I tried when I was 17 or 18, and thought it was a silly game. I was wrong, of course,:razz: I enjoy watching it and reading the 20 rules of golf every golfer should know by Andy Brown.

This is my first response to this sort of thing. I was really dumbfounded to see the rules are quite complicated and sort of misleading.

Keep up the good work and….

Thanks for the enjoyable reading

I am going on 81yrs old in Aug. and since I have been practing the new secrets I am hitting the ball longer and straighter,I have gained 40 t0 50 yds longer. Sometimes the old habits creeps back in and I slice the ball a couple of times (only with the driver), so I check my self and make sure I start the first move of the secret, I’ve been with this new swing since last Aug.and everyone asked me if I’m taking lesson and I tell them about Andy’s Golf Swing Secrets.

Thanks to the new swing

I am replying on behalf of Andy Brown and GolfSwingSecretsRevealed.com.

As you intended to strike your ball with your putter it was a valid stroke. You say that your ‘opponent’ called the penalty. By definition a player can only have an ‘opponent’ in match play, and the penalty incurred would have been loss of hole. However, I suspect that you meant your ‘fellow competitor’, in a stroke play round. In this case the penalty for striking a removed flagstick on the putting green is indeed two strokes and the ball must be played as it lies (Rule 17-3).

Congratulations on winning the June medal; it is great to hear of such ‘success’ stories.

Regards,

BarryR
For GolfSwingSecretsRevealed.com

I am replying on behalf of Andy Brown and GolfSwingSecretsRevealed.com.

Ian Poulter’s putter weights became loose after he had knocked it on a concrete path, following a missed putt on the previous green, which was deemed by an official not to be in the normal course of play. See; http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=golf/08/03/22/GOLF_Miami_Poulter.html
for the full story.

Regards

Barry

My opponent stated that I had incurred a two shot penalty. Is this correct ?

Regards Ted.

PS. Despite the above I am playing really well at the moment. I won the June medal with a net 68 and I have several social rounds in the low net 60′s. I have had several Two’s, I have put at least 30 yards on my drive and I am hitting the greens with my irons, the ball flying high and straight.

I have just recovered from having a new knee joint fitted and it is only since May that I have been able to actually walk around the course, so I am doing very well.

I put it down purely to the Magic Move from the top, for which I thank you.