The GolfRules Questions Podcast

Ep #65 GRQ GRQOTW EP64 Charlotte and Helen are playing a match. On the par 3 3rd hole at Wombat Hills, Charlotte hits her tee shot long and it goes OB. Helen saw that Charlotte had played from outside the teeing area and tells her this. Charlotte asks, "so what does that mean?"  Helen explains that she has the right to cancel the stroke however as her ball went OB, she decides not to.  Charlotte t...

THE GRQ PODCAST EP64 RULE 1 Co-hosts: Stuart McPhee and Blakey Whilst Blakey is in Korea for the International Series Korea held at Lotte Skyhill Jeju Country Club, they were able to record Episode 64 of The GRQ Podcast. Stuart and Blakey delve into Rule 1, going through all that it entails, including: The purpose of the Rule, The aim of golf, The behaviour expected of all golfers, this alone diff...

GRQOTW for #63 - Big P tees off on the 2nd at Wombat Hills GC and the ball heads very close to the OB fence.  He plays a provisional ball.  Big P finds his original ball however it is unplayable and he proceeds to take lateral relief.  Big P drops a ball correctly and the ball comes to rest in the relief area .... Big P goes to get a club and when he returns the ball has rolled OB.  What does Big...

Viktor's Unplayable, Rory Bullies JT's Ball, and more... | THE GRQ PODCAST EP62 GRQOTW62: Fraser has a small stone located immediately behind his ball which is lying in the bunker.  Knowing he can remove loose impediments in the bunker, and after checking with his marker if he agrees, Fraser reaches down to remove it, and upon grabbing the stone, it breaks into many pieces as it was actually a clu...

The Old Course at St Andrews, Immovable Obstructions Out of Bounds, and more... | THE GRQ PODCAST EP61 GRQOTW#61 Gerry hits his tee shot way left into some thick bushes and therefore decides to play a provisional ball, which lands in the rough on the left hand side of the fairway.  Gerry finds his original ball within 3 minutes however it is deep within the bushes and clearly unplayable.  His late...

COMMUNITY QUESTION | THE GRQ PODCAST EP60 GRQOTW#60 On the closing 18th hole at Wombat Hills, Ross' drive comes to rest near OB, however it remains in the general area.  When taking his stance to play his next stroke, he stands on a concrete pipe embedded in the ground which lays outside the course boundary, which is clearly interfering with him for a reasonable stroke.   What are Ross' options to...

EPISODE 59 | THE GOLFRULES QUESTIONS PODCAST GRQOTW58 - Helen incurs a penalty of one stroke for moving her ball in play. Even though it was to help Charlotte, Helen was required to mark her ball first before lifting it. LIV it up with LIV GOLF - Blakey tells us about his experience in the first ever LIV Golf event. Mudal Local Rule - Stuart gives us an update on a wacky Local Rule Garcia's Broken...

KO'd | THE GRQ PODCAST EP58 Answer to GRQOTW57 - Fraz is travelling pretty well in the monthly medal, half a dozen under handicap with three holes to go. His drive on 16 lands left half of the fairway but takes an awful kick left into the tree line. He arrives to find the ball jammed close to a tree with not much swing. Incensed by the injustice, and after a furtive peek to see if any group member...

Stumped | THE GRQ PODCAST EP57 Stuart's mud on ball question from EP56 is answered. We speak about the 2020PROTOUR play-off ruling stuff up: https://youtu.be/drZ0ze0C5FM Justin Thomas and his strong defense: https://youtu.be/8DL4m7x6Wt4 Branden Grace is Stumped by a tree: https://youtu.be/jFf0n74iEQg This week I was recording from Slaley Hall in the UK, where I am honoured to be part of the Rules...

Going Out of Bounds | THE GRQ PODCAST EP56 We finally answer the GRQOTW54 about the course boundary, and where that edge is. This includes a discussion on a previous GRQ Community question about Boundary Objects and the ability to move them: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_GzvxPbX1UQBeFluD3OLQg/community We take a more in-depth look into Scottie Scheffler's situation at the Masters: https://you...

We finally got back into the podcast world, by recording episode 55. Join Stuart and me as we go over some of the Rules situations and imbroglios from THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. Lahiri's unplayable https://youtu.be/K9itFMyfRVE Bradley's Wrong Place https://youtu.be/wY6XS7lRS08 Berger's Never Taken a Wrong Drop https://youtu.be/r2v1qT8dwn4 Plus, a situation from Stuart's recent golf trip.

