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Emailed from a friend
Golf is a game of dedication and history. This game has been played for centuries on lands that have seen both war and peace. The dedicated golfer never lets anything deter him from completing his round of golf. If you play golf with any frequency you learn to deal with the weather, slow play, lost balls whatever comes your way. If it rains you get wet. If the wind blows you play it low.
If you find a bomb or shrapnel on the course you collect it so it won’t damage the mowers. What? Bombs, shrapnel? Yes, bombs and shrapnel. Shrapnel, for the uninformed, are the metal balls or fragments that are scattered when a shell, bomb, or bullet explodes. Such were the local rules of golf at golf clubs during World War II.
The Richmond Golf Club was founded in 1891 and sits just ten miles outside of London. The Club has an illustrious history. In 1896 J H Taylor, Wille Park and James Braid, along with other professionals played there. In 1902 Bernard Darwin hit his first rubber core ball of the first tee and in 1903 Harry Vardon won a professional tournament at The Richmond Club. Today, The Club claims His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Duke of York as its Club Patron.
In 1940 during the War when bombs were being dropped on London, the members, determined not to let a little inconvenience like the War get in the way of their golf established these “Temporary Rulesâ€:
1. Players are asked to collect Bomb and Shrapnel splinters to save these causing damage to the mowing machines.
2. In competitions, during gunfire, or while bombs are falling, players may take cover without penalty for ceasing play.
3. The positions of known delayed-action bombs are marked by red flags placed at reasonably, but not guaranteed safe distance therefrom.
4. Shrapnel/and/or bomb splinters on the Fairways, or in Bunkers within a club’s length of a ball may be moved without penalty, and no penalty shall be incurred if a ball is thereby caused to move accidentally.
5. A ball moved by enemy action may be replaced, or if lost or destroyed, a ball may be dropped not nearer the hole without penalty.
6. A ball lying in a crater may be lifted and dropped not nearer the hole, preserving the line to the hole without penalty.
7. A player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place. Penalty, one stroke.
That my friends is dedication to the gam
Emailed from a friend
Golf is a game of dedication and history. This game has been played for centuries on lands that have seen both war and peace. The dedicated golfer never lets anything deter him from completing his round of golf. If you play golf with any frequency you learn to deal with the weather, slow play, lost balls whatever comes your way. If it rains you get wet. If the wind blows you play it low.
If you find a bomb or shrapnel on the course you collect it so it won’t damage the mowers. What? Bombs, shrapnel? Yes, bombs and shrapnel. Shrapnel, for the uninformed, are the metal balls or fragments that are scattered when a shell, bomb, or bullet explodes. Such were the local rules of golf at golf clubs during World War II.
The Richmond Golf Club was founded in 1891 and sits just ten miles outside of London. The Club has an illustrious history. In 1896 J H Taylor, Wille Park and James Braid, along with other professionals played there. In 1902 Bernard Darwin hit his first rubber core ball of the first tee and in 1903 Harry Vardon won a professional tournament at The Richmond Club. Today, The Club claims His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Duke of York as its Club Patron.
In 1940 during the War when bombs were being dropped on London, the members, determined not to let a little inconvenience like the War get in the way of their golf established these “Temporary Rulesâ€:
1. Players are asked to collect Bomb and Shrapnel splinters to save these causing damage to the mowing machines.
2. In competitions, during gunfire, or while bombs are falling, players may take cover without penalty for ceasing play.
3. The positions of known delayed-action bombs are marked by red flags placed at reasonably, but not guaranteed safe distance therefrom.
4. Shrapnel/and/or bomb splinters on the Fairways, or in Bunkers within a club’s length of a ball may be moved without penalty, and no penalty shall be incurred if a ball is thereby caused to move accidentally.
5. A ball moved by enemy action may be replaced, or if lost or destroyed, a ball may be dropped not nearer the hole without penalty.
6. A ball lying in a crater may be lifted and dropped not nearer the hole, preserving the line to the hole without penalty.
7. A player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place. Penalty, one stroke.
That my friends is dedication to the gam