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Month: August 2020

College Football! Hurray!

College Football! Hurray!

(Rules 1.3; 9.1b; and 9.2; the “KVC” Standard) All the talk on the practice range is college football. “Will they play?” Fans are getting excited, and rightfully so. Players have worked hard and deserve a chance to play. The country can use a break from Covid stress and political rancor. Sports can help unify the nation! Right? But is unity really on the plate for college football fans? Foremost sees a September surprise. Here’s the problem … in an action…

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Vanishing Balls

Vanishing Balls

(Rules 9.6 and 16.3; Def.s “Outside Influence”. “Abnormal Course Conditions”, “Temporary Water”, “Known or Virtually Certain”) I. Facts – Ball Theft In a three-ball match-play competition at OEI, opponent DS yanked his opening drive into a landscaped area between the 1st and 9th fairways — an area populated by a few trees, a few large bushes, and pine straw. As his unsuccessful search was drawing to a close, a player from a group playing #9 approached and asked if he…

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