OracleHCR wrote:It's true. A lot of people break rules they don't even know they are breaking. There is no such thing as a mulligan and OB's result in stroke and distance and you putt everything. You can't bend or break branches or bushes to hit your ball and you cannot ground your club in a bunker or lateral hazard. You can't roll your ball in the fairway. You can't touch it. The list of things people do go on and on. It's no big deal unless they are in a tourney but the strokes add up. I've played with people who in their minds shot in the 90's but their actual scores were in the 110's.
Didn't really think the stat was being applied in that way.
With that under consideration, I'd say it makes sense. If you forced most guys to play by the actual rules to a T, they're probably adding 5-10 shots a round.
I guess the only thing I ever really skip out on is re-teeing on an OB or lost ball, but that's mainly a pace of play concern. Otherwise I play it out normal.
