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“RULES THAT NEED CHANGING OR, AT LEAST, MODIFYING.”

Golf may be the greatest game, but if you’re like most people I know, you don’t think it’s quite perfect.

I’m talking about some of the rules, of course, a subject that got me thinking when Jordan Spieth was disqualified from the recent Genesis Invitational when he signed for the wrong score on one hole. So, for what it’s worth, I thought I’d run through the rules that need changing or, at least, modifying.

SIGNING FOR THE WRONG SCORE

I’m talking here about professional tournament golf. One of the modern arguments for change is that we have scorers following us on every hole, recording every shot. Then there are the guys with the lasers and such who can tell us where and how we hit every shot. So why should the players

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