Rare is golf player who does not follow golf rules but to what degree Varies from match to match and four times in fourth.
While a golf player can register in the first sneeze millgansAnother can be crushed by their opinion. While a golf player may be ok with the flip of a ball from DivotAnother may lose sleep for such behavior. And while one golf player can be good with a 2 -leg striker, another may insist on seeing any stroke, no matter his length.
To better understand how everyday players feel about the rules and, more precisely, the rules they follow, We asked nearly 10,000 of themas part of our audience survey. (At the beginning of this week, we released another set of survey resultsRegarding how players feel about their games.) Among our findings: how you feel about the mill, acceptable “gimm” length and what rules you want to see (or expelled!).
Stay awake for more survey results in the coming days!
The following results are from a Golf.com audience study took place at the beginning of this year. The survey drew nearly 10,000 respondents.
Do you play according to golf rules?
Yes, always: 38%
Yes, mostly: 61%
No: 1%
How often do you consciously bow down to flat rules or fraud?
Never: 57%
Once in several rounds: 32%
One or twice in round: 10%
The more chance of getting: 1%
How often do you improve your lie?
Never: 48%
One or twice in round: 32%
A handful of shooting per round: 15%
Most shooting: 5%
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Do you make an attempt for trust to promote every blow?
Yes, always: 48%
Yes but only if I’m playing a match: 41%
No: 11%
Are you fine with the first excess mill?
Yes: 68%
No: 32%
Which length of the putt is acceptable to accumulate as a “gimme”?
Within 5 feet: 3%
Within 4 feet: 1%
Within 3 legs: 13%
Within 2 legs: 40%
Within 1 foot: 31%
There is no length. You have to attract everything: 12%
If your ball lands in a divot hole in the good road, can you rotate and give yourself a better lie?
Yes, almost always: 30%
Yes, occasionally: 39%
No: 31%
Would you support a change of rules that would allow the players to remove their balls from the road sofa holes without a penalty?
Yes: 87%
No. “Play it as it stands” is a central principle of the game: 13%
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To reduce the impact that have increased the stroke distances on the long -term stability of the golf, the governing bodies are planning to officially “Roll Back” golf ball. The new standards, which are planned to enter into force for elite benefits and amateurs in 2028 and recreation players in 2030, will reduce the 3-5-yard running distances for “medium” male amateurs and 9-11 yards for elite pro and amateurs, according to management. Do you support the new rule?
Yes: 41%
No: 59%
When the return is applied, which best describes how you think you will approach the new rule?
I plan to hear it immediately: 13%
I plan to use my “old” balls until they are over: 75%
I plan to book “old” balls and use them as long as possible: 12%
Which Golf rule would you like to see changed, implemented or eliminated changed?
(Ed. Note: These answers, which are a representative sample from the thousands we have received, have been easily edited for brevity and clarity.))
“No penalties for a lost ball that is clearly in the game, for example in rough. The pro they don’t have this problem because there is a spottaker there looking for the ball and marking its location before it arrives. This is unfair to the rest of us!”
“You need to be able to get a free drop from the roots of the tree. Why risk damaging yourself or your clubs?”
“I would like to be allowed to clean the mud from my ball on the good road.”
“Stroke and distance have to go. When you hit a ball of the ball, you have to throw a ball where it passed to pass and make a penalty kick. Like the rules of red. Simple.”
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“I would expand the hole. At least 6 inches in diameter.”
“If a ball hits a spray head from green, you should have the opportunity to reproduce the stroke without a penalty.”
“You need to get free relief from the divotine holes in the right path. My connection treats them as ground under repair.”
“Golf should be sought to play tee that are demarcated by disabilities/skills.”
“I would stop Aimpoint’s green reading. It slows down the game and prints in green.”
“No more than Triple Bogey – for every player level. It would speed up the game.”
“If your ball rolls on a trail or animal printing in a bunker, you should get relief (in bunker). Why should I pay for someone else’s carelessness?”
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“FREE HELP from strong areas around the greens.”
“The first evil mills should be allowed according to the rules. Everyone uses them, especially in the range of string.”
“If you fall more than one and a half hole back, you have to skip a hole and climb up.”
“Your putter should be the shortest club in your bag.”
“14 clubs are many – 12 Max Club.”
“Pitch signs in narrow yogurt areas must be legal to repair.”
“This is not a rule, but screaming” baked potatoes “should be a capital crime.”
“The player who makes an ace should not buy drinks for others. The player must have drinks purchased for them.”
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Golfit.com editor
As Golf.com executive editor, Bastable is responsible for running the editorial and voice of one of the most respected and trafficked places of the game and many trafficked games. He wears many hats – editing, writing, designing, developing, dreaming of a day breaking 80 – and feels privileged to work with such a talented group and workers of writers, editors and manufacturers. Before catching the reins on Golf.com, he was the editor of the features in the Golf magazine. A graduate of the University of Richmond and the Columbia Journalism School, he lives in New Jersey with his wife and four times children.