W.I.M.P Part 58

I recalled a few games back, i played with a golfers who look like moi.... And he had a very unusal way of putting.....

When most of us putt, we would take our stand, line the putter by the ride side of the ball, we take the putter head to the right and stroke through so the putter head hit the ball and the ball rolls out...This person AAA would take his stand and line his putter head by the side of his ball and without moving to the right, he would just PUSH THE PUTTER HEAD AND THUS THE BALL WAS BEING PUSHED TOWARD THE HOLE !!!

When i tried AAA method of putting i realised that as i pushed the ball out and because of the grain and uneven green, i could felt that the ball actually stop and go...... meaning the putter head may hit the ball a few times !!!

I told the AAA golfer about my finding about his method of putting and it may be a penalty as in the way he putted. AAA looked and me and say " (*&*^%&^&%*(^* prove me wrong ! "

We need to go back to some fundamentals here.

1. Definition of stroke :- forward movement of the club with the intention of striking at and moving the ball

2. Rule 14-1 : A ball must be fairly struck at with the head of the club and must not be pushed, scraped or spooned.

3. Rule 16-1e : A player must not make a stroke on the putting greenn from a stance astride, or with either foot touching the line of putt.

Does AAA's putting style satisfy the above conditions? IF yes, then ok.

Everyone has different style of swing / stroke. When one can't do like another does, it does not mean the other player's strroke is "non-conforming".
Eg. Jim Furyk's swing is unorthodox, but not in breach of any rules. Ask Tiger to swing like Furyk and he'd probably mess his game up

Swee ah KP, i see AAA will tell him tat ! thanks bro !

Uncle Lau wrote:

Swee ah KP, i see AAA will tell him tat ! thanks bro !

this AAA sounds familiar! his name also starts with "A" and end with "W"?

Andrew?

kp wrote:

We need to go back to some fundamentals here.

1. Definition of stroke :- forward movement of the club with the intention of striking at and moving the ball

2. Rule 14-1 : A ball must be fairly struck at with the head of the club and must not be pushed, scraped or spooned.

3. Rule 16-1e : A player must not make a stroke on the putting greenn from a stance astride, or with either foot touching the line of putt.

Does AAA's putting style satisfy the above conditions? IF yes, then ok.

Everyone has different style of swing / stroke. When one can't do like another does, it does not mean the other player's strroke is "non-conforming".
Eg. Jim Furyk's swing is unorthodox, but not in breach of any rules. Ask Tiger to swing like Furyk and he'd probably mess his game up

Bro kp, Rule 14-1 difficult to determine between 'push' & 'stroke' ..at the ball especially in putting.