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For me, I think if he'd have played his ball he actually would have had a better chance at par.

 

For that reason, it does not bother me.

 

If he had gone from a bush to manicured grass, maybe it would.

 

 

TBH, I think he had the tournament since Thursday, so don't think it would have mattered.

 

He took an unplayable lie penalty and dropped in a closely mown area. Isn't that pretty close to "from a bush to manicured grass"?

 

To the OP: the driving range isn't in play off the tee. There was no danger of any player hitting it there and it took a massively offline shot to get the unplayable drop to get there. I doubt it even crossed anyone's mind to mark it OB.

 

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Players are not permitted to practice on the course before the round. The area to the right of the 13th can't be a practice ground and an integral part of the course it has to be one or the other!

 

By that logic you can't play a shot from any adjacent hole that you haven't played yet during that round.

 

Why ? Would that shot be "practice" ? :rolleyes:

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I am one of those guys that think it is on the property it should be in bounds.

 

I am too. There's a course near me that has OB markers between 17 tee and 18 fairway (hitting off 18 tee, 17 tee box is just left of the landing area). To me, there is no reason for anyone to intentionally hit it there, because if

You do wind up there, there's no shot to the green because of trees. The only reason I could see making something OB is if it was adventageous to put a tee shot there in order to get a better line, in which case would put those teeing off on 17 in danger. Then again, that is piss poor design, so it should never happen.

 

I believe if it's within the confines of the property the course is on, it shouldn't be OB.

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enough already. there were a battalion of marshalls

they let him play so he played. i bet the phone lines of

the pga were constantly ringing from couch potatoes calling it in.

just try!

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enough already. there were a battalion of marshalls

they let him play so he played. i bet the phone lines of

the pga were constantly ringing from couch potatoes calling it in.

just try!

Agreed. The range at that course is always in bounds. Secondly to those that think the range should be OB, it isn't. Of the courses I play I can only think of 1 where the range is OB. It's very common not to be OB.

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(Full disclosure this part of the Rule I don't know and am sincerely asking, and not accusing any persons--real or fictitious--of anything)

 

It seemed Jordan took his "first drop" or "would-be" drop in or around a sponsor/OEM van. Then proceeded to his drop spot on the range? If so, can the player whose ball is obstructed by transient immovable obstructions CHOOSE which way laterally to ultimately drop and play his ball from? Or was the drop spot on the range the mandatory direction by virtue of the location of his would-be drop based on the line between his tee shot and the pin?

 

EDIT: Nevermind, this actually is a stupid question.

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enough already. there were a battalion of marshalls

they let him play so he played. i bet the phone lines of

the pga were constantly ringing from couch potatoes calling it in.

just try!

 

For the record this thread was never started to argue the should/shouldn't debate. The thread was dead for 24 hours and the people that posted today didn't debate the topic at all. But glad you made it to the party anyway. If anything your post reignited the fire judging from the posts after yours. Also, the PGA has nothing to do with the open championship.

 

I'm really starting to regret starting this thread.

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I don't understand how they can make an adjacent fairway OB but not the driving range? The driving range is NEVER considered a part of th egolf course/ field of play. He should've been hitting three from the tee!

 

No. It was an unplayable lie not an ob .

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I don't understand how they can make an adjacent fairway OB but not the driving range? The driving range is NEVER considered a part of th egolf course/ field of play. He should've been hitting three from the tee!

 

doesnt matter bro really :swoon: i bet jordan couldn't believe it either but the marshals gave him a free pass.

if one is offered you don't question.

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enough already. there were a battalion of marshalls

they let him play so he played. i bet the phone lines of

the pga were constantly ringing from couch potatoes calling it in.

just try!

 

For the record this thread was never started to argue the should/shouldn't debate. The thread was dead for 24 hours and the people that posted today didn't debate the topic at all. But glad you made it to the party anyway. If anything your post reignited the fire judging from the posts after yours. Also, the PGA has nothing to do with the open championship.

 

I'm really starting to regret starting this thread.

