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Quite the laundry list of rules changes. Many of them I really like!

The USGA and R&A have drafted more than 100 proposed changes to the Rules of Golf with the goal of simplifying the rules and making them easier to apply.
While the amendments will not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2019, they represent what will be the most significant rewrite of the rules book in more than 30 years.

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Did they include a dress code?




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I like almost all of them. Most are common sense and pace of play rules.


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I hope they expanded the Mulligan allowance. Mine get used up every round.

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I like the loose impediment removal allowed in bunkers. (now "penalty areas")
Where I play, stones in bunkers are not uncommon. I don't like launching them at my playing partners or them at me!

If the PGA would kick more pros in the ass and speed up play by giving out penalty strokes more often, it would hopefully speed up the wannabes too.


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lots of things to speed up play and
basically incorporate a lot of the things
people already do such as checking a ball ID without announcing it "Checkin the ball number Boss" etc.



 
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I like most of the proposed changes. They are like the things a lot of recreational golfers do already - sort of common-sense.

I wouldn't allow the removal of loose impediments in a bunker. Hit it in the bunker, and you should pay the price.




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I like most of the proposed changes. They are like the things a lot of recreational golfers do already - sort of common-sense.

I wouldn't allow the removal of loose impediments in a bunker. Hit it in the bunker, and you should pay the price.


As some one who spends half their game in bunkers I agree. You should be penalized for the inability to avoid.


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I really like the 3 minute rule for a lost ball search.

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Did they include a dress code?


What? You don't like tank tops and flip flops. Wink

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I really like the 3 minute rule for a lost ball search.

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This one is gonna burn some hairs Wink I always make a point of helping partners and opponents alike find their balls. It certainly speeds pace of play, but some people just take too damn long before they decide that they need a drop Wink


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I like most of the proposed changes. They are like the things a lot of recreational golfers do already - sort of common-sense.

I wouldn't allow the removal of loose impediments in a bunker. Hit it in the bunker, and you should pay the price.


Loose rocks can really mess up my mack daddy wedge Eek


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They are like the things a lot of recreational golfers do already - sort of common-sense.


Those were my thoughts. I liked seeing practical golf have an influence.

I like the 3 min lost ball rule. That will just force me to accept it's gone quicker, and save me a half hour per round.
 
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these were discussed during my tournament today and for the most part they're welcome and long overdue



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One of the ones I have advocated for a long time ~ fix spike marks on green.
 
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One of the ones I have advocated for a long time ~ fix spike marks on green.


I agree, within reason.

Some nimrod will spend 5 minutes creating the "perfect" path to the hole on his 45ft bogey putt

This one is ripe for abuse, and could actually slow down play


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I really like the 3 minute rule for a lost ball search.

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I really like the 3 minute rule for a lost ball search.

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This one is gonna burn some hairs Wink I always make a point of helping partners and opponents alike find their balls. It certainly speeds pace of play, but some people just take too damn long before they decide that they need a drop Wink


I assume you mean not just drop, but return to the spot where the ball was struck to drop, right? Stroke AND distance, right?

This is one that bedevils recreational golfers. They are the most likely to lose balls because their shots are more often wayward, and of course they don't have marshalls, fans, and forecaddies looking for them. Most, of course, ignore the rule, drop where they are looking and go. Wrong, but that's what they do, and it speeds up play. New rules allow 3 minutes to look for the ball but shaving 2 minutes off the search is nothing compared to the time to walk the potential 200-250 yards back to where the ball was struck, 40 seconds to strike the ball then the time to walk to where the third shot lies.

I don't like this one:

New rule: relief from a red penalty area on the opposite side from where the ball last entered that penalty area, unless the Committee adopts a Local Rule allowing it.

My course is very difficult with water on 12 holes, 8 of them with water on 2 sides, and the drainage is such that the drops near the waters edge are very penal. For this reason, every hazard on the course is red stake which currently offer 4 types of relief instead of 2. Truth is going to the opposite bank isn't used often because, A, it is impractical, and, B, few people even know of or think about about this option. Here, it can be an important one, I don't want to lose it. Local rule would retain this, I guess, but ours isn't the only course where this could really make a difference.

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One of the ones I have advocated for a long time ~ fix spike marks on green.


I agree, within reason.

Some nimrod will spend 5 minutes creating the "perfect" path to the hole on his 45ft bogey putt

This one is ripe for abuse, and could actually slow down play


One of the other proposals is 40 seconds to take a stroke.



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I really like the 3 minute rule for a lost ball search.

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This one is gonna burn some hairs Wink I always make a point of helping partners and opponents alike find their balls. It certainly speeds pace of play, but some people just take too damn long before they decide that they need a drop Wink


I assume you mean not just drop, but return to the spot where the ball was struck to drop, right? Stroke AND distance, right?

This is one that bedevils recreational golfers. They are the most likely to lose balls because their shots are more often wayward, and of course they don't have marshalls, fans, and forecaddies looking for them. Most, of course, ignore the rule, drop where they are looking and go. Wrong, but that's what they do, and it speeds up play. New rules allow 3 minutes to look for the ball but shaving 2 minutes off the search is nothing compared to the time to walk the potential 200-250 yards back to where the ball was struck, 40 seconds to strike the ball then the time to walk to where the third shot lies.


From reading there Reason for the change section it looks like there hoping it will encourage people to go ahead an hit the provisional before looking for the ball. I try to do this on a few of the courses I play.
 
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