@Johnwould@GolfChannel You're wrong, this will speed up play for sure. this will eliminate the caddie stepping it off from springer heads, especially on a wayward drive to another fairway, even in the middle of their own fairways, distance is now a certainty...only take a couple of seconds to check.
@RulesGeeks@Garrett33687864@Ric98203@chadtracy22@GolfCentral@McIlroyRory@ToddLewisGC Watch the tape again, all he said was the ball didn't bounce, I'm going to check or something like that then proceeded to poking around the hole, never said the ball was plugged to the other players before he laid the ball away from it's original spot.
@Garrett33687864@Ric98203@chadtracy22@GolfCentral@McIlroyRory@ToddLewisGC Think about this though, Rory called and alerted his playing partners that the ball was plugged, they can go back and check. Patrick didn't call his fellow players to come and look, just said the ball didn't bounce, why not ask the others to look? Because it wasn't plugged?
100% correct! Too many rules and regulations will not bring people into the game. Imagine an average recreational player losing another 20 yards off the tee, besides all amateur golfers admire distance, all we talk about is "see how far he hits it?"