 

sorry.

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enough already. there were a battalion of marshalls

they let him play so he played. i bet the phone lines of

the pga were constantly ringing from couch potatoes calling it in.

just try!

 

For the record this thread was never started to argue the should/shouldn't debate. The thread was dead for 24 hours and the people that posted today didn't debate the topic at all. But glad you made it to the party anyway. If anything your post reignited the fire judging from the posts after yours. Also, the PGA has nothing to do with the open championship.

 

I'm really starting to regret starting this thread.

 

sorry.

 

Me too. I guess I'm just in a bad mood or bored and picking fights on the internet. It's just frustrating when you start a thread to ask a legitimate question and it's turns into a pissing contest. I guess we should all know better by now.

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The only thing that actually does bother me a little bit is how sure Jordan Spieth was about exactly what he was going to do before he did it. Insofar as he can conduct his golf without approval/oversight from a marshall, then all the more power to him.

 

But insofar as a marshall is going to "oversee" things, Jordan be all like: "Hey bro, this is what I'm going to do, and that's how I'm going to do it, and this isn't a discussion."

 

The guy does try to be very polite and docile in interviews, and I give him credit. But when he means business there is no: "Mr. Crenshaw" kind of attitude going on whatsoever; it's more like: "I'm going to win the Claret Jug so I'm going to tell you what drop I'm taking, and you are going to agree and then exit stage left."

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I don't understand how they can make an adjacent fairway OB but not the driving range? The driving range is NEVER considered a part of th egolf course/ field of play. He should've been hitting three from the tee!

 

It's commonly done for safety's sake but there is no requirement in the rules to make the range OB.

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I do the same thing during tournaments just so its out there. If I am 100% certain that what I am doing is within the rules, I will still tell my playing partners what exactly I am doing so there is no ambiguity

 

Exactly.... know the rule, act decisively, and minimize other "opinions" that could lead you down a bad path.

Too many people toss their fate to the winds and then complain afterwards.... too late.

 

Jordan is a PROFESSIONAL GOLFER, it's his job to know the rules. If he just stood there and said "what do I do?" that wouldn't have been very professional.

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The only thing that actually does bother me a little bit is how sure Jordan Spieth was about exactly what he was going to do before he did it. Insofar as he can conduct his golf without approval/oversight from a marshall, then all the more power to him.

 

But insofar as a marshall is going to "oversee" things, Jordan be all like: "Hey bro, this is what I'm going to do, and that's how I'm going to do it, and this isn't a discussion."

 

The guy does try to be very polite and docile in interviews, and I give him credit. But when he means business there is no: "Mr. Crenshaw" kind of attitude going on whatsoever; it's more like: "I'm going to win the Claret Jug so I'm going to tell you what drop I'm taking, and you are going to agree and then exit stage left."

 

As he should be. Be like hey bro, get over it already.

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I don't understand how they can make an adjacent fairway OB but not the driving range? The driving range is NEVER considered a part of th egolf course/ field of play. He should've been hitting three from the tee!

 

Because players choosing to play in the other fairway had to hit their shots over a grandstand full of spectators. It was marked OB due to spectator safety.

 

 

.....and many courses do not mark their practice area OB or anything inside of the boundaries. Stop acting like it is uncommon.

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I don't understand how they can make an adjacent fairway OB but not the driving range? The driving range is NEVER considered a part of th egolf course/ field of play. He should've been hitting three from the tee!

 

Because players choosing to play in the other fairway had to hit their shots over a grandstand full of spectators. It was marked OB due to spectator safety.

 

 

.....and many courses do not mark their practice area OB or anything inside of the boundaries. Stop acting like it is uncommon.

 

He's not saying it's uncommon. He's saying it's NEVER. Not on one single course. None on the entire planet.

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All of this talk about OB got me thinking. My home course has only one hole with no OB, and that is hole 8, a par 3. Holes 1, 7, 9, 10 and 17 have OB on one side. Holes 3 and 13 have OB one side and water on the other. Hole 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 18 have OB both sides.

