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Free relief, OB stakes and the one-club drop
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 11/02/2026
» Please allow me to try and explain what is an immovable obstruction once more. They are basically artificial, fixed objects like cart paths, sprinklers, or fences -- they allow for a free, one-stroke relief drop if they interfere with a player's lie, stance, or swing. Relief is not permitted for line-of-sight interference. Players must find the nearest point of complete relief, not closer to the hole, and drop within one club-length.
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.
The pitfalls of 'Hitting From the Top'
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 17/04/2024
» Players have managed to play well with a 'Hitting From the Top' action despite this flaw. But because some players are athletic enough to make a compensation move, they can get away with it, which doesn't make it any less disastrous for the average golfer. No one has found an instant cure for this particular ailment. Here is a list of things that cause Hitting From the Top; your grip is too weak, especially the left hand. Misuse of your forearms, meaning the use of the wrists instead of the forearms at the beginning of the backswing and at impact.
Have we lost the plot regarding reality?
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 15/03/2023
» A reader recently sent me the results and prize money breakdown of the Dunlop Masters played at the St Pierre Marriott Hotel and Country Club in Chepstow, Wales, 50 years ago.
Golf was once seen as 'elitist sport' in Italy
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 18/09/2022
» This week's Italian Open brought back fond memories of me trying to qualify at Monticello Golf Club for the tournament back in the 1970s.
Aftermath of Pak revolution
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 03/07/2022
» From the 16 LPGA Tour events played so far this year, only four have been won by Americans, so why are the US players struggling to win?
When it comes to coaching, age is just a number
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 28/11/2021
» It recently hit home to me that the years had slipped by unnoticed when I found out that being over 60 ruled me out of obtaining a work permit for a certain country.
Horschel has ideas that are interesting
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 24/11/2021
» I have expressed my view for ages about the fact that the rich are just getting richer on the PGA and European Tours whilst many are making a very good living from arguably mediocre golf, and it seems that now Billy Horschel has ideas on how to make the PGA Tour a more compelling and competitive product and how to strengthen the circuit by reducing the number of available tour cards.
It isn't the same old Ryder Cup anymore
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 03/10/2021
» The criticism in the British press on what went wrong with Europe in the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin last week will soon subside and a new captain will be named.
It's not over till it's over
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 09/07/2021
» The British Amateur Championship was recently won by Laird Shepherd at Nairn Golf Club in Scotland. He beat Monty Scowsill in the match-play final that went on for 38 holes.