You've seen it, I've seen it: dropping at "knee height." WHY??

[Joker91]

The proper way to drop

 

[ray9898]

Correct drop

 

 

 

 

 

Oh my....how will anyone ever manage that????? So hard...so hard.

[Vindog]

The proper way to drop

 

 

 

 

[bladehunter]

Good thing I only have to drop twice a year or so. I tried it yesterday and it does invoke quite the physical reaction. Size 13 foot makes it interesting bending forward to drop. Near impossible to gauge when you are at knee height stretching out a foot from your body forward. So to the side is the logical choice. Then you try to side bend to get down there . Just feels more natural since we all dropped from the side before. But it is a stretch to do it without bending the knee.

 

It doesn't have to be that hard. The human body is remarkable. With a lean to the side or front your hand is about at knee height in its natural position.

 

Not me. I’ve got legs for days. Seriously. I can touch my toes if I want to. But it’s one of those all or nothing things. Going half way is a pain in the arse. Seriously. Don’t know why. Somebody like Brian Harmon can probably drop it out of his pocket and be knee height. But not me.

 

I’ll manage. Like I said. Only twice a year or so.

[Vindog]

I guess there's always a chance someone has disproportionately short arms.

[bladehunter]

I guess there's always a chance someone has disproportionately short arms.

 

 

Lol. Touche’ !

 

Not a T. rex. But yes. Maybe so.

[GeorgeHWB]

The proper way to drop

 

 

 

This is how I'm dropping from now on. And I'll think of Mike Davis every time I do it!

[bladehunter]

What I find humorous on that ^ is that he went all in and got the “ big bucket “ .... this guy intends on being ready when he has to drop. Practice will indeed make perfect.

[iBanesto]

Silly.

 

 

 

Rule violation. Clearly above knee height.

 

:lol:

 

[puttingmatt]

Only golfers could find difficulty in something as simple as 'drop from knee height'. This sport truly attracts some strange people.

 

Buy, if the rule in question had a real penalty, say a 2 or 4 strokes penalty, golfers would get it ,

And yes it is simple. But some people......

[OutBackHack]

Good thing I only have to drop twice a year or so. I tried it yesterday and it does invoke quite the physical reaction. Size 13 foot makes it interesting bending forward to drop. Near impossible to gauge when you are at knee height stretching out a foot from your body forward. So to the side is the logical choice. Then you try to side bend to get down there . Just feels more natural since we all dropped from the side before. But it is a stretch to do it without bending the knee.

 

Nobody said you can't bend your knee ffs.

 

[bladehunter]

Good thing I only have to drop twice a year or so. I tried it yesterday and it does invoke quite the physical reaction. Size 13 foot makes it interesting bending forward to drop. Near impossible to gauge when you are at knee height stretching out a foot from your body forward. So to the side is the logical choice. Then you try to side bend to get down there . Just feels more natural since we all dropped from the side before. But it is a stretch to do it without bending the knee.

 

Nobody said you can't bend your knee ffs.

 

 

when i bend my knees my ankles bend too and knee height goes down .. is that legal? or are you suggesting i guess at where my knees were before i bent them down ?

 

 

of course im just highlighting the silliness.. which i find particularly funny since im the one usually being accused of being "old timey" and too serious when talking about the game . the minute i find some humor in the rules , someone squarer than me pipes up ...

 

in all seriousness as i understand it now it doesnt matter... drop it from wherever you can reach , and if you are called on it , re drop ... penalty free. otherwise its whatever you want to do i guess. cause its not exactly "knee height" the rules say so . Its as close as you can get . which can be anything .

[OutBackHack]

Good thing I only have to drop twice a year or so. I tried it yesterday and it does invoke quite the physical reaction. Size 13 foot makes it interesting bending forward to drop. Near impossible to gauge when you are at knee height stretching out a foot from your body forward. So to the side is the logical choice. Then you try to side bend to get down there . Just feels more natural since we all dropped from the side before. But it is a stretch to do it without bending the knee.

 

Nobody said you can't bend your knee ffs.

 

 

when i bend my knees my ankles bend too and knee height goes down .. is that legal?

 

No, Its a 2 shot penalty if your ankle bends whilst dropping.

[bladehunter]

lol^.... the old 27-4b rule......

[Jacked_Loft]

I bet the networks are really happy about how many TV viewers are going to be calling in reporting a "Drop Height Violation" in the future.

[mukster]

No wonder many people question whether golf is actually a sport or not.

 

"Rickie Fowler is out for the next three tournaments after a back injury trying to drop his golf ball from knee height."

[nsxguy]

Good thing I only have to drop twice a year or so. I tried it yesterday and it does invoke quite the physical reaction. Size 13 foot makes it interesting bending forward to drop. Near impossible to gauge when you are at knee height stretching out a foot from your body forward. So to the side is the logical choice. Then you try to side bend to get down there . Just feels more natural since we all dropped from the side before. But it is a stretch to do it without bending the knee.

 

Nobody said you can't bend your knee ffs.

 

 

when i bend my knees my ankles bend too and knee height goes down .. is that legal? or are you suggesting i guess at where my knees were before i bent them down ?

 

For goodness sake bh, you've really got to READ the rules once in a while.

 

They even have PICTURES - http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules/rules-2019/rules-of-golf/rules-and-interpretations.html#!ruletype=fr&section=rule&rulenum=14

 

 

 

of course im just highlighting the silliness.. which i find particularly funny since im the one usually being accused of being "old timey" and too serious when talking about the game . the minute i find some humor in the rules , someone squarer than me pipes up ...

