How to determine the nearest point of relief and then how to correctly take the drop. A series of photos to demystify the rules. Watch this short 3 minute cl…
An entertaining video where three guys enjoy a friendly game of golf. In the process they get into all sorts of trouble and their interpretation of the rules…
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is the first one here somewhere??
Thanks for the feedback mwadsworth.Fixed.
A clublength is from the hosel of the club to the top of the grip. Your slide at 2:03 shows a good couple of inches between the orange tee and the hosel. True that you could have taken a longer club from the bag than the one shown, so the area you have marked is within the corrects limits, but as an instructional video it may be worth telling people what a clublength is.
There may be a little confusion. When taking relief from a staked tree (or any immovable obstruction) you don’t measure your tclub length from the position of the ball. You first need to establish the nearest point where the obstruction doesn’t interfere with your stance or swing – this is the nearest point of relief. You can then measure the one club length from this point.
Yes, the orange tee in the picture is indicating the Nearest Point of Relief, but the club on the ground is measuring the clublength from the NPR in which to drop. My point is that the club length being indicated is more than a clublength as the hosel should be up against the tee. A club-length is measured from the hosel, not from the very end of head of the club as shown.
To clarify from the R&A rules book – Appendix II:
“For woods and irons the measurement of length is taken when the club is lying on a horizontal plane and the sole is set against a 60 degree plane (see fig 1)………The length is defined as the distance from the point of the intersection between the two planes to the top of the grip”
This is basically the sole of the club where it meets the ground when lying in a horizontal position. It is not from the hosel.
Don’t us men play golf to get away from our women?
Well the great thing is at my club we have men only days and women only days as well as mixed days – so you can take your pick!
where should the 1st orange tee be place if the brown patch of ground near the tree was deemed to be GUR? thanks!
If the brown patch was deemed GUR then the player would take their nearest point of relief (of stance and swing) from the brown patch, and then take one club length from the nearest point of relief. Basically the player would stand so their feet were not in the brown patch and swing with the club they intended to use to ensure they were not touching or being interfered with by the brown patch or anything in it. Then take the one club length (any club) drop.