Free Relief from Flower Bed???

ghoonk wrote:

Birdman wrote:

Don worry Slinger, when you pee, the huge mother snakes saw your father snake and show respect, that's why you never kena bitten.

HAHAHAHAHAH, you're damn terrible, man!

True what bro! Otherwise how to explain got so many snakes yet he never saw one at all in the many times he fertilized the flora? Like Aretha Franklin sang: R E S P E C T!

Now I know why he called Slinger. I thought sling what at first....

ok, got to go hospital now. was eating a pizza when i saw your reply, now I have a chunk of Tabasco-laced pizza up my nose.

damn jialat la, you. But i like

Ooooh... painful.... my fault... my fault.... sorry...

But I'll take tabasco-laced pizza up the nose anyday over a huge mother snake while peeing in the bushes. Can you imagine the sight of a full grown man running out of the bushes with his pants around his ankles screaming like a girl. This while you're in the middle of your backswing.

Birdman wrote:

ghoonk wrote:

Birdman wrote:

Don worry Slinger, when you pee, the huge mother snakes saw your father snake and show respect, that's why you never kena bitten.

HAHAHAHAHAH, you're damn terrible, man!

True what bro! Otherwise how to explain got so many snakes yet he never saw one at all in the many times he fertilized the flora? Like Aretha Franklin sang: R E S P E C T!

Now I know why he called Slinger. I thought sling what at first....

i believe the thing he swing is stiff flex.....

Birdman wrote:

Ooooh... painful.... my fault... my fault.... sorry...

But I'll take tabasco-laced pizza up the nose anyday over a huge mother snake while peeing in the bushes. Can you imagine the sight of a full grown man running out of the bushes with his pants around his ankles screaming like a girl. This while you're in the middle of your backswing.

I would be soooooooo annoyed.... hahhahaa

if that happens, can i take my wedge and try to beat the mother snake off?

And then get bitten by the father snake?

That is even harder to live down...

hahahahahaha

Slinger... one innocent comment.. now u become father of all snakes..

snake... heeheehee...

mUAr_cHEe wrote:

snake... heeheehee...

MC, this thread is over a year old... what's your fascination with snakes? Something to do with Valentine's Day?

just reading this old thread... i just cannot help but stick that comment in.





no pun intended.

MC, when you go to the bushes to pee, the snakes will also run away ... cos they scared of your boomerang ...

zhenxua wrote:

MC, when you go to the bushes to pee, the snakes will also run away ... cos they scared of your boomerang ...

i don't understand.

MC :No Free Relief from flower bed on some courses.( coz local rule ) MBGC is one of them.

pw, he didnt understand the boomerang reference...

do you?

ghoonk wrote:

if i recall correctly, the ball must be retrievable to be entitled to relief. Otherwise, everyone will tee off into flower bed (intentional or otherwise) and get free relief

Any golf coaches on this forum care to comment?

The ball need NOT be retrievable for relief. Yesterday's Dubai Desert Classic, one guy, Aiken I think, drove his tee shot into the top of a tree (very common when you play in Malaysia with palm trees where balls can get stuck among the branches), he was actually given a pair of binoculars by the rules officials to check if that ball was indeed his. Aiken used the binoculars to positively IDENTIFY the ball was his, and proceeded to unplayable rule.

So you need not retrieve the ball, but you must be able to prove that it was your ball, and not someone else's. Of course, usually you will need to retrieve the ball in order to identify it, unless you carry a pair of powerful binoculars in your bag.

i dont understand.

Read from shorthitter's post about snake till zhenxua post abt boomerang.

Got nothing to do with rule anymore lor

That's why I try to steer the discussion back from snakes and pissing to flower bed relief. It was such a huge detour!

freedrop wrote:

That's why I try to steer the discussion back from snakes and pissing to flower bed relief. It was such a huge detour!

welcome to GR.

We can apply the logic rule here where you believe ball went into flower bed. The point of allowing free drop is so that golfers don't damage the flowers as they attempt to go in to get at the ball.

Similarly if ball land beside a resting croc or rattle snake logically you can't be expected to attempt retrieve the ball putting life and limps at risk.

Interpreting rules means more than just reading the words, it also includes understand the spirit of it and use a bit of logic and common sense. Something which amateur rules "lawyers" are not proficient in.

scenario:

you whack the ball towards a flower bed, and quite certain that the ball has entered the flower bed.

when you reach the flower bed, there's a sign stating that entry into the flower bed is prohibited.

could you then proceed to take free relief without finding the ball?

See local rules loh.....

get a sand rake from nearby bunker and stark raking the flower bed to get your ball out ....