Listen to Jack's thoughts on treating divots as ground under repair in the second webisode of "Conversations with the Golden Bear," a video series produced by The Royal Bank of Scotland, in partnership with the USGA.
I get Jack's point, but it would just be too hard to police a rule like that. Besides, Tom Watson would find his ball in a divot, and say, 'He, Bruce (Edwards), watch this.' And he'd proceed to stick one to 3 feet from a divot. The problem is, not all player's swings (attack angles) are conducive to playing from divots, sand filled or otherwise. I always try to sand my divot with a little hump, so the next guy's ball will hit my sand and roll away, rather than fall in.
agreed with jack
qbb01 8 months ago
@earthshine2k How thoughtful.
jwnrtj 9 months ago
I get Jack's point, but it would just be too hard to police a rule like that. Besides, Tom Watson would find his ball in a divot, and say, 'He, Bruce (Edwards), watch this.' And he'd proceed to stick one to 3 feet from a divot. The problem is, not all player's swings (attack angles) are conducive to playing from divots, sand filled or otherwise. I always try to sand my divot with a little hump, so the next guy's ball will hit my sand and roll away, rather than fall in.
earthshine2k 9 months ago
Very interesting discussion
OkiGolf 9 months ago