SENIOR GOLF RULES CHANGE

The AARP has negotiated with the USGA to Modify the Rules of Golf for seniors.   

Rule 1.a.5  -  A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized for tall grass which groundskeepers failed to mow.

Rule 2.d.6 (b) – A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. The senior player must estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from there.

Rule 3.b.3 (g) -There shall be no such thing as a lost ball; the missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, making it a stolen ball. The player is not to compound the felony by charging himself or herself with a penalty.

Rule 4.c.7 (h) -If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf.

Rule 5. -Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be blown in.  This does not apply to balls more than three inches from the hole.  No one wants to make a travesty of the game.

Rule 6.a.9 (k) - There is no penalty for so-called "out of bounds. " If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur.  The senior golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty.

Rule 7.g.15 (z) -There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should float.  Senior golfers should not be penalized for manufacturers' shortcomings.

Rule 8.k.9(s) -Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new golf equipment.  Since this is financially impracticable for many senior golfers, one half stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old equipment. <o:p> </o:p>

Please advise all your senior friends of these important rule changes! <o:p> </o:p>

77-thanks for the updates!..as a 50 yr old golfer, ( i dont view myself as a " senoir " )...i  applaud the new rule changes. now, as i see it, my score should soon plummet into the 74-78 range, and the way the rule change trend is going, any ball that hits the green in any form or fashion, should be soon  considered a  " gimme " for all senoirs. therefore, i have "tiger " square in my crosshairs in the upcoming  masters.

striving for greatness.......

iho.....

and the fact that he is now recovering from knee surgery!!!!.......lol........

iho...

My only hopes are, one, for a good laugh, and, two, to unite the anti and pro-Tigers for a least a moment.  I'm worn out from The Masters...lol

If someone can nastily reply to this post, then we KNOW they are hopeless! 

EZ - Read  Font 

BIGGER SCORE CARDS!

and in brail, since some people cant see. you know, like when their ball goes outta bounds, or in the water!

dg- 

The font was intentional so the AARP's would have to use the cheaters...lol

heyyyy......watch it there mister...........lol.....

umhula77,

Good God man...next you'll want peace on earth and goodwill towards men...oohhh the horrors....

USC

oh sorry 77-..........it 's  78 degrees here today...and howz michigan workin out fer ya right a bout now eh?????