“ The player is treated as having authorized the flagstick to be attended if: -The player’s caddie is holding the flagstick in, above or next to the hole or is standing right next to the hole when the stroke is…
Listen to the full episode of this Golf Podcast entitled Flagstick: In or Out With the new flagstick rule in golf much is being discussed, but probably no rule has caused as much discussion than the one allowing golfers to…
Analysis of whether to leave the flagstick in the hole or have it removed when putting. As of 2019, hitting the flagstick when putting a ball from the green is without penalty. This of course raises the question – which…
New Golf Rules Effective on 1st of Jan 2019 … Are you ready?
The updated Rules of Golf go into effect on Jan. 1, 2019. Here’s how some of the biggest changes will affect what you do on the course and improve the playing experience. For daily updates from the United States Golf…
The flagstick can be either left in the hole, attended, or removed. Even when your ball lies on the putting green, there is no penalty if your ball strikes the unattended flagstick in the hole. Learn more in this short…
77 yards off the flag.
SUBSCRIBE to GOLFRULES QUESTIONS Q. Why does this opponent (person attending the flagstick) incur a loss of hole penalty? A. They deliberately deflected the ball in motion. In stroke play, the person attending the flagstick (fellow-competitor) would incur a penalty…
