nearest point of relief from the cart path was just left of the cart path, he immediately took note of the fact that the area in the vicinity of the nearest point of relief, i. At that point, he called over the Rules Official to find out how he might be able to avoid having to play from the pine straw. The Rules Official advised Jordan that he could remove the pine straw which are loose impediments. According to Rule 2. Loose Impediments Relief, Except when both the loose impediment and the ball lie in or touch the same hazard, any loose impediment may be removed without penalty. However, the Rules Official cautioned Jordan to be careful not to remove any of the soil underlying the pine straw when removing the pine straw. That is because Rule 1. Improving Lie, Area of Intended Stance or Swing, or Line of Play states, in part, A player must not improve or allow to be improved the area of his intended stance or swing or the area in which he is to drop or place a ball by any of the following actions creating or eliminating irregularities of surface or removing or pressing down sand, loose soil. Jordan cleared the area in which he intended to drop his ball by carefully picking up clumps of pine straw with his hand, and tossing the pine straw onto the cart path. When he dropped his ball in the required area, the ball rolled down the slope and ended up back on the cart path. Logo Creator Mega Pack. Per Rule 2. Dropping and Re Dropping When to Re Drop, he was required to re drop the ball because the ball rolled and came to rest in a position where there is interference by the condition from which relief was taken under Rule 2. As you might expect, when Jordan re dropped his ball, it once again ended up on the cart path. In accordance with Rule 2. Jordan was then permitted to place his ball as near as possible to the spot where it first struck a part of the course when re dropped. In the third photograph, you will see that, after placing his ball, Jordan ended up with a near perfect lie on the bare dirt. However, the resulting shot was not to his liking. Perhaps this was due to the fact that Jordan neglected to remove the pine straw in the area of his intended stanceMy thanks again to Paul Kruger for his permission to occasionally reproduce content of his newsletters in my blogs. WELCOME TO BEGA. Our membership application for BEGA is available docx, pdf. New members should fill out the application and send it to Steve Ellzey along with the. Kentucky High School Athletic Association KHSAA Studentathletes of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow. The RA seeks to engage in and support activities for the benefit of the sport of golf from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. 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