[peemovvie]

One thing about league, it gives you a chance to bone up, or educate people, on the rules.

Last night there were at least three possible infractions in our group.

The first two happened on a par four. My teammate's opponent hits a great drive, has only about 50 yards to the green. He skulls a lob wedge about 80 yards, well over the back of the green and down the hill towards the clubhouse/parking lot. Thinking the ball might be out of play, he hits a provisional. OK. We walk over the hill and see his ball in the grass next to the cart path...in play. He says, "Man, I don't like the looks of that shot, I think I'll take the one shot penalty and play the provisional (which is on the green 10 feet away from the cup)." WTF? You can't decide to hit the provi after you find the original ball. My teammate doesn't say anything, so I finally say, if you find the first ball you have to play it.

Then, his partner stands on the hill next to the green to help him line up his shot. We let that go at the time but reminded him later that was also illegal.

A couple of holes later, my opponent hits into the water hazard, which happens to be dry right now. So he goes down to the ball and moves away a stick and other crap from around his ball. You can't do that in a hazard.