Key Changes to the Rules of Golf for 2023
Some changes and updates to the Rules of Golf that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2023. Hear from the USGA's Thomas Pagel and the R&A's Grant Moir about some of the highlights.
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I can't wait to hear about the "Climate Change Agenda" rule changes!????
Now that you have adjustable shafts is it legal to carry an extra head for your driver in your bad during a sanctioned event.
Key changes to the rules of the 19th hole for 2023. No less than 3 full glasses of Scottish single malt per player and per order…⛳????
fairway divot should be treated as "ground under repair". period.
I play a busy public course. Gets very beat up. People rarely replace their divots from tee box to green or rake bunkers. Also had water shortage most of this past summer with hard packed burnt fairways. They have preferred placement on fairways and rake and replace in bunkers during tournaments. This is fair rule for public course.
When mentioning the GAC line, what does GAC stand for (meaning of gac)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTETGwUKds Is this GHA guy following your rules? Gosh he's confusing us.
how about 1.5 the cup size… or even 2… more fun for players…
I believe either Tom Watson or Nicklaus said that a player shouldn’t be penalized for hitting a ball in the fairway.
Not sure why we need to watch two jags hack it around a course as they talk about rules.
There are many ridiculous rules in golf that should not be there, much like this video, and most if not all the comments in here.
i have found that I enjoy golf more when I don’t keep score and if i hit a bad shot i will drop another ball and hit it again. This will give me instant feedback on what i did wrong with the miss hit.
My senior friends play paradise rules, enjoy their day and get a free beer and hot dog after the round. And a day away from the wife, which is why golf was invented in the first place.
Jack Nicklaus wanted to change the divot rule in the fairway for years. No success.
A divot in the fairway should be ground under repair! You should not have to hit out of it.
Sounded like preflight instructions. LOL
That didn't tell me much.
Trying to download the app…not available in my country?? South Africa
I agree with the comment about fairway lies and divots. It MAKES sense that if a ball comes to rest in a divot that's located within the boundary of the fairway, that you should get relief with no penalty, no closer to the hole. I mean, why else would we put a premium on hitting fairways if we're not going to have a decent lie to hit out of? I'm just saying, rules are being updated and a lot of them make sense, so why not take one more step and make this rule official! Let's go USGA and R&A!
What course is this?
The new "back on a line" rule does not make anything simpler. Now there will be arguments about whether or not your drop was exactly on the line or if it was a 1/4 inch off.
You know what would make the rules easier to understand? If you didn't keep changing them!!
Portmarnock links great course.
Glad to see adjustments to incorporate and accommodate disabled players to allow more people of all kinds to get outside and active.
"Inclusion"…
"stakeholders"…
"sustainability"…
" important that we play our part in reducing the amount of printed books….." because trees don't reproduce
Even golf is woke now?