Golf Conundrum
You woulcU think it impossible for a golfer to miss the ball completely on the tee and yet leave it in an unplayable lie. But that actually happened' recently at a London . club, states an airmail message. The match was a -foursome, and the unhappy player was left-handed. The ball was naturally teed at the left-hand limit of teeing ground, a built-up plateau With steep sides. The partner of. the man who missed, being righthanded, had no possible stance for shot. Under Rule 30, therefore, the ball was declared unplayable, was lifted and reteed, so that the' righthander could hit it. And he counted only two, the penalty being loss of distance. All was strictly in accordance with the rules, which state if a ball which is played from a toeing ground is deemed unplayable “another ball may be teed anywhere on the teeing ground.” It did not matter that the ball had not moved- the stroke had been made,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1950, Page 8
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162Golf Conundrum Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1950, Page 8
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