 

in all seriousness as i understand it now it doesnt matter... drop it from wherever you can reach , and if you are called on it , re drop ... penalty free. otherwise its whatever you want to do i guess. cause its not exactly "knee height" the rules say so . Its as close as you can get . which can be anything .

 

No, even if you're not "called on it" you get a 1 stroke penalty if it ends up IN the proper relief area and you hit it from there and 2 strokes if it does NOT end up in the relief area and you hit it from there.

 

But it's the same as the old shoulder rule. We've all seen drops that were above shoulder level and some slightly lower. Nobody "cares" so long as you do your best to be at the right height. ;)

[bladehunter]

lol... i said i was making light of the silliness.. ^^ i know what the rule is ., ive looked at the pics several times . That was a rhetorical question to his rediculous statement..which he followed with an untrue answer which i followed with a fake rule citing.... we understood the back and forth that was going on ..lol all nonsense.

 

and i was talking about if you dont hit it after the drop ... no penalty to re drop ... so eh- i boil it down to nobody cares , drop from where ever you want to in the general area... pretty much what you said in the last line

[BlackDiamondPar5]

Good thing I only have to drop twice a year or so. I tried it yesterday and it does invoke quite the physical reaction. Size 13 foot makes it interesting bending forward to drop. Near impossible to gauge when you are at knee height stretching out a foot from your body forward. So to the side is the logical choice. Then you try to side bend to get down there . Just feels more natural since we all dropped from the side before. But it is a stretch to do it without bending the knee.

 

Nobody said you can't bend your knee ffs.

 

 

when i bend my knees my ankles bend too and knee height goes down .. is that legal? or are you suggesting i guess at where my knees were before i bent them down ?

 

 

of course im just highlighting the silliness.. which i find particularly funny since im the one usually being accused of being "old timey" and too serious when talking about the game . the minute i find some humor in the rules , someone squarer than me pipes up ...

 

in all seriousness as i understand it now it doesnt matter... drop it from wherever you can reach , and if you are called on it , re drop ... penalty free. otherwise its whatever you want to do i guess. cause its not exactly "knee height" the rules say so . Its as close as you can get . which can be anything .

Oh come on BH you're being obtuse on purpose. It's not like we needed a carpenters level to insure the arm was extended properly the old drop method.

[dalehead]

Just make them carry a little two foot high, official dropping stick and be done with it. New merchandising opportunity.

 

Be careful what you wish for.

[lopey986]

They made a lot of good rule changes to simplify the game and then they threw this in there just to f*** with people. Just make it between the knees and shoulders and call it a day.

[dalehead]

What's all the excitement about? The average golfer will do what we've always done. In a tournament we will drop as prescribed. In any other round we'll grab another ball and toss it down.

[Joker91]

I really don't understand all this. Use a little common sense and drop the ball from knee height. It's not rocket science. Then again this is the internet and common sense is rare.

[davep043]

I really don't understand all this. Use a little common sense and drop the ball from knee height. It's not rocket science. Then again this is the internet and common sense is rare.

Amen! I'm surprised nobody has asked where EXACTLY on the knee are we to measure to. Just for fun, I measured my kneecap, and the bone is about 2-1/2 inches from top to bottom. How has this escaped the attention of the truly detail-oriented neurotic? Make the effort to get close, and you'll have exercised reasonable judgement.

[BlackDiamondPar5]

I really don't understand all this. Use a little common sense and drop the ball from knee height. It's not rocket science. Then again this is the internet and common sense is rare.

Amen! I'm surprised nobody has asked where EXACTLY on the knee are we to measure to. Just for fun, I measured my kneecap, and the bone is about 2-1/2 inches from top to bottom. How has this escaped the attention of the truly detail-oriented neurotic? Make the effort to get close, and you'll have exercised reasonable judgement.

The old way of dropping probably allowed near a foot of latitude depending on the angle of the the arm when extended from the body. We didn't need a carpenters level to insure its precision. This new way will provide less variation.

 

I'm trying to spend less time on WRX but this thread is hilarious :)

[Vindog]

We should go back to dropping over the shoulder. See what Bryson E. Coyote - "Have Brain. Will Travel" can do with that.

[bladehunter]

I really don't understand all this. Use a little common sense and drop the ball from knee height. It's not rocket science. Then again this is the internet and common sense is rare.

Amen! I'm surprised nobody has asked where EXACTLY on the knee are we to measure to. Just for fun, I measured my kneecap, and the bone is about 2-1/2 inches from top to bottom. How has this escaped the attention of the truly detail-oriented neurotic? Make the effort to get close, and you'll have exercised reasonable judgement.

 

I thought of that. But we have to have a line somewhere. Lol

 

We should go back to dropping over the shoulder. See what Bryson E. Coyote - "Have Brain. Will Travel" can do with that.

 

Mirror on his hat and shoulder maybe ?

[bscinstnct]

We should go back to dropping over the shoulder. See what Bryson E. Coyote - "Have Brain. Will Travel" can do with that.

 

Knee drop

 

[farmer]

Only in forum world is this a "thing". The new ob and lost ball rules are of much more weight.

[bladehunter]

Only in forum world is this a "thing". The new ob and lost ball rules are of much more weight.

 

not really I don’t know of any course that’s going to put those rules in play . I actually called three courses close to me and spoke with the pros (whom I know) and asked and they said no, people don’t play by the rules anyway during casual rounds no need to muddy the water trying to explain a rule change that matches what they are doing anyway. That’s a quote from one of them.

 

Another laughed and said “ let’s see. Breakfast balls. , 3 foot gimmes , and hazard drops all over the map ....who thinks they are playing stroke and distance anyway “?