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My name is Nick Doran, and I am the former president of the UCSD Casual Golf Club.

I am going to post rules decisions as I encounter them on the golf course. I am pretty sure that I will be able to come up with at least one rule nugget for each round that I play.

Saturday, March 30, 2019

3/30/2019 - Terminology

I can get used to "Penalty Area" rather than hazard, but I don't know why they needed to change it.

But watching the #DellMatchPlay, I can't get used to hearing "tie" the hole.  The announcers have slipped up several times and said "halved."  Why change the terminology? 

Most of the rule changes were to speed up the game, or make it more accessible.  Is "Halved" too pretentious?  Is the new terminology more mainstream?  If it is, then I guess that's why they changed it.  But like putting with the flagstick in, it's going to take some getting used to.

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