I noticed on the first tee that one member of our foursome had what appeared to be a blue tribble on his golf bag. If you don't know what a tribble is, you need to watch "The Trouble with Tribbles," an episode of the original Star Trek Series.
So it turns out that the tribble was attached to his tee, so that he could find it if it came out of the ground. Is this legal?
This led me to an entirely separate part of the rules of golf that I knew was around, but I had never investigated thoroughly - equipment.
The rules on tees are pretty simple. Tees cannot:
- be longer than 4 inches
- be designed to indicate line of play
- unduly influence the movement of the ball
- otherwise assist the player in making a stroke
The rules on balls and clubs are more complicated, but not as onerous as I expected. If you want to read more about the equipment rules, you can start here:
https://www.usga.org/equipment-standards/equipment-rules-for-2019.html
On a separate note, tees are the only cheap part of the game of golf. Many course give them away for free!
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