If you can stop making these mistakes in competitions, your lives will be a whole lot easier…
Some golfers believe the Rules of Golf to be really complicated. Too complicated. It’s true that any sport played over a 100-acre patch of land has its quirks. There are dozens of subsections and clarifications that add to the main 25 playing rules that form the big book. But they’re largely not the ones catching you out in competitions. No, the ones that cause the real grief – and are the most unwittingly broken rules – are pretty straightforward. So let’s get into the big five Rules of Golf mistakes I see club players make out on the course. Get on the right path with this quintet and you’ll find playing events a much calmer experience.
Rules of Golf mistakes: The 5 big errors that are easily fixed
Lifting a ball to identify it without marking first
That’s three minutes. Not five – that hasn’t been the case since the start of 2019 – and it’s certainly not whatever time that suits you until you find the ball.
Known or virtually certain in penalty areas
Hey, we’re back on penalty areas again. That’s because they cause some of you lots of problems.
You can’t decide rules are between yourselves
5 Rules of Golf mistakes: It’s three minutes to find a golf ball
That’s three minutes. Not five – that hasn’t been the case since the start of 2019 – and it’s certainly not whatever time that suits you until you find the ball.
5 Rules of Golf mistakes: Dropping it wherever you like
Hey, we’re back on penalty areas again. That’s because they cause some of you lots of problems.
Five Rules of Golf mistakes: Dropping it wherever you like
How many times have you seen someone smack it in a stream and then just wander down and drop a ball right in front?
