Page 7 - Blue Collar Rules of Golf

FOREWORD

When they got to the golf course, Sal’s new partner asked, “Sal,

what rules do these guys play by?” Sal was the senior player in the

foursome and the guys all looked to him to make any decisions about

questionable areas of the rules. Sal was quick to point out that they

had always played by USGA rules.

Sal’s partner just happened to notice that Sal’s golf bag was over-

lowing with clubs as he strapped it to the golf cart. Just a quick

glance and he counted at least six woods, two putters, some wedges

and a whole lot of irons. A conservative estimate of say...twenty

clubs.

Later, when Sal was ready to hit his tee shot, he reminded the group

that they had decided to “roll them over” in the fairway. Then he

casually stopped and moved the tee marker over a few feet so he

could get a level stance. His new partner is wondering, “What

USGA rules was Sal talking about?”

That level stance didn’t help much and Sal sliced his ball over in the

trees. Gaazam! Quick as a wink, he was hitting again! From the tee.

A mulligan? This shot was short, but it did go down the middle of

the fairway on this easy par four. Sal said, “Guys I’ll play this one.

Somebody pick up my ball if you see it over there.” When Sal got

to his mulligan ball, he picked it up and looked to see what brand

he was hitting. One of the other members of the foursome found the

irst ball and brought it to him.

Sal dropped the irst ball there in the fairway. His next shot ended

up in the trap by the green. The other players had already hit their

shots onto the green. Sal made his way to the trap and found his ball

sitting deep in a footprint. Some fool in front of him was careless and

forgot to rake the trap. He gently moved his ball out of the footprint

with his sand wedge. From the area next to the footprint he hit the

ball onto the green.

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