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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.
From divots to bunkers: Clearing up rules
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 10/09/2025
» Feedback always comes back thick and fast when l mention the rules of golf as our rules can be confusing for many. Last week, l discussed the situation of if your ball embeds itself and from the feedback came the helpful comment that there's no relief if your ball comes to rest in another pitch mark or divot.
Come up with ideas to survive
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 09/12/2018
» Selling land or developing attractive real estate along the fairways is the obvious way for financially distressed clubs to stop going under.
New rules streamlined to speed up play
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 18/11/2018
» The good news for golfers is that the number of rules have been streamlined and "hopefully" simplified to help speed up play.
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.