I don't want to seem like i am stubbornly adhereing to an obviously wrong ruling decision, but i am just not convinced yet!



yes I definitely was "practicing"


but by 7-2 you are clearly allowed to chip and put


...and chipping and putting would = practicing ... right?


so I don't believe that "intent" is as important as you say it is
I definitely wouldn't get a penalty becuase while i was chipping or putting, i was attempting to practice.


I have been studying the rules over and over, and i think that what it comes down to is whether or not i made a "stroke" by hitting a range ball against the fence.

Plus i can't get over this chipping exception. Your 40 yard rule seems reasonable but there are problems. Does it matter which club i hit? I can make a full swing as hard as i possibly can with a open faced sand wedge and hit a 20 yard flop but make a very short swing with a 2-iron and effortlessly hit it way over 40 yards. Is one a chip, and the other not a chip? Would one be more illegal than the other? Would one be okay? Both?

Chipping and putting are strokes. A “stroke’’ is the forward movement of the club made with the intention of striking at and moving the ball..."
So is a full swing. If a chipping stroke is an exception, then is a 1/4 swing an exception? 1/2? 142/456? This rule allows chipping and putting between holes. To me, this is the same principle, so it still seems like it would also be an exception.

Golf is a game of yes or no. It went in the hole, or it didn't. It went out of bounds, or it didn't. You made a chip, or you chipped too hard??





but i could be completely wrong

this rule is definitely ambiguous

i can see both sides



Greg i appreciate your input and i hope i am not getting on your nerves by refuting you