Golf Rules Plain & Simple

by Russell, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780062736680
• ISBN10: 006273668X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-02
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

"The game's big lie is that the rules of golf are simple. The actual fact is that they are complex and confusing, which is why millions of earnest amateurs unwittingly violate them every time they play. PGA Tour official Mark Russell is one of golf's best at making complicated rules decisions clear and understandable to the best players in the world, and now he's presenting his common sense approach in plain drawings and plainer English. If you want to truly understand the rules and confidently play by them, read this book." -- Jaime Diaz, Sport Illustrated

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Foreword	xv
Timothy W. Finchem
Preface	xvii
John Andrisani
Introduction	xxiii
Mark Russell
Asking for Advice on Club Selection	2	(3)
Ball at Rest Moved After the Player Addresses It	5	(3)
Ball in Motion Strikes Player's Golf Cart	8	(2)
Ball Not Fit for Play	10	(3)
Bending or Breaking Branches	13	(4)
Brushing Line of Putt With Hands	17	(3)
Building a Stance in a Bunker	20	(2)
Caddy or Partner Stays Directly Behind the Player's Line While the Player Makes a Stroke on the Green	22	(4)
Carrying Too Many Clubs	26	(2)
Casual Water	28	(4)
Changing the Characteristics of Your Club During a Round of Golf	32	(2)
Dropping the Ball the Wrong Way	34	(3)
Fixing a Spike Mark on the Line of the Putt	37	(2)
Grounding a Club in a Hazard	39	(3)
Hitting the Wrong Ball	42	(2)
Ilegal Assistance (From Artificial Device)	44	(2)
Indicating the Line	46	(2)
Lateral Water Hazard	48	(3)
Lifting an Embedded Ball	51	(3)
Lost Ball	54	(3)
Nearest Point of Relief	57	(4)
Out of Bounds	61	(3)
Playing a Provisional Ball	64	(4)
Playing Outside Teeing Ground	68	(2)
Practicing During Play of a Hole	70	(2)
Putted Ball Strikes Flagstick	72	(2)
Removing a Loose Impediment From a Sand Bunker	74	(3)
Removing an Out-of-Bounds Stake	77	(3)
Searching Too Long for a Lost Ball	80	(2)
Signing an Incorrect Scorecard	82	(2)
Touching the Line of a Putt	84	(3)
Unplayable Lie	87	(4)
Waiting Too Long for the Ball to Drop Into the Hole	91	(3)
What to Do When You Hit the Ball Into a Water Hazard Marked by Yellow Stakes	94	(3)
When It's Wrong to Clean the Golf Ball	97	(2)
When Taking Relief From an Immovable Obstruction---``Cart Path''	99	(5)
When the Rules Are Waived	104	(3)
Index	107