Can you ground your club in the rough

But, it's one of us humans writing the story, we promise. We also occasionally include links to products and services from merchants of our choice. GNN may earn a commission from sales generated by those links. See more in GNN's affiliate disclosure. About the author. View All Posts. Sometimes we post sponsored content from this account, and it is labeled as such. On the subject of hazards, golf's governing bodies have declared golfers can now touch the ground with their golf club in hazard and can even move impediments in a hazard without any penalty.

The rule has been classed as "relaxed rules in a penalty area. So this sort of rule will help you out the next time you find yourself trying to balance yourself in a stream in order to make sure you don't touch the hazard. You won't be penalised for now doing so.

On top of this, golfers can move loose impediments in bunkers and will not be penalised for generally grounding their club away from their ball. You can still take an unplayable lie from a bunker, should you need to, but with a drop out for two strokes. You are here Home » News » Golf news. Golf's new rules for have been set to help 'modernise the game'. Caddie alignment assistance.

While most of the new rules remove penalties for certain actions, one rule change that will impact the professional game and includes the introduction of a new penalty states that caddies cannot stand behind players to help with alignment once the player begins to take his or her stance over the ball.

Looking for a ball. While the old rules allotted five minutes for players to search for a lost ball, that window has now been trimmed to three minutes. After that point, a ball is officially deemed lost. Phil Mickelson called out the USGA for, according to him, planning to soon roll back the length of drivers. New Rules of Golf in effect; here's what you need to know in By Will Gray.

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