 

Sounds awful.

 

 

No wonder I suck.

 

Maybe you just suck at choosing good golf courses! :tongue:

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I don't understand how they can make an adjacent fairway OB but not the driving range? The driving range is NEVER considered a part of th egolf course/ field of play. He should've been hitting three from the tee!

 

Because players choosing to play in the other fairway had to hit their shots over a grandstand full of spectators. It was marked OB due to spectator safety.

 

 

.....and many courses do not mark their practice area OB or anything inside of the boundaries. Stop acting like it is uncommon.

 

He's not saying it's uncommon. He's saying it's NEVER. Not on one single course. None on the entire planet.

 

Where do you draw the line of not part of the golf course / not OB?

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All of this talk about OB got me thinking. My home course has only one hole with no OB, and that is hole 8, a par 3. Holes 1, 7, 9, 10 and 17 have OB on one side. Holes 3 and 13 have OB one side and water on the other. Hole 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 18 have OB both sides.

 

Sounds awful.

 

 

No wonder I suck.

 

Maybe you just suck at choosing good golf courses! :tongue:

 

LOL, true. The PGA Tour actually chose it for me. The Greater Greensboro Open (now the Wyndham), was played here from 1977 until they moved it back to Sedgefield in 2007. I bought my home here because of the tournament. (Any WRXer can understand that).

 

The reason for all the OB is that the course winds through the housing community.

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Where do you draw the line of not part of the golf course / not OB?

 

It is simple at most courses....the outside boundary.

 

Maybe I should be more clear. If it's not marked OB and it's not on the card as OB you would play the shot with no penalty. If it's across the road or in someone's yard or again, the driving range, you're going to take the shot whether it's designed to be "part of the course" or not.

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Where do you draw the line of not part of the golf course / not OB?

 

It is simple at most courses....the outside boundary.

 

Maybe I should be more clear. If it's not marked OB and it's not on the card as OB you would play the shot with no penalty. If it's across the road or in someone's yard or again, the driving range, you're going to take the shot whether it's designed to be "part of the course" or not.

 

I don't draw a line, the course does. Every course I have ever played at has clearly OB clearly marked or notated on the card (typically boundary roads and private property are noted on the card). Otherwise if its within the boundary of the course and not white staked why would you not play it if that is your best option?

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Where do you draw the line of not part of the golf course / not OB?

 

It is simple at most courses....the outside boundary.

 

Maybe I should be more clear. If it's not marked OB and it's not on the card as OB you would play the shot with no penalty. If it's across the road or in someone's yard or again, the driving range, you're going to take the shot whether it's designed to be "part of the course" or not.

 

I don't draw a line, the course does. Every course I have ever played at has clearly OB clearly marked or notated on the card (typically boundary roads and private property are noted on the card). Otherwise if its within the boundary of the course and not white staked why would you not play it if that is your best option?

 

That's what I'm saying. These guys are talking about "part of the course" as if there is an asterisk next to the rules. There is OB, There are Hazards, And then there is everywhere else.

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Where do you draw the line of not part of the golf course / not OB?

 

It is simple at most courses....the outside boundary.

 

Maybe I should be more clear. If it's not marked OB and it's not on the card as OB you would play the shot with no penalty. If it's across the road or in someone's yard or again, the driving range, you're going to take the shot whether it's designed to be "part of the course" or not.

 

I don't draw a line, the course does. Every course I have ever played at has clearly OB clearly marked or notated on the card (typically boundary roads and private property are noted on the card). Otherwise if its within the boundary of the course and not white staked why would you not play it if that is your best option?

 

That's what I'm saying. These guys are talking about "part of the course" as if there is an asterisk next to the rules. There is OB, There are Hazards, And then there is everywhere else.

 

I guess the most appropriate example I can think of is this. Let's say you go long over the 18th green. Your ball is across the pavement behind the green in some grass next to the clubhouse. Do you consider that "not part of the course" and penalize yourself, or do you try to get up and down for par?

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