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Month: April 2021

The Trance Victim (R’s 9.4;23.5; 20.1; 1.3) #RulesofGolf

The Trance Victim (R’s 9.4;23.5; 20.1; 1.3) #RulesofGolf

1. Facts From the cavernous front bunker guarding the difficult 11th hole at BMCC, Foremost feathered a splendid blast shot to six feet below the hole. He faced a manageable uphill putt for par, net birdie, to possibly win the hole against the formidable JS/RM team which was three holes up in a hotly-contested four-ball match. As F emerged from the bunker his partner, Sandwich, was engrossed in his own meaningless 10-foot putt for a bogie five. (Long-time Readers might…

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Shot Interference? (R’s 3.2; 11.3; 15.3)

Shot Interference? (R’s 3.2; 11.3; 15.3)

1. Facts In a financially-significant Four-Ball match at BMCC, team HC/BF quickly conceded a two-foot putt to opponent BV who was out of the hole. BV was apparently in no hurry to lift his conceded putt as his partner, KBP (who was still very much in the hole), had a short green side bunker shot and was already preparing his play. After KBP made his swing and with the certainty that BV’s ball might block KBP’s ball (perhaps leaving it…

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