Rules/Numbers

By The Numbers

The Provisional Ball

Competing in the 2014 Normandie Amateur Championship, Tom Barry plays a provisional ball from the teeing area, which flys into a nearby residential yard and appears to come to rest in the same general location as his original ball. While searching - and making the sign of the cross - “Toz” discovers his original ball resting against a swing set, which is out of bounds. At the same time, he cannot find the provisional ball. What is the ruling?

1. When he is done swearing and regretting his club selection, Barry must return to the teeing area where he will be making his third stroke.

2. The proper ruling must be decided upon by the rules committee, since this siutation is not covered under any existing guidelines.

3. Barry is required to return to the teeing area where he will be making his fifth stroke.

4. Barry is alloted three minutes to make reparations to the homeowners and decide whether he wouldn’t be better off at a bowling alley.c

Answer

With reference to Rule 18.2a; Rule 18.2b; Rule 18.3, the correct answer is No. 3. In such a situation, the player must return to the teeing area where he or she wil be making a fifth stroke. 12 The number of minutes city officials required Forest Park to stagger groups for the golf facility to re-open during the Covid-19 pandemic. Of course, all it takes is a par 3 or a slower group to fall out of place and compromise that gap out on the course. Just sayiin.’

269 The four-day score Steve Spray shot to win the 1969 PGA Tour San Francisco Open at Harding Park Golf Club. With his 15-under total, the 28-year old Spray nipped Chi-Chi Rodriguez by a stroke to win to capture the final playing of that event.

64 The 6-under par score Tiger Woods posted on Sunday of the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club. The score represents the lowest major championship round of Woods’ career. His tournament total 266 also remains the lowest of his major championship career - but it wasn’t good enough. Brooks Koepka had a second-round 63 and won the championship with a cumulative 264.

11 The number of wins Belleville’s Bob Goalby had on the PGA Tour, including the 1968 Masters Tournament. Goalby also had two PGA Tour Champions wins, a tour he helped establish in 1980. Goalby turned 91 earlier this year.

3The number of tournaments Jay Randolph won as an amateur, a few moons ago. A fine college player at George Washington University, Randolph won the Egyptian Amateur championship in Cairo in 1956, the Collegiate Southern Golf Conference championship in ‘ ‘57, and the Washington D.C. Amateur in 1958. Upon graduation, he turned to broadcasting, where he has been winning for more than 60 years.