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When a sprinkler raises its head
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 14/01/2026
» Sprinkler heads are immovable obstructions, and you get free relief if they interfere with your stance, swing, or lie, but for line-of-play interference (when it's just in the way of your shot direction), you only get relief from this predicament if a local rule is in effect, requiring the sprinkler head and ball to be within two club-lengths of the green and the green's fringe (fairway height or shorter). Without the local rule, you must play it as it lies or take penalty relief.
Embrace your style, choose right coach
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 07/08/2024
» You won't learn anything by playing with players who are not as good as you. In competition try to be yourself, don't try to become someone you're not -- in other words if your normal demeanour is loose and joking beware of switching to a serious Ben Hogan type.
Norman's rebel golf league role robs him of Open invite
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 01/05/2022
» The following R&A statement was released soon after Greg Norman expressed his wish to play in this year's British Open at St Andrews: "The entry terms and conditions for The Open stipulate that a champion must be aged 60 or under or have won the championship in the previous 10 years to be exempt from qualifying. That remains the case for the 150th Open, and we have no plans for any additional exemption."
Question of survival for golf venues
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 05/04/2020
» Until further notice, the board has determined that your golf club is closed.
Cameron a Champ by some distance
Brett Brasier, Published on 04/11/2018
» I think my dream of winning just one major will have to wait until my next life, because I need a little more time to work on my clubhead speed as it’s now about as fast as a tractor compared to the Bugatti Chiron’s & Hennessey Venom’s belonging to the fast swinging top players.