BillFleming
* Ace Member *
**OT**
In general everything in this post was valid, but just to not spread "ghost rules", even if it for "ball golf", I just have to make a correction here.
It is true that you earlier were allowed to place a club on the ground as alignment aid as long as you picked it up befor you made your stroke. However this is now changeed since the rules as of 2019 and is no longer allowed:
(3) No Setting Down Object to Help in Taking Stance. A player must not take a stance for the stroke using any object that was set down by or for the player to help in lining up his or her feet or body, such as a club set down on the ground to show the line of play.
If the player takes a stance in breach of this Rule, he or she cannot avoid penalty by backing away from the stance and removing the object.
https://www.randa.org/en/rog/2019/rules/the-rules-of-golf/rule-10#10-2b
THANK YOU!!!! I was not aware the rule had changed and appreciate you correcting me on that.