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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Gordon, You’ve never been close enough to tap in. :) Fritz Au Contraire. But it is usually after the second putt. — Olympia Washington http://www.halcyon.com/gordon Key fingerprint = BD B5 D6 83 01 64 9C 1A EB 3D BD 29 09 7B EA FD
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Gordon, You’ve never been close enough to tap in. :) Fritz
Au Contraire. But it is usually after the second putt. — Olympia Washington http://www.halcyon.com/gordon Key fingerprint = BD B5 D6 83 01 64 9C 1A EB 3D BD 29 09 7B EA FD
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was playing golf the other day with my dad and chipped on the green then just went ahead and finished out with the sand wedge. He said that using irons on the green was illegal. What is the rule on that? We were just there having fun the other day so it didn’t matter, but I would like to know the actual rule. Thanks, Josiah There is no rule that dictates what club you can or can’t use in any situation. You can use a putter off the tee if you wish. It is also legal for you to chip while actually on the green, for example if the green is an odd shape and there is no direct putter line from your ball to the hole. But just because it is legal doesn’t mean the grounds keeper won’t pound you into an unrecognizable pulp for taking divots out of the green. Some courses have local rules to avoid damage to the greens and murder charges for the grounds keepers. I have tapped in with a wedge instead of going to get my putter after chipping on. — Olympia Washington http://www.halcyon.com/gordon Key fingerprint = BD B5 D6 83 01 64 9C 1A EB 3D BD 29 09 7B EA FD
Gordon, You’ve never been close enough to tap in. :) Fritz
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I was told by a caddie at St. Andrews Old Course to use my wedge on the Road Hole. My ball was on the lower level with the bunker between me and flag. I took a small divot (2") and we replaced it. He said if the Pro’s can, so can I. Of course, there are very few courses where this is
required. Wonderful! Of course, the Old Course was around in the days when the first shot on the next hole had to be taken within 6ft of the hole, so I’m sure it has seen worse. I think that I’d still think twice about a 60 yard chip from a green, rather than a 60 yard put (sunk one once). Mike
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Absolutely not illegal. I play tournament golf all the time and have used a sandwedge to putt with on any number of occasions, especially for tap-ins after using it to chip. I was playing golf the other day with my dad and chipped on the green then just went ahead and finished out with the sand wedge. He said that using irons on the green was illegal. What is the rule on that? We were just there having fun the other day so it didn’t matter, but I would like to know the actual rule. Thanks, Josiah
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Absolutely not illegal. I play tournament golf all the time and have used a sandwedge to putt with on any number of occasions, especially for tap-ins after using it to chip. I was playing golf the other day with my dad and chipped on the green then just went ahead and finished out with the sand wedge. He said that using irons on the green was illegal. What is the rule on that? We were just there having fun the other day so it didn’t matter, but I would like to know the actual rule. Thanks, Josiah
Rather than there being a specific Rule that says you may, it is more the fact that there is no Rule to say you may not. You MAY use ANY club you wish, anywhere on the course (barring any Local Rules that may specify differently) where a stroke may be played. Incidentally, if the ball lies on a green OTHER than the green of the hole being played, you MUST take a free drop off the green. The only time in the Rules that relief MUST be taken. Ie you MAY NOT chip/putt off an adjoining green onto the one you are playing; although in the case of ‘double greens’ (as per St Andrews), even if your ball is lying on the green 50 yards from ‘your’ flag and only 6 inches from the ‘other’ one, you are adjudged to be on your own green. SteveR
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I was playing golf the other day with my dad and chipped on the green then just went ahead and finished out with the sand wedge. He said that using irons on the green was illegal. What is the rule on that? We were just there having fun the other day so it didn’t matter, but I would like to know the actual rule. Thanks, Josiah There is no rule that dictates what club you can or can’t use in any situation. You can use a putter off the tee if you wish. It is also legal for you to chip while actually on the green, for example if the green is an odd shape and there is no direct putter line from your ball to the hole.
But just because it is legal doesn’t mean the grounds keeper won’t pound you into an unrecognizable pulp for taking divots out of the green. Some courses have local rules to avoid damage to the greens and murder charges for the grounds keepers. I have tapped in with a wedge instead of going to get my putter after chipping on. — Olympia Washington http://www.halcyon.com/gordon Key fingerprint = BD B5 D6 83 01 64 9C 1A EB 3D BD 29 09 7B EA FD
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It is also legal for you to chip while actually on the green, for example if the green is an odd shape and there is no direct putter line from your ball to the hole.
But make sure no-one notices you replacing the divot….<G Seriously, it is legal, but the only time you are likely to see it happening on TV is after someone has broken their putter in anger. Mike
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: It is also : legal for you to chip while actually on the green, for example if the : green is an odd shape and there is no direct putter line from your ball : to the hole. : But make sure no-one notices you replacing the divot….<G : Seriously, it is legal, but the only time you are likely to see it happening : on TV is after someone has broken their putter in anger. Mike, I was told by a caddie at St. Andrews Old Course to use my wedge on the Road Hole. My ball was on the lower level with the bunker between me and flag. I took a small divot (2") and we replaced it. He said if the Pro’s can, so can I. Of course, there are very few courses where this is required. 
Good Putting! (or Wedging!) Mark — Mark Koenig, Technical Consulting || These views are my own.
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I was playing golf the other day with my dad and chipped on the green then just went ahead and finished out with the sand wedge. He said that using irons on the green was illegal. What is the rule on that? We were just there having fun the other day so it didn’t matter, but I would like to know the actual rule. Thanks, Josiah
There is no rule that dictates what club you can or can’t use in any situation. You can use a putter off the tee if you wish. It is also legal for you to chip while actually on the green, for example if the green is an odd shape and there is no direct putter line from your ball to the hole.
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Don’t believe everything daddy tells you, hey…. Cliff – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was playing golf the other day with my dad and chipped on the green then just went ahead and finished out with the sand wedge. He said that using irons on the green was illegal. What is the rule on that? We were just there having fun the other day so it didn’t matter, but I would like to know the actual rule. Thanks, Josiah
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I was playing golf the other day with my dad and chipped on the green then just went ahead and finished out with the sand wedge. He said that using irons on the green was illegal. What is the rule on that? We were just there having fun the other day so it didn’t matter, but I would like to know the actual rule. Thanks, Josiah