NEW GOLF RULES 2023 | The 5 Most Important CHANGES! We have seen the first rule changes in years during 2019… and now for 2023 we have even more amendments! As of 2023, new golf rules apply worldwide. It is the most major revision of the rules for more than 30 years. This easy-to-understand video gives you a clear overview of the changes so that you can benefit from all the simplifications and new relief procedures. Explanations are based on the “New Rules of Golf for 2023” as published by the USGA and R&A in JANUARY 2023
If you think these changes are hard to remember, please check out “Golf Rules Quick Reference 2019” which contains a summary of these changes as well as all other applicable rules. If you take the practical pocket book with you on your round, you don’t have to know the rules off by heart as you’ll be able to answer all rules questions in a matter of seconds.
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Not hit from a divot in the short grass
Can’t believe that having to play from a divot is still in place.
I agree with you, James. We should get relief from a fairway divot.
Stroke and distance, slows the game down no end.
Definitely need to change that rule of hitting out of a divot. Even heard jack Nicklaus say it on TV many years ago. Should be “ground under repair” ! There’s no difference if the fairway is being worked on and marked off
I would agree 100% about having to hit out of a divot in the fairway. You are penalized for hitting onto the preferred surface. That rule needs to change.
Fairway divot. No doubt. Tiger can have fans move a boulder. But you can’t drop from a divot someone else made? Most embarrassing rule in golf
Thanks James
AgreeJames the golfer who lands in divot did not cause it…the player that caused divot had benefit of a good lie yet any player after them doesn't benefit from good lie….that is just bot fair!! Also even if a divot is replaced / repaired by the player causing it there is also ( as happens on course I play) that birds come and turn over divots to get food….so does that mean the divot is caused by an "animal scrapping"?? Other "aninal scrapings" get relief so why not rhis situation….but easiest thing to do would be to just get relief.
Golf from a divot is not playing the spirit of the game.⛳️⛳️⛳️
100% playing out of a divot!
Honestly how annoying was it that the ball didnt go into the hazard lol
I wouldn't have known the changes in rules if it weren't for your video. Thanks, James!!
When I watched the clip there was one comment. Now that I look, there's more than twenty. I forgot what I was gonna suggest. Oh well, keep your head down.
The “fairway divot” rule has got to change soon,it's just not good for the game.
A ball in a divot or repaired divot should get relief.
Agreed fairway divot is the worst rule. It is clearly a "man-made" object, you should get relief. My friends and I never play by that rule. We are not going to penalize a good drive.
THX James Divot divot on a fairway
fairway divot , Ground Under Repair, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The fairway divot definitely needs to change!
Agreed. Divot rule is stupid. Also Change knee drop rule. It’s nonessential
Fairway divot has been a bug bare of mine for 30 plus years, why should one be penalized for hitting a bomb down the middle of the fairway to find it in the deepest divot known to man, right at the front of it so only half the ball is showing and you basically have no chance of getting the ball anywhere near the green, WRONG!!!!
fairway divot without a doubt, but also crap lies in bunker due to dickheads not raking after they have played out, should be able to lift rake and drop within 6" of original lie