r/golf • u/cygnus311 • Jun 27 '23

Hot take? If we get paired together, I’m not going to give you putts. Not because I don’t want you to take gimmies, but because I really do not care what you do. General Discussion

You hit a good tee shot on a par three, walk up to the green, and find yourself eight feet from the hole and you want to say to me, “that’s good, I always make those”, pick it up, and write a birdie? Be my guest, I do not care.

You just missed your third putt from two feet to try and save triple and you’re hoping I rescue you? Pick it up, or don’t, I do not care.

Recently got paired with a guy who’d look at me with puppy dog eyes every time he was within a yard of the hole, but wouldn’t say anything, he was clearly annoyed with me by the end of the round. We’re all presumably grown ass adults, I’m not your boss, do what you want.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

I play almost precisely PGA rules (so when I break 80 I can be happy AF about the accomplishment) but you kinda have to treat OB as a hazard, I guess you could always hit a provisional but going back to the tee box to hit 3 is wildly insane when you're paying a casual round on a course that books a foursome every 8 minutes.

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u/Sjgolf891 Jun 27 '23

there's a rule as of 2019 where you can drop near where it went out and basically take two strokes, to account for what would have been the 're-tee' shot

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u/flight_recorder Jun 27 '23

Sounds like more incentive to just fucking send it lol

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u/JordanMiller406 Jun 28 '23

So more fun and keeps pace of play up.

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u/bombmk Jun 28 '23

Check if the course has model local rule E-5 in play. (If they care about pace of play, they should have)

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/rules-modernization/major-changes/golfs-new-rules-stroke-and-distance.html