Minnesota Golfer - Spring 2012 - 13
(rules primer
)
Know Your Place
The new Rules eliminate double jeopardy-in
some cases-when playing from the wrong place.
By Joseph Oberle
T
he Rules changes for 2012 included
a reduction of the penalty
(in stroke play) when hitting from
a wrong place-if you have previously
breached another rule.
According to the USGA, Rule 20-7c Note
3 has been amended " so that if a player is to
be penalized for playing from a wrong place,
in most cases the penalty will be limited to
two strokes, even if another rule has been
breached prior to his making the stroke. "
" Most cases " include a) substituting a
ball when not permitted, b) dropping a ball
when it is required to be placed (and vice
versa), c) dropping a ball improperly and d)
putting a ball into play by a person not permitted
to do so.
The previous rule generally covered situations
a and b; the changes cover c and d.
Here's a closer look at how it pertains to c.
Say your ball lies in the rough near trees;
a competitor inadvertently kicks it during a
search, then tosses it to you so you can put it
back in play. Since its original location and
lie are unknown, you drop the ball-but
you fail to follow the procedure outlined in
Rule 20-2 (standing erect, arm at shoulder
height and ball held at arm's length).
Instead, you simply toss the ball underhanded,
and rather than tossing it behind
the tree that was in your way, you drop
out to the side. Previously, you would have
incurred a one-stroke penalty for dropping
improperly and a two-stroke penalty
for playing from a wrong place (Rule
20-7). Now, you only incur the two-stroke
penalty for playing from the wrong place.
The penalty for such a breach in match play,
meanwhile, remains the same-loss of hole.
" In this case, the penalty for stroke play
was more severe than match play under the
old rules, " says MGA tournament director
Doug Hoffmann. " It seems the Rules committee
is trying to make the penalty more
consistent within each format. "
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