8 RULES GOLFERS BREAK... WITHOUT REALISING!! 

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

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

Imagine playing with this dude

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.

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.

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.’

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Great video for a beginner like me. Thanks for clearing these things up.

Well articulated and very enlightening, thank you!

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".

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

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.

This was a very beautiful video!! From Minnesota, United States. The knowledge is lifelong!!

Hi, I have two questions on these great subjects! One, if on a wrong green, where can you drop? On the apron or do you have to clear that as well? And two, if lying in deep rough, people tend to reach into the deep grass to be able to identify and or even pick it up. When retrieving your hand, the ball gets much more open in the grass because of these search and identify actions. In my opinion, you have to recover your ball with the grass which it was lurking under before playing. Because of improving your lie. Is that right? Great vid bye the way! Gr Gijs from The Netherlands

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.

Very well explained. Thanks for a great video.

Nice photography and colors as well :) Thank You!

Thank you for clarifying some rules. Those of us who really care about improving and playing properly will appreciate it.😁

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

Very good, enjoyed that. I'm a bit of a geek for the lesser known rules & decisions and would love to see more. Nobody gives a toss in a fun round (which is pretty much all I play - if it's not fun, why do it?) but at least I know when I'm fudging the rules.

Beautifully done. Thank you.

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.

Since I stopped keeping score years ago, I feel free to break whatever rule I like.

This is a great video...I don't agree with every rule being a good rule however to know them is massively helpful

Great information! Thanks for the post! Liked and subscribed!

Really useful, Im assuming that the dual green scenario is only relevant when the 2 greens are clearly defined with some rough or fringe between them, rather than an old fashioned double green?

No way is your name Neil Tappin that’s hilarious 😂😂

Interesting... thank you for the knowledge!

Just ran across this video. Super helpful!! One question ... tip #3 talks about finding yourself on the "wrong green". In the video there is a wide fringe, and the rule is to take the "nearest relief". So, should you drop on the fringe of the "wrong green" and play your iron shot from there? ... obviously you would potentially take a big divot out of the fringe.

Wow, very interesting guys! Thanks for sharing, however, I think if you apply all of these rules to your regular social weekday rounds, you soon won't have anyone to play with!! I found the rules regarding the range-finder very interesting as most people won't be aware of this one.

If u play a few rounds of golf a month rule breaking is a must to have fun when you ain’t touching the club as much as needed but cool vid got my sub 😁

Thanks!!! Greatly appreciated...

Very informative and useful.....also might be a good idea to try to get people to put a mark on their ball as I've been in a situation where I played the exact same ball as another player (only in practice) and exact same number. We both teed off then realized what had happened and had to pick our balls up and scratch the hole( it was a stableford mess about on a Friday evening). If everyone put a personal mark on their ball with a Sharpie before teeing off.....it would save a lot of hassle.

Break all of these rules to have more fun with my group each round!

Regarding the rule about playing from the wrong green, how does that apply to double greens? The best example I can think off would be St Andrews, for example playing the 8th hole but landing on the portion of the green that is clearly the 10th. Does the rule differ in that scenario?

Very helpful. Thank you.

great video. Most golfers and me included sometimes bend the rules a but if just playing with friends. Ive played a lot of tournaments tho, where the rules must be followed by all for it to be fair. Let me tell ya, we are not all as good as we think we are once the rules are applied. Another thing most dont realize, is if the score is going to be posted for handicap purposes, then that round is required to be played by the rules.

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!!!

