If you think you have it tough at times, think about this:
Things were a little difficult in war torn England during the blitz of 1940. Perhaps a copy of the temporary rules at the Richmond Golf Club will tell you how things really were in England in 1940.
1. Players are asked to collect bomb and shrapnel splinters to save these causing damage to mowing machines.
2. In competitions during gunfire or while bombs are falling, players may take cover without penalty of slow play.
3. The known positions of delayed action bombs are marked by red flags at reasonable but not guaranteed, safe distance therefrom.
4. Shrapnel or bomb splinters on the fairways or in bunkers within a club length of a ball, may be moved without penalty and no penalty shall be incurred if a ball is thereby caused to move accidentally.
5. A ball moved by enemy action may be replaced or if lost or destroyed, a ball may be dropped no nearer the hole without penalty.
6. A ball lying in a bomb crater may be lifted and dropped no nearer the hole, preserving the line to the hole, without penalty.
A player whose stroke is affected by a simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place. Penalty one stroke.
Have a good round.
My therapist said I had a problem expressing my emotion….can’t say I’m surprised.