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**ZZtop** · 12-05-2010, 04:03 PM

this happens a lot around here due to the moisture of the fwy's. balls can plug horrible and unless you stand on it, you won't find it. if the course is slammed and i can't go back and tee off again, we agree to about where the ball should be, i drop w/penalty. on some occassions if i can clearly see that the ball plugs after i tee off, i'll hit a provisional just in case. i hate taking the penalty b/c you shouldn't be penalized for hitting the fwy but i always thought it would be cheating if i took a free drop. the same question can be applied to fall golf, when all the damn leaves are all over the course. why penalize yourself when you know you hit a good shot? i guess that's why there's the whole "in the spirit of the game". i'll gladly take the penalty, at least i'm golfing with my buddies!

12-05-2010, 04:03 PM	#3
ZZtop Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 634 Senior Member	this happens a lot around here due to the moisture of the fwy's. balls can plug horrible and unless you stand on it, you won't find it. if the course is slammed and i can't go back and tee off again, we agree to about where the ball should be, i drop w/penalty. on some occassions if i can clearly see that the ball plugs after i tee off, i'll hit a provisional just in case. i hate taking the penalty b/c you shouldn't be penalized for hitting the fwy but i always thought it would be cheating if i took a free drop. the same question can be applied to fall golf, when all the damn leaves are all over the course. why penalize yourself when you know you hit a good shot? i guess that's why there's the whole "in the spirit of the game". i'll gladly take the penalty, at least i'm golfing with my buddies!
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