I've read a lot of comments and became a bit disturbed by them. I think it's important to understand that the spirit of golf is as important or more important than any other aspect of the game. I found that only by playing by the rules and keeping your real, correct score are you able to gauge your improvement. It also creates a correct spirit and respect for the game which makes it immensely more pleasurable. I cheated my score for years thinking that I "Deserved" a better score than I was making (Often in the upper 90s just to get into the lower 90s). It made the game frustrating and afforded me no improvement. I decided to learn how to hit a ball properly and at the same time decided that I would play the ball where it lies and by the rules always. It was the most freeing thing I could have ever done for my game and it worked like magic. I am forever grateful to whatever power allowed me to see the light. I know what my real scores are now and when I improve a bit I know it's real. I'm not giving advice I'm just saying play by the rules and you will see what I am talking about. I shot an 82 in that same season. I hit two drivers out of bounds in the round. I counted the shots, assessed myself a penalty, and hit the 3rd shot from the tee on both holes. My friends told me to take a "Mulligan" but I did not. I broke 90 often that season. That 82 was a real score and came about because I was learning a consistent swing on the golf range and working on chipping and putting a lot. But I can say truly that knowing that my next shot was going to count for my score helped my focus and spirit for playing. Honest playing made me a better player and knowing at the end of the day that my score was one I truly earned made striving for improvement real labor of love. The game is so much more fun now. Try it and see what I mean. Because of what I have said I can say in earnest that I appreciate this video very much.

Great video. Next version should include something about the new flagstick handling rules.

Very interesting. Thanx, guys. I leaned much.

The London golf club 🙌🏼 bit pricy but so worth it what a track. Only played the international mind, it's just down the road from me

One question ref. the case with ball lying on the fringe: if the shot from my playing partner out of the bunker covers my ball with sand, am I allowed to not only clean the fringe, but also the ball?

Regarding N3 what happens if 2 holes share the same green? Could you get relief to avoid chipping of one of them? The other is N2, I get you have to declare a provisional but do you have to identity the 2nd in case it is close to the 1st? Thanks for the content, great stuff!

Good advise, thank you!

Would be good if you could do a video about water in a Bunker, especially as we see that a lot during the winter.

Would like to know what the ruling is with regard to playing from the "wrong green" when a course uses shared greens?

Very helpful, thank you

Thank you so much for the information! If anyone want be better at golf should try Golf Kinetics!

its a good thing I don't play with anyone good enough to care about these rules

Saw #7 (using the slope feature on a range finder) happen at the 2017 U.S. Amateur. A player's caddie was using it unintentionally, but then the player looked through the range finder on the 9th hole and realized that the slope feature was activated, so he called the rules official and called the penalty on himself and got DQed as they assumed the feature was active for all 9 holes.

Its been so long since I played,and nice for an update

Nice work. Good and clear explanations. I wish they'd included improving lies in the rough. Something I see way too often! People seem to think it's ok to tamp the grass down behind the ball...

Glad to see that me and my partner break all the rules of golf when we go out 😂😂... dont even count our drop balls or out of bounds balls. And if the drive was awful just bring it to where you normally hit it

2:11 if only happy gilmore knew this when the TV tower fell, he wouldnt have needed to do a trick shot.

I haven't played in 20 years, that was a great video for me!

Hello. Thank you for the information. I have a question. I am about to tee off the previous green is close to my tee box. The team behind me hit the ball in front of my tee box. As I am about to tee off I look up an see a golf cart in front of me {+-90 yards} and they are looking for their ball. Now who has right of way?

On your putting out of turn rule you seem to have walked on his putting line. Not a penalty but material for another video!

more clarification Rule 2 - understand playing 'a provisional' but order of play - you have to back away and let the others play and then come back to hit your provisional? Is that correct?

Such a useful video! Thank you.

Useful. My mates need watch this!

My mate grounds his club on every bunker shot before his swing. To say we have a pretty loose view of the rules is an understatement.

6. Pedantically...you can ask a playing “partner” (read teammate), but you can’t ask a playing “competitor” (read opponent), right?

i get the rule about multiple tee shots, i ended up doing that a couple of times the other day when i played and found my first drive i thought i lost in the woods further than i thought it would have went. however i never knew about the cart path rule, i played at least 3 shots off the cart path ( it was gravel not solid though) thinking the old " play it as it lies" kinda wish i knew this before that round, probobly wouldnt have helped the over all score, but i can only believe it would have 🤣🤣, good video gents !! keep the great content going

Thx! Great info!

