tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post114443837339272420..comments2010-12-28T10:54:59.351-08:00Golf Grouch[email protected]Blogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1159478387451854252006-09-28T14:19:00.000-07:002006-09-28T14:19:00.000-07:00There's a little book called "How to Cheat at Golf". It really does help - especially if you don't want your friends (friends?) from knowing that you cheat. That said, I agree that in the interest of time (just time), we sometimes have to bend the rules a bit.BC Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18174973992377238424[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1158353225120596862006-09-15T13:47:00.000-07:002006-09-15T13:47:00.000-07:00Most of my "money" games are match play so we give putts. But in a normal round I never vary from the rules. I putt everything out, which is why I missed a 1 foot putt last week. I always play by the rules.tony @ TheGolfSpace.comhttps://www.thegolfspace.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1158184639885790392006-09-13T14:57:00.000-07:002006-09-13T14:57:00.000-07:00Yeah, well maybe.<BR/><BR/>To me cheating is breaking the rules to gain an advantage over your opponent(s). What if you break the rules, but don't gain any advantage? Happens all the time in casual rounds when your foursome agrees to roll'em in the fairway, or move'em off of the tree roots. At that point, everybody is playing by the same rules - they're just not from the USGA/R&A rulebook - and who says they have to be? Local rules are allowed for "by the committee". So our committee happens to be four guys...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, if you break the rules, and gain an advantage in score & a handicap decrease, you really only end up cheating yourself because when you HAVE to play all the lies and all the rules at a tournament, you're going to be in a hurt locker.Dale[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1158131927949618542006-09-13T00:18:00.000-07:002006-09-13T00:18:00.000-07:00I think we all do to some effect, either intenionally or unitentionally. I for one am never going to hit a ball from a lie that might damage a club. Small scratches ok, but anything that threatens a dent or serious mark is a no no. I will try to drop as close to replicting sitaution as I can, I will try not to make the shot easier and I will take a penalty shot but that's as close to the rules as it gets. Personally at my level I think it is just a case of common sense and playing as close to the spirit of the rule as you can...Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1158130111975088602006-09-12T23:48:00.000-07:002006-09-12T23:48:00.000-07:00I have never played 18 holes without swearing at least once... LOL!TurtleWoodshttps://missedfairway.blogspot.com/[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1158089880504246962006-09-12T12:38:00.000-07:002006-09-12T12:38:00.000-07:00Until I'm a scratch golfer and the little things are improving my score making me look like a pro on paper. I don't think it really matters. You learn nothing by hitting crappy shots from crappy lies. <BR/><BR/>Now if you do this during a tournament ... FOR SHAME!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17904736386381972187[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1158012733210033692006-09-11T15:12:00.000-07:002006-09-11T15:12:00.000-07:00Sometimes I wonder if the cheating we all do (gimmies, bad drops, OB drops) are the equivalent of speeding (say 45 in a 40). <BR/><BR/>We know it's wrong and against the rules/law, but everyone does it and those that don't are looked at like weirdos (or here in Dallas, honked at and shot).Seanhttps://sgoodpasture.blogspot.com[email protected]