THE GRQ PODCAST EP54 Guest: Barry Talman - referee for the PGA Tour of Australasia I speak to Barry about his adventure into becoming a golf referee. Starting with his days as a hockey umpire, before turning to golf as recreation, and being baffled by the Rules. From there he hasn't looked back. Being the Tournament DIrector of one of Australia's best amateur golf tournaments, the Riversdale Cup f...

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Stuart McPhee joins us again after spending the last two weeks deeply involved in the Rules of Golf. His first professional tournament - the Vic PGA is now done, after two days there, with the Port Phillip Open (an amateur event) mixed in amongst it. Then Stu joined the team in Warragul for the Gippsland Super 6, for two days of roving the fairways (and rough), to assist in pace of play and giving...

Welcome Onto our guest: Stuart McPhee Let’s start at the start: Explain to the listeners who you are, Trader by day, and desciple of golf Rules by night. How often you actually play golf Twice a week what you do in the golf world, and Dabble with internet Rules education and assisting Blakey in creating Rules videos Most importantly how did you and I become friends Sat through a Level 2 Rules cour...

Episode 51 - Rules Stories with Mr Duffy In this episode we hear from former USGA Senior Amateur committee member - Jerry Duffy, on how he got into golf, into the Rules of Golf, and his refereeing experiences. Also joining us, is Episode 48 guest - Fraser Nicol, as co-host. Jerry has some great stories about a player's two options, and neither included free relief. Payne Stewart's education on pla...

Welcome to Marcela, from Girlfriends Guide to Golf.  Marcela is based shall, we say in California? We shall get to that.   Now before we get into the podcast, and hear more about you, let’s get the answer to Ep49 GRQOTW, which was from Gerry Bower, our previous guest.   Episode 49 GRQOTW: Fraz, Blakey and Rosco are playing the tough 17th hole with a hill on the right that is General Area and below...

Take the Bower Back - Episode 49 I would like to welcome another Rules referee to this week’s podcast, and just like last week with Fraser Nicol, this week’s guest is all the way from the Northern Hemisphere. Mr Gerry Bower, from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, not Quebec as Fraser stated. A passionate Rules comrade, and official in many regional amateur and professional tournaments. Welcome Gerry. Now b...

Episode 48 - If I had a Nicol for every time I heard that one…   Welcome Fraser Nicol to the GRQ Podcast, Episode 48. Hope you are well.   Firstly, we need to get the answer to Episode 47 GRQOTW out of the way:  Stuart and Ray are playing Big P and Gerry in a handicapped four-ball match at Wombat Hills GC. On the second hole of the day, Ray steps on his ball in the middle of the fairway when he wa...

Samuel Ryder Cup - Episode 47   Now I didn’t get to say the GRQOTW 46 live on air after last week’s tech debacle, that is an tech IVOR, but here it is:  Between play of holes 9 and 10, Ross took Big P’s putter and hit 3 putts on the practice putting green whilst waiting for the fairway on the 10th to clear so they could tee off. Does Ross incur any penalties for this action?  Now it does sound qui...

Separate or Related Acts - Episode 46 GRQOTW 45 ANSWER Whilst the boundary of the GUR is straight down from the defined line or invisible line between the stakes, it also states that anything rooted in the GUR area is part of the GUR. So in this case Fraser is entitled to free relief, and IF it was a No Play Zone, he must take free relief due to the interference. He would be breaching Rule 16.1f i...

Firstly, the GRQOTW for week 44  SUBSCRIBE TO YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/2I8KrVH JOIN YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_GzvxPbX1UQBeFluD3OLQg/join BUY MERCHANDISE: https://golfrulesquestions.myspreadshop.com/ GRQOTW 44  The Answer is: 8 Stuart hit his tee shot, that is 1 He hit his second shot from the fairway, that is 2. He couldn’t find his second, so had to go back to where he played his...

Episode 44 - Turned the Camera on this Time Firstly, let’s go over the answer for Episode 42’s GRQOTW, which was: In agreement a player and their opponent stop their match due to the weather conditions. They agree to return the next day and start at 8am. Firstly, is this permissible for a player and opponent to agree to suspend their match, AND Secondly, when they come back, do they start from whe...

Episode 43 - Hear me, but you can’t see me   The livestream got off to a bang, because I forgot to turn the livestreaming on, so there is no video, only audio.   GRQOTW 42 - Are you permitted free relief from a dot of paint that is marking a yardage on the fairway?  Answer - These are artificial objects, however they are not obstructions. So there is no free relief UNLESS the Committee declares th...