New Rule Changes from the USGA for Seniors. The AARP has negotiated with the USGA to modify the rules of Golf for senior (over 50) Golfers. Rule 1.a.5 A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized for tall grass which the grounds keepers failed to mow. Rule 2.d.6 (b) A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. Besides, tree's are 90% air to begin with, so we will wave the 10% rule. The senior player must estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from that spot. Rule 3.b.3 (g) There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. EVER. The proper term here is MISSING. The MISSING ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, making it a stolen ball. The senior player is not to compound the felony by charging himself or herself with a penalty. Rule 4.c.7 (h) If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf. Rule 5.1 (Or the Gipper Malloy rule) Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they may be blown in, may be blown in. This does not apply to balls more then 3 inches from the hole. No one wants to make a travesty of the game. Rule 6.a.9 (k) (Or the Doc O'Keefe continuous mulligan rule) There is no penalty for so-called "Out of Bounds." If penny pinching golf course owners bought sufficient sized land to fit the course on to begin with, this would not occur. The senior Golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty. Rule 7.g.15 (z) (The Reverend Tod Jeffers rule) There is no penalty for a ball hit into a water hazard. Baseballs, Basketballls, Soccer Balls and Footballs all float, as should Golf Balls. Senior Golfers should/will not be penalized for manufacturers shortcomings. Rule 8.k.16 (s) (The cheap Bastard rule) Manufacturers advertisements that claim Golf scores can be improved by purchasing new Golf equipment. Since this is financially impracticable for many senior Golfers, 1/2 stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old/outdated equipment. FAIRWAYS AND GREENS TO ALL!!!
I have found that if I lose a ball and take the requisite penalty that I may deduct a stroke later if I find another ball.... It gives me peace of mind. I use a Cleveland wedge. Sometimes I don't hit it straight. Do I have a defective club?
You've got to be kidding me. All those old arrows I have in my garage are not the defective crap I thought that they were? BTW some rep you are. Don't they make a living selling new arrows
I've been playing with these rules for a long time. I have also invented, but not yet patented the morphing golf ball, what you hit into the rough as a Titlest may in fact be a Nike when it comes to rest...play on!
You forgot rule 9.L which states: Seniors may carry a 14th club; specifically the Foot wedge. As of this writing the only manufacturers approved by the USGA are Foot Joy and Dr. Scholls. These clubs may be used in situations of unplayable lies caused by trees, bushes and other natural or unnatural impediments unwittingly left in the field of play by deficient greenskeepers, particularly of Guatamalan decent.
LOL. If Gip got down to blow the ball into the cup, he'd need a lot of help to regain vertical. Gip has decided that there is a new compliment to the "gimmie" it's called the "takie."