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sop

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3. Some people are saying it was a legal "drop," to take relief from a hazard (an unplayable lie).

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:40 PM

Jul 2025

Last edited Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:05 PM - Edit history (1)

USGA rule on "dropping" (Scottish rules are pretty much the same): "When taking relief, whether with penalty or without, you must drop a ball. The ball must be dropped straight down from knee height, must be dropped by you (or your partner), must first strike the ground within your relief area or on the line when taking back-on-the-line relief, and must remain within the relief area. Your caddie is not allowed to drop your ball."

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/topics/dropping.html

Ohviously, the guy (a caddie?) who "dropped" Trump's ball wasn't following the rules, he was cheating to help his player.

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Cheating at golf in Scotland [View all] struggle4progress Jul 2025 OP

The Scottish member of Parliament said "Sometimes, what a bully needs, is to be stood up to". Amen, brother, amen. FadedMullet Jul 2025 #1

how much did he pay the caddie? pansypoo53219 Jul 2025 #2

most likely 0. AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #9

I'm wondering if the caddies are Scottish? FakeNoose Jul 2025 #10

I think that caddie was his diaper boy Kashyap Pramod Patel Blue Owl Jul 2025 #15

Some people are saying it was a legal "drop," to take relief from a hazard (an unplayable lie). sop Jul 2025 #3

Caddies can't drop for the player. Kingofalldems Jul 2025 #4

You can clearly see him sneakily flipping the ball backwards as he walks past the spot. sop Jul 2025 #6

I bet he had to sign an NDA. Kingofalldems Jul 2025 #8

No matter what the argument, young_at_heart Jul 2025 #5

He probably thought "Goldfinger" was an instructional film. Harker Jul 2025 #7

And this is the asshole 77 million racist scum trust with nuclear bombs Submariner Jul 2025 #11

I'm certain that Trump took the mandated one stroke penalty for that drop. Gimpyknee Jul 2025 #12

Krasnov cheats at everything, marriage, taxes, contracts, treaties etc. MLWR Jul 2025 #13

This fucker is such a colossal LOSER who in their right mind supports him? Blue Owl Jul 2025 #14

trump cheats at everything LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2025 #16

"When you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything." Heidi Jul 2025 #17

It really seems like doing this should trigger an ancestral curse of some kind 0rganism Jul 2025 #18

Damn low, even for a repube BoRaGard Jul 2025 #19

Trump whined that the Secret Service made it harder for him to cheat at golf: report LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2025 #20