Loose Impediment - Rules & Etiquette #48.

August 10, 2017

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A Loose Impediment is anything that you can move easily. (although Tiger got the gallery to move a boulder for him because he got the office to agree that it was a loose impediment.) Including pebbles, grass, pine cones, leaves, etc., etc. Even if your ball is sitting amongst the pine straw or twigs, they are still deemed loose impediments, and if you can move them without moving your ball, you may do so. (Glad I played Pick Up Sticks when I was a child!)

What is NOT a loose impediment is sand (Isn't sand just very tiny pebbles), So you cannot move sand if it's on the fringe or fairway. However, sand IS a loose impediment on the putting surface (confused yet?) Can you see why I continually stress that it's good to know the rules? I'm sure there are rules that the rules officials don't know!

https://youtu.be/9IlqwX0vYv4

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