Golf Rules

Apparently, this was one of the wettest winters in quite a few years, especially in the Cape. We have seen pictures and videos of golf courses being flooded and becoming quite unplayable.

Even now, after some sun and wind that should dry out a course, we still find areas of water patches and due to the wetness, there are many areas, especially in the rough, where tractors cannot mow and these areas are muddy and overgrown.

These circumstances lead to a higher number of balls being searched for and players having to spend a lot of time looking for their balls.

In this article I want to touch on something that can cause a lot of frustration on the course – Pace of Play, or rather, how to avoid slow play!

The 2 major changes, that may happen when we are playing a round of golf, deal with the procedure when dropping Back-on-the-Line (must drop on the line and ball may roll one club-length in any direction) and when a ball may be embedded right at the bottom of the lip of a bunker (may now take the nearest point as reference point, and not necessarily right behind the ball – as is the case in all other situations when ball is embedded in the general area).

Welcome to 2023 and what we trust will be a very happy golfing year! A QUICK RECAP During 2022 we started to look at the various relief options available to a player when finding the ball in a difficult situation and we especially touched on all the free relief options. These relief situations are contained …

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Scorecapture continues to drive the golfing world into the digital age in an effort create a more engaged and exciting experience when playing both socially and in competitions.

In the last edition, we started looking at the various relief options offered to a player as he/she is busy playing a round of golf