These final 12 golf rules #13-24 will never show up in an official USGA rule book, but you can be sure the golf gods follow them closely, and you should too! (Click here for rules # 1-12) ~ again, with apologies to the USGA.
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12 More Golf Rules You’ll Never Find In The Rule Books
- LAW 13: If it isn’t broke, try changing your grip.
- LAW 14: It’s surprisingly easy to hole a 50-foot putt when you’re lying 8.
- LAW 15: Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.
- LAW 16: Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.
- LAW 17: It’s not a gimme if you’re still 4 feet away.
- LAW 18: The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.
- LAW 19: You can hit a 2-acre fairway 10% of the time, and a 2-inch branch 90% of the time.
- LAW 20: Every Time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make a double or triple bogey to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe.
- LAW 21: If you want to hit a 7-iron as far as Tiger Woods does, simply try to use it to lay up just short of a water hazard.
- LAW 22: There are two things you can learn by stopping your back swing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.
- LAW 23: A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.
- LAW 24: Don’t buy a putter until you’ve had a chance to throw it .
