All right, if you’re one of those people who thinks players should get relief if their ball ends in a divot in the fairway. Boy, have we got an enraging bit of content for you. Look at this slide. This is Shane Lowry on the eighth hole. He did everything he was supposed to do off the tee. Drove a 290 yard straight down the fairway. The man that just made birdie to get to one under very much in the tournament. Come on. This ball is embedded. It’s embedded, but it’s not actually embedded apparently because it’s not his mark. It’s somebody else’s pitch mark. So, you see the official here. He says, “Too bad, buddy. Play it as it lies. No relief. We can’t show you the video, but Lowry takes his shot. Absolutely duffs it into a bunker, slams the club at the ground, can’t go up and down from the sand, makes bogey, flips off his putter. The putter says, “What did I do?” Now he’s even par. And not only is his momentum cooked, but he’s mad. That’s one of the worst breaks we’ve seen in a while. But to his credit, Lowry spoke afterward, and he more or less took it in stride. He was a little bit annoyed at a TV guy that got in there too tight. But as far as the ruling, he accepted it, and he ended up saying what we all eventually say when we play this game. That’s golf.
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Mon partenaire a essayé de me surprendre avec un petit déjeuner au lit. C'était sympa jusqu'à ce que je renverse accidentellement du jus d'orange sur les draps. Rien de tel qu'une situation délicate pour commencer la matinée😻
Looks like 2 rules officials in one shirt.
Okay but like… it doesn’t have to be?
Bruh
wtf!
People act like they’re always entitled to have a shot at birdie or par. Nothing says that. It’s a bad bounce. Take an unplayable or just chip it 5 feet if that’s all you can do. Crap happens and sometimes a bogey is the best available to you barring some miracle shot.
I think the objection to changing this rule is how to define divot. Both in the rule book, but also in practice. Yea it's pretty obvious but we know the golf rules are very detailed. Once you open up the discussion about players lie and the possibility of getting relief, they will likely call officials more often to check. Slows down play and adds a lot of confusion to the rules.
EDIT: Most people usually bring this up about fairway lies cuz it's obvious. How would you determine a divot in the rough, in major championships where it's thick and trodden by fans etc. Once you consider all those variables it's too open to interpretation to change the rule
Roll eyes. So tired of pros playing on manicured fairways and immaculate greens. I'd love a major to be played on some random muni course and see what real golf is like for the vast majority. Weed infested, gopher-ridden, poorly irrigated, badly mowed, bunkers that are a joke and greens that have never seen someone fix a pitch mark. Then let's see them try and put a decent round together, lol.
Go to LIV
Play as it lies is as pure as it gets.
His pitch mark? Relief. Someone else‘s? Tough luck
No… you don’t need an updated rule. It’s on the caddy/player to properly replace and sufficiently fill in the divot with sand/seed so the ball rolls over it and if it does come to rest it’s level with the turf. Tired of these “new rules and adjustments” it’s a disgrace to the strictness and integrity of the game.
It’s already a disgrace that you can now ground clubs in hazards without a penalty and putt with the pin in.
Also, a player should not use a lofted wedge like a 56/60 to hit this shot, but rather an 8/9/PW.
I'm a strong advocate for relief for this on the fairway and this clip only makes my belief stronger…
Ridiculous ruling. We don't need to see this it's completely unfair