Noobie Questions

1) If my ball landed on the green, can I use a wedge to chip near the hole ? What if i create a divot on the green, will i be penalised ?

2) If my ball landed inside a bunker, can I practise swing inside the bunker ?

3) If my ball landed inside hazard-rough (red stick), can I practise swing inside the hazard ?

Hopefully some gurus can help me answer these questions ?

i beg to differ.

1. i do not think there is a rule to stop u from using any other club on the greens. if my memory did not fail me, i think tiger did use a wedge on the edge of the green before to top the ball and it went into the hole! no penalties for divots as there is no mention of it. but nothing is stopping the club from billing you for green damage.

2. you can take airy practise swings, just cannot strike the sand to test the sand.

3. same as the bunkers. you can take air practise swings, but cannot strike any part of the ground. i.e., long grass. striking will result in 1 stroke penalty.


this i am very sure.

Wah really ah....that means I have been doing all the wrong things liao.....kekeke

SiNNeR wrote:

1) If my ball landed on the green, can I use a wedge to chip near the hole ? What if i create a divot on the green, will i be penalised ?

2) If my ball landed inside a bunker, can I practise swing inside the bunker ?

3) If my ball landed inside hazard-rough (red stick), can I practise swing inside the hazard ?

Hopefully some gurus can help me answer these questions ?

Sinner, play 10 years of golf liao still don't know the rules. Some more say you new here, Chocolate Chocolate Banana. You were the one who introduce me to this forum mind you.

what i see in PGA tour events is that they do take practise swings in the bunker, but they just do it in the air.


my pre-shot routine is that i would walk behind the ball to visualise the ball flight out of the bunker and then go address in the bunker and take the shot. i will also do alot of practise swings inbetween, from standing behind the ball up to when i am addressing the ball.



that has helped me alot. i have my own set of bunker tips as well but that is for another thread.

kiwi, am i right about 1 stroke penalty or is it 2?

i hate them bunkers

chinchiachun wrote:

Chocolate Chocolate Banana. You were the one who introduce me to this forum mind you.

Whew... such language......

mUAr_cHEe wrote:

kiwi, am i right about 1 stroke penalty or is it 2?

I would have to check my little book of knowledge but I think its 2.....

Wa! UL told me cannot swing in the bunker!!
Lied to me!

But I din noe that at hazard rough cannot touch even a single blade of grass.
Now I knoe..

shorthitter wrote:

chinchiachun wrote:

Chocolate Chocolate Banana. You were the one who introduce me to this forum mind you.

Whew... such language......

Master, for you will be Carslberg Carslberg Baron. Anyway i owe you a couple of beer. Your professional answer just won me a free game courtesy of my Chocolate Chocolate Banana friend Mr. Sinner. Cheers mate.

Your club cannot touch the ground in a hazard. That was one of the first few things I learned... must be because my coach told me this like 2483274723 times. With bunkers, it's more obvious. However, with other hazards, people sometimes forget.

chinchiachun wrote:

SiNNeR wrote:

1) If my ball landed on the green, can I use a wedge to chip near the hole ? What if i create a divot on the green, will i be penalised ?

2) If my ball landed inside a bunker, can I practise swing inside the bunker ?

3) If my ball landed inside hazard-rough (red stick), can I practise swing inside the hazard ?

Hopefully some gurus can help me answer these questions ?

Sinner, play 10 years of golf liao still don't know the rules. Some more say you new here, Chocolate Chocolate Banana. You were the one who introduce me to this forum mind you.

Wallow!!!

Early in the morning lie to the forum orede...

Sinner, you are definately not considered a newbie lor.......

Better go for confession....

So back to the issue at hand.

So when you are on the rough, your wedge/iron/club cant touch the ground? Not even at set-up??

chinchiachun wrote:

shorthitter wrote:

chinchiachun wrote:

Chocolate Chocolate Banana. You were the one who introduce me to this forum mind you.

Whew... such language......

Master, for you will be Carslberg Carslberg Baron. Anyway i owe you a couple of beer. Your professional answer just won me a free game courtesy of my Chocolate Chocolate Banana friend Mr. Sinner. Cheers mate.

Good boy, bring them with you if you ever return......

rough is ok.

we are talking about hazards marked with red stakes. you cannot ground your club or take practise swing altering the ground in areas marked by red stakes.

nientsu wrote:

So back to the issue at hand.

So when you are on the rough, your wedge/iron/club cant touch the ground? Not even at set-up??

Why not? It depends, of course, what you mean by rough. If it's the casual rough then I think it's ok. But, if the rough is a hazard (like OOB areas) then it's a no-no.

Technospaz wrote:

nientsu wrote:

So back to the issue at hand.

So when you are on the rough, your wedge/iron/club cant touch the ground? Not even at set-up??

Why not? It depends, of course, what you mean by rough. If it's the casual rough then I think it's ok. But, if the rough is a hazard (like OOB areas) then it's a no-no.

OOB mus play at last played position right?
Means this hazard rough thing doesn't apply to OOB situation eh?

The last game I played at Kukup..
I hit ball outside red stake but din go into water.
So ball is at the edge of the grass beside water.
But I practise swing on the grass.. I touched hundreds of blades. keke.

can touch grass....can ground club....just don do the MissyWie thingy....where during the takeoff for her backswing...she move the grass and supposedly coz the ball to move a bit lor......it is on hazzard that you cunt...die die cunt

Bro, rough is rough as in muff is muff, shaved or not. No such thing as casual rough leh. Difference is determined by the stake, red, yellow, white or blue.

Can we define what is hazard rough??
Is my situation at Kukup considered as hazard rough?

chinchiachun wrote:

Bro, rough is rough as in muff is muff, shaved or not. No such thing as casual rough leh. Difference is determined by the stake, red, yellow, white or blue.

I call it "casual rough" so that mentally, I'm not put off by it. But it's true... the stakes designate what is a hazard and what is not.

If it is inside a Red or Yellow stake or line, it is Hazard and you cannot ground club..

If it is OOB White stake you must replay shot from place you hit it from. no other option..