Barry Rhodes

Pros Getting it Wrong Barry Rhodes

In this book, I have collected an eclectic assortment of 99 Rules incidents that I think will interest most golfers. Most of them relate to professional golfers competing in Tour events. Each of the wide-ranging articles highlights a breach of a Rule of Golf with related nuggets of information, including explanations of the rulings, comments from the players and officials concerned, links to videos showing the circumstance of the breach and the consequences of the penalties imposed. In my experience, reading about how golfers have fallen foul of the Rules of Golf, or have used them to their advantage, is an excellent way to obtain a better understanding and recall of them. This is especially true when the names of those involved are familiar to us. However, you do not have to be an aspiring Rules of Golf expert to enjoy reading this series of short articles, averaging 600 words each. Some of the incidents may be familiar, such as Tiger's 2,000 lb loose impediment, Simon Dyson tapping down a spike mark and Carlota Ciganda's penalty drop at a wrong place during a Solheim Cup match; whereas others will definitely be new to you. In those cases where the relevant Rule has changed since the incident occurred I have fully explained what the current ruling would be. Each article is accompanied by my short 'explosion' of a common myth, or misunderstanding, on a Rule of Golf that has been erroneously pontificated by Club/Society 'Rules know-alls', who sometimes need to be put in their place. My explanations are accurately referenced, providing the ammunition to dispel these golf Rules myths for once and for all. Barry Rhodes