There aren’t many extra irritating methods to start out a spherical than to find that you simply’ve obtained too many golf equipment in your bag.
The foundations state {that a} participant should not have greater than 14 golf equipment of their bag at any level within the spherical which is why Joel Dahmen was hit with a four-shot penalty on the Shriners Kids’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.
The American seen his mistake on his fourth gap and he was duly slapped with the penalty which carries a most of 4 photographs – Dahmen due to this fact had so as to add two photographs on his first and second holes as a consequence of there being an additional 4-iron in there.
“Bizarro, by no means occurred to me earlier than. I journey with 15, 16 golf equipment. I believe most individuals out right here do relying on situations and programs. , been touring out right here for a very long time and by no means occurred earlier than,” defined Dahmen who opened with a five-over 76 to sit down one off the underside spot.
“I’d wish to blame (caddie) Geno (Bonnalie). That will be the straightforward factor to do. It’s not his fault both. I performed Tuesday and Wednesday out right here. We didn’t see it in there. It was an additional 4-iron, so I had two 4-irons within the bag.
“I don’t know the way it obtained there. It sucks. We obtained to 4 tee and I grabbed a water and I walked over to my bag and I noticed a 4-iron that was within the fallacious spot and our stuff is at all times in the best spot. It wasn’t in the best spot.
“You simply need to get so mad and also you need to get mad at the whole lot. On the identical time, simply obtained to maintain enjoying golf, and I didn’t do an excellent job of that afterwards. It’s powerful to refocus.
“Shot one over if you happen to take the penalties away, which isn’t superb out right here. Irritating, disappointing, however if you happen to play golf lengthy sufficient bizarre stuff will occur out right here.”
The 36-year-old is 124th on the FedEx Cup standings and is trying to enhance his standing on the PGA Tour in 2025.
14-club rule and its origins
Rule 4.1b states ‘The participant will get the overall penalty (two penalty strokes) for every gap the place a breach occurred, with a most of 4 penalty strokes within the spherical (including two penalty strokes at every of the primary two holes the place a breach occurred.’
Curiously if a participant begins a spherical with fewer than 14 golf equipment, they could add golf equipment through the spherical as much as the restrict.
The 14-club rule was launched in 1938 and is in place for quite a lot of causes. It’s there to make a participant determine upon which golf equipment will go well with a sure course and to encourage some degree of shotmaking quite than to have an ideal membership for each yardage.
Earlier than the 1938 minimize off gamers would carry as many as 20 golf equipment to cowl each conceivable shot. Metal-shafted golf equipment had been introduced in and gamers would convey each their metal and hickory-shafted golf equipment to tournaments which meant the caddie must carry the lot.
Scottish clubmaker George Nicoll was the primary to create an identical set of steel-shafted golf equipment and and he would quantity them from one to 9 so, while you add in a putter and 4 wood golf equipment, 14 was deemed the best quantity.
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