Guidelines Man: Is it authorized to make use of a Stimpmeter to gauge the velocity of the greens earlier than enjoying?

The Guidelines of Golf are difficult! Fortunately, we’ve obtained the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back. Acquired a query? He’s obtained all of the solutions.

I’m the kind of man who likes to know what I’m stepping into earlier than I play. Can I take advantage of a Stimpmeter to examine the velocity of the greens on the day of a contest? —Douglas Wilson, Blairgowrie, Scotland

Nae, Douglas, at the least in stroke play — Rule 5.2 prohibits rolling a ball on the floor of any placing inexperienced on the course earlier than a spherical in stroke play.

In the event you had been to do that on multiple placing inexperienced, you’d be disqualified.

In match play, nonetheless, working towards beforehand on the course is allowed. All that mentioned, if we’re speaking Scotland, inexperienced speeds will probably be within the single digits, promise. Give these putts a superb rap!

For extra green-reading steering from our guru, learn on …

Our membership has green-reading contour books, however the print is so small that I can’t make out the main points. I took an image of every web page with my mobile phone to have the ability to enlarge the picture sufficient to see the slopes.  A competitor referred to as me out, citing a prohibition in opposition to electronics in match play. I mentioned it was beforehand compiled materials. Who was proper on this blowup? —Scott Kulla, through e-mail

In all-caps, bold-faced, outsized kind: YOU! A participant can entry or overview any materials that was preprinted or created previous to the spherical. There isn’t any situation with accessing that info on your iPhone. 

Nonetheless, it’s not all the time sensible to achieve for that smartphone. Calling a pal for recommendation or learning an evaluation of strokes made through the spherical, as examples, can be operator errors and land you in scorching water, Guidelines-wise … and inserting the telephone on a mattress of dry rice wouldn’t repair it.

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Acquired a query concerning the Guidelines? Ask the Guidelines Man! Ship your queries, confusions and feedback to [email protected]. We promise he received’t throw the e-book at you.

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