8 RULES GOLFERS BREAK... WITHOUT REALISING!!

In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by Jeremy Ellwood to look at the 8 rules golfers break without realising! These are all things you might be doing during the course of 18 holes that you don't think are a problem but you could actually be breaking the rules. Our 8 rules golfers break without realising video will show what you can and can't do to ensure you do not end up having to add penalty shots to your final score!

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[jeffmartin]

If you are over a 15 handicap, forget everything you just heard and have another beer.

[waynebeaver]

Wow, I’m 15 strokes behind and I haven’t even tee’d off on the first hole.

[calebreasons]

I’m going to enforce all of these rules on my mates the next time we go to the links. They will love me for it.

[kenelder]

Between the hand wedges out of the bunker, the relief from boulders in the rough, the mulligans off the tees and the dropped balls in the fairway near where the previous one sailed into the forest, it's probably safe to say I have never played an "official" round of golf in 35 years of playing golf.

[donisenberg]

I play as a solo often and get paired with people I don’t know. I’m a fairly good player and I typically tell my new partners on the first tee, ‘I don’t care what you do in regards to the rules. If you need to tee it up on each shot in order to have fun, then do it.’

[lencavallaro]

I was at The Players one year and a competitor’s tee shot settled on the concrete cart path on 18. I was a few feet away. He determined at a glance that his nearest point of complete relief would have put the ball on the side of the hill. He quickly grabbed his hybrid, took a full swing and caught the ball solidly without so much as a spark.

[SecularMnk]

If anyone watching this is single and wondering what marriage is like... this is it.

[HowardBrazee]

It's always good to know the rules, even if you aren't playing by them. If you think of them by default, you won't be surprised when you play an occasional tournament where they are enforced.

[unclecreepy]

This is the kind of video Kramer would watch just to make sure Steve Gendason was playing correctly. Because a rule is a rule, and let’s face it, without rules, there’s chaos.

[tomgio]

This was very helpful! Most rules tutorials bore me to tears or get too in the weeds, but this one was clear and understandable. Much thanks.

[richardinnenberg]

When I play golf I play strictly by the rules. Someday, I dream of having someone, maybe a friend, really anyone, who will actually play with me.

[tjhill]

Ive been playing golf my whole life and didn't know 5 of the 8. Great video! Very informative!

[stephenmarais]

One other thing I would add in Rule 2 besides announcing you playing a provisional is identifying the ball (Use a different brand of ball say what number the first ball was and use a different number if its the same brand), scenario is what if you hit it in the same spot and find only one ball, was it your first or your second could lead to a few issues in match play.

[fudhater]

#1: You forgot to mention that after you find the nearest point of relief, from there you get 1 club length

[danielthomas]

Great video! Thankyou to both Golfers for the advice and help provided!! Love to see more like this and I will definately subscribe!!

[jhat]

Great video guys. My son is a junior golfer and plays tournaments. He's at the age where caddies are no longer allowed in tournament play (dad helping with rules and club selection). The video reinforces many of the things I already tell him like "ask your playing partner if you can finish a putt", "make sure the slope is off on the range finder, " "always verbally declare you're hitting a provisional" and "know how to take a drop from a cart path".

[phillipbowles]

So you mean to tell me Happy didn’t have to chip it off the bug and over the scaffolding when shooter hired that guy to hit him with the car!!!

[johngibbins]

Clear and easy to understand presentation on the rules golfers need to know .
Excellent !!!

[TheYoyozo]

Thanks for this video. I really enjoyed it and since I am playing more golf then ever, I feel I should finally learn the rules in more detail.

[markleech]

really useful and simply explained, would love to see more of this.