...grab your oldest wedge and watch the sparks fly!!😂

I would give up the game if the boys always called each other out on these things.

awesome video and loved the info,very informative{The Mid Michigan golf guru??

Really helpful , was not aware of the sand or the slope function

What if the player has a 10 iron... 05:45 can I ask about that?

When you don’t have someone supplying you clubs via a sponsorship, it’s somewhat of an unfair rule IMO to say your best option is to play it off the cart path.

I have a questions similar to rule number 1. I was playing a course with bunker renovations going on. Free drop out of any sandless bunkers. I landed in a greenside bunker without sand which meant it was a free drop. Closest relief put me on the green vs in the rough behind bunker. Is on the green the right drop? I felt it wasnt so i moved further away and chipped over bunker and on. Which is correct?

Well done, thanks

Please cover dropping on a line back from flag when talking relief from a penalty area. I played with a few people who dropped on the line it went in, i.e. back to where they hit it from. They’ve argued it doesn’t make any difference but it does and gave them a much easier shot as a result.

There are only two things you need to know about "slope functionality" - whether the slope is up or down. This you can usually tell by the view in front of you.

Very interesting video. I’m looking forward to the next one. For the first example of the sand, it is not immediately clear that the ball lies off the green because it is quite a long way from the camera. This may confuse people who wonder why you can remove some of the sand but not all of it. On the subject of the provisional ball, you might have said that the player must announce her/his provisional ball which cannot be identical to the first ball played. So many golfers do not specify the difference between the first and provisional balls. Keep going, this is very useful information.

Great video. I learned a lot.

Informative but glad that I just play golf for fun and will continue to ignore most of these rules.

There's 2 ways to play golf. A mates round where is social and fun. And the correct way. Good to understand things as life is about learning lessons

So many ways of breaking the rules but this helps. Thanks.

Great info. I just subscribed to this channel. Coincidence would have it that I’ll play at a course that has what appears to be 2 greens from two different holes next two each. Problem here is that there is no fringe separating these greens-only a marker that identifies edges of the greens. Is there a standard USGA rule addressing the scenarios where your shot to your green ends up rolling on to the wrong green? First inclination is to ask the respective pro shop for their local rules on this. But if you’re not aware of this green placement before the round, and you’re playing a small tourney with some stringent USGA rules followers (you know the type), what’s your recommendation?

I rolled my eyes so many times

I also think you should identify the ball when playing a provisional ball eg number two Titleist. I’ve seen people claim their second ball was actually their first.

Please more videos on rules. Very interesting.

Hi. I played a match recently where I pulled an approach shot and it came to rest very close to the wooden retainers of the raised tee box of an adjacent hole, meaning I had no backswing. Is that an immovable obstruction that I should have got relief from or an integral part of the course and just a bad break?

It's fascinating that such a small number of rules can be so complicated; at times, even for the Tour pros and their caddies.

I just watched the entire video and have never played a single hole of golf.

Thank you, I have broken as of some of my friends these rules. but we are beginners and now will know butter

I'm happy they finally addressed the rule about slope function on laser range finders, mine does have the slope feature but can also be switched off but initially it was ruled not legal for tournament play even though it could be switched off. Honestly the slope function is probably only useful for + index players and of course tour pros I never got lower than a 4.3 and only other than 1 hole in the 2 years I had it did it actually make a difference, I'm glad they finally got this right golf is a gentleman's game and being your own steward of the rules is right.

Interesting on the provisional ball point: people often at my club state: “playing a provisional ball [ball manufacturers name], which i recently found out is not required.

Very insightful, but if I demand my friends to follow these rules. I would be playing golf alone for the rest of my life 🤪

I have played a course where two holes share the same green but it is a pretty thin area that connects the two with a putting surface. In those regards, can you take relief, or do you have to play it from there since your hole is connected to where your ball lies? (See Salish Cliffs, WA, USA: Holes 9 and 18)

This was a pretty cool video. Thanks.