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> > IT TO EVERY
> > GOLFER YOU KNOW.
> >
> > THE USGA WOULD LIKE TO INFORM ALL GOLFERS
> >
> > There is a possibility of MAJOR rule changes to the
> game of
> > golf, this
> > may occur sometime after November 4 if we end up with
> a
> > Democratic
> > administration in Washington.
> >
> > This is only a preview as the complete rule book is
> being
> > written now.
> >
> > Here are a couple of basic changes.
> >
> > Golfers with handicaps:
> > - below 10 will have their green fees increase by 35%
> > - between 11 and 18 will see no increase in green fees
> > - above 18 will play for free and even get a check
> from the
> > club/course
> > played
> >
> > The $ amount put in for bets will be as follows:
> > -for handicaps below 10 an additional $10
> > -between 11 and 18 no additional amount
> > -above 18 you will receive the total amount in the pot
> and
> > you do not
> > even have to play.
> >
> > The term 'gimme putt' will be changed to
> > 'entitlement'
> > and will be used as follows:
> >
> > -handicaps below 10, no entitlements
> > -handicaps above 11 to 17, entitlements for putter
> length
> > putts
> > -handicaps above 18, if on green, no need to ever
> putt,
> > just pick it up
> >
> > These entitlements are intended to bring about
> fairness in
> > scoring so
> > that the final scores of all players will be about the
> > same.
> >
> > In addition, a Player will be limited to a max of one
> > birdie and/or six
> > pars, any excess must be given to those fellow players
> who
> > have not yet
> > scored a birdie or par. Only after all players have
> > received a birdie or
> > par from the player making the birdie or par, can that
> > Player begin to
> > count his score again.
> >
> > The current USGA handicap system will be used for the
> above
> > purposes but
> > the term 'net score' will be available only
> for
> > scoring those players
> > with handicaps 18 and above.
> >
> > This is intended to 'redistribute' the success
> of
> > winning by making sure
> > that in every competition the above 18 handicap
> players
> > will post only
> > 'net score' against every other player's
> > gross score.
> >
> > These new Rules are intended to CHANGE the game of
> golf.
> > Golf must be
> > about Fairness Only, it should have nothing to do with
> > Ability.
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Will I still be allowed to kick the ball closer to the hole, when the other players aren't looking?

 
I guess yes...but nowadays if you cannot hunt freely* from a helicopter in Alaska without being watched...u won´t be able to have that kind of birdies* either!

 
Are you a democrat?
 

Outstanding. Love it.