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Smart play! Time to know your bunker relief options
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 04/03/2026
» There is no penalty for accidentally hitting the ball twice during a single stroke. If a player's club strikes the ball more than once, it only counts as one stroke, and the ball is played as it lies.
Unplayable lies: Know the three relief options
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 04/02/2026
» You have basically three options if your golf ball finds itself in an unplayable lie. An unplayable lie allows a golfer to take relief almost anywhere on the course but comes with a one-stroke penalty, excluding penalty areas. The player is the sole judge of whether a ball is unplayable. The 3-options for relief are -- stroke-and-distance, back-on-the-line, or lateral relief within two club-lengths of where the ball is at rest.
One wrong score for a hole can end your round
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 15/10/2025
» If you return a scorecard with a wrong score for a hole; the score you entered stands if it was higher than your actual score. However, you are disqualified if you return a score that is lower than your actual score or if you fail to return a score for a hole. Putting down a lower score is considered a serious breach of the rules and results in disqualification, unless an unknown penalty was the cause. Some professional tours have adopted a rule that gives players a 15-minute window to correct an incorrect score after leaving the scoring area.
Like chess, it is forever challenging
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 31/01/2024
» The term 'average golfer' is often used but sometimes l wonder, what is the average golfer. I read somewhere that statistics show that the average male golfer shoots around 92. Personally, l find this hard to believe. Playing from stringent tees and holing every putt -- most golfers won't break 100.
Those gifted putters from other planets
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 24/07/2022
» I didn't know that Cameron Smith held the PGA Tour's joint 18-putt record.
Poom could do well in The Open
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 18/06/2021
» When JH Taylor won the British Open back in 1894, he picked up a cheque of £30, and 120 years later Thailand's Poom Saksansin is hoping to become next month's winner and fill his suitcase with around 88 million baht for his success.
It's not easy to reach the peak in golf
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 23/05/2021
» There are few who play golf for a living that reach the dizzy heights of super stardom, but there are many who play week in, week out hoping and trying hard just for a nice payday to pay the bills.
Shibuno in driving seat at Jackrabbit
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 13/12/2020
» Houston: Japan's Hinako Shibuno, the 2019 Women's British Open champion, fired a four-under-par 67 to seize a three-stroke lead after Friday's second round of the US Women's Open.
Let your head move for mighty drives
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 04/10/2020
» You have to move with the shot. However, most golfers are right-eye dominant, and some of us are so right-eye dominant that we sometimes fail to use the left eye properly during the swing.
Top players tend to mend swing woes on their own
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 21/06/2020
» 'I would like to thank my team." How many times have we heard this from an excited winner.