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#132
07-22-2007, 10:04 PM
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Re: Biggest Golf Pet Peeve
Yeah, I carry one of these for exactly those situations:
http://www.pinemeadowgolf.com/golf-c...pper.i450.html 
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#133
07-22-2007, 10:18 PM
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Re: Biggest Golf Pet Peeve
Yeah. I used to carry a chipper but I needed to make room for my retriever
 .Sucks that it counts as a club instead of a tool like divot repair. Btw, that is "The Executive" model of the "IGotcha." https://www.golfcircuit.com/I-Gotcha...ver/__671.html
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#136
07-22-2007, 10:59 PM
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Re: Biggest Golf Pet Peeve
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Local rule. They don't want people chipping off the green, so they let you take a free drop. [/ QUOTE ] I missed this part because it was quoted all funked up. In this case, approach better, chip better or two putt it, don't blame the hole -- you know the rules going in.
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#137
07-23-2007, 12:02 AM
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Re: Biggest Golf Pet Peeve
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[ QUOTE ] Why didn't you just invite the single to play in your group? [/ QUOTE ] We would have, but he always stayed on the previous green and practiced putting. There wasn't anybody behind him. [/ QUOTE ] If he stays on the previous green, then why do you feel pressured by him?
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#138
07-23-2007, 02:25 AM
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Re: Biggest Golf Pet Peeve
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Local rule. They don't want people chipping off the green, so they let you take a free drop. [/ QUOTE ] Just one problem here. That local rule is not allowed according to the rules of golf. The only thing you can prevent is that people play a shot from a wrong green (for which there is specific rule in the rule book) or by local rule also wrong tee grounds. Also there is nothing in the rules that prevent anybody in using the club they want to use for that stroke. What if somebody by accident, but not in the course of play, breaks their putter? Aren't they then allowed to put with a wedge or whatever they like? Of course they are, no local rule can prohibit them from doing that. You should of course take the greatest care not to damage then green. At St. Andrews at the 18th green several players have chipped because they where so far from the flag and any putting route was almost impossible in the Open Championship over the years. I do understand that you chose the non-conflict option, why risk getting thrown off the course or getting into a heavy argument. But aren't the local rules supposed to be approved by the USGA? In Europe the national golf associations requires that the local rules are approved. They do know that there are far too many airheads on local commitees.
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#139
07-23-2007, 02:31 AM
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Re: Biggest Golf Pet Peeve
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Sucks that it counts as a club [/ QUOTE ] I doesn't as it is nowhere near the specifications of a club. If you played a stroke with it you'd be disqualified. Who invents those stupid 'rules'? How can it even be considered a club? Is it because it is shaped like a stick and golf clubs are shaped like a stick, so it must be a club? If it was counted as a club you would be carrying an illegal club and thus be disqualified for that.
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#140
07-23-2007, 02:55 AM
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Re: Biggest Golf Pet Peeve
I'm sure for tournament settings they will let you chip off the green. The thing is, they don't want your recreational 20 handicap chipping off the green when they are liable to take a divot.
I think an earlier poster hit it on the head earlier. This was not part of the UM Course renovations in the early 90s, so this was the original course design by Alister MacKenzie. Back when he designed the course in the 1920s, the greens were nowhere near as quick as they are now. Therefore, balls would hold on the green rather than all funnel down to the lower tier. I realize that it's not terribly designed and I was bitter because I blew it later in the hole, but I think it could've been designed better in a more fair manner.
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