There are several instances in the Rules of Golf when measuring using club lengths comes into play, most notably in taking relief from an obstruction or dropping a ball (you know, "drop two club lengths from ...).
Club Length: Distance from the end of the grip to the bottom of the clubhead.
Collar: Is similar to the strip of grass which runs around the green and which is usually longer in length than the grass on the putting surface. Also see Apron.
Club length measuring device, generally placed on a bench, that takes into account the lie of a club when measuring its length. A very accurate way to measure club length.
Tubing (Shaft) Cutter ...
Relief of 1 club length no nearer the hole
Chris Hinton HP for Vintage Hills came to assess the situation. Chris corrected both Eugene and another spectator on the proper ruling.
Course owners reserve the right to restrict club length to avoid damage to the hole.
Object of the game is to take as many strokes as necessary until the owner is satisfied play is complete.
Ball must be teed off within the markers and no more than two club lengths behind them.
temporary green A green used in the winter to save the permanent green.
Each player will typically place the ball within one club length of the original shot. Continue in this manner until the ball is holed. The ball must be kept in the same condition for each shot.
Of course, as the first golf tees were within a 'circle' of one club length round the hole, this would make sense. Thus, for example the ninth hole of a course is played from the ninth tee to the ninth green, and similarly for the other holes.
d) Drop another ball within two club lengths in front of the pond (between the pond and the green), and take a one stroke penalty.
e) Hit another ball from the same spot, with no penalty.
7) THE PITCHING WEDGE TYPICALLY HAS WHAT DEGREE OF FACE ANGLE?
b) Drop a ball within one club length, no nearer the hole, adding 1 stroke for either option (a) or (b).
c) Drop a ball as near as possible to the spot from where the original ball was played, adding one stroke plus distance
4. Dropping a ball ...
Club length, lie, grip size and shaft flex are all customized to your particular swing and body characteristics. You’ll end up with the perfect clubs for you. Off-the-rack clubs just can’t give you this kind of customization.
The player whose ball was chosen has the first shot and then each remaining player drops their ball within one club length of the spot, but no nearer the hole, and plays their next shot in the order originally decided by the captain.
There are many different variables in club fitting (swing weight, club length, grip size, grip material, shaft flex, shaft material, loft and lie angles, club head style, club head material, and more).
Static Fitting: Method used to evaluate shaft, club length and lie angle by asking relevant questions. Useful but not ideal and subject to the accuracy of the data supplied by the golfer.
Stick: The pin in the hole.
1. When driving from the tee you must tee up between the markers and not more than two club lengths behind the markers never in front
2. If the ball falls off the tee before you take a forward swing you may replace it without penalty ...
Alternatively, drop within two club lengths, no nearer the hole, or any distance behind the unplayable spot, keeping it between you and the hole. If the ball is in a bunker, you must drop in the bunker, under either of the alternative options.
Tee your ball between the tee-markers and a little behind them. You may tee your ball as far as two club lengths behind the markers.
If your ball accidentally falls off the tee, you may replace it without penalty.
A shafting concept in which all of the shafts in an iron set weigh the same, irrespective of club length. The idea is to promote consistent feel through this concept.
Cubic Centimetres (CC) ...
Unplayable lie---a situation where the player has determined that his/her ball cannot be played and opts to take a penalty stroke to move it within two club lengths no closer to the hole.
The area in which you must tee off your ball. Ball must be teed off within the markers and no more than two club lengths behind them.
temporary green
A green used in the winter to save the permanent green.
ground under repair (GUR) A marked area (usually by paint, chalk, or roping) on the course from which a player may move her ball one club length without penalty, prior to playing her next shot.
The teeing ground for a particular set of tees is two club lengths in depth. The ball must be teed between the markers, called tees, that define the teeing ground's width, and no further back than its depth.
You can test out different types of clubs, determine which club length is best for you, get to know the different types of grips available and learn the difference between graphite and steel shafts.
Boundary on the tee behind which a drive must be made. The ball must be placed onto the tee within two club lengths of the tee marker.
Tee Time
Scheduled start time.
The easist way to deal with this problem is to mark the nearest point of relief with a tee peg. Measure 1 club length. Mark that position with a tee peg.
If you happen to play your golf at the Glen Canyon Club in Arizona for instance you can take advantage of the specially adapted local rule that states: 'If your ball lands within a club length of a rattlesnake you are allowed to move your ball.' ...
Blocks : The blocks/markers used to indicate the tee area from which the first shot is taken on any hole. Example: The rules allow you to tee your ball up within two club lengths of the tee blocks, but not ahead of them.
Local rules which allows a player to improve their lie by being able to lift, clean and place their ball within one (1) club length, not nearer the hole from where the ball originally lay without penalty.
"They have the best quality control specs in the industry," Lawton says. "They use a dynamic fitting system that monitors ball flight, lie angle, shaft flex and club length." ...
If a stroke is taken with the golf ball teed in front of the straight line between the markers, it is a one stroke penalty and loss of that stroke. The golfer must re-tee the golf ball between the markers or up to two club lengths straight behind ...
or (3) drop a ball within two club lengths of and not nearer the hole than (i) where he ball last crossed the margin of the hazard or (ii) a point on the opposite margin of the hazard equidistant from the hole. See USGA Rule 26-1.
player, who will hold the ball at shoulder height, extending his/her arm fully before dropping the ball. This is permitted on the condition that the ball is dropped as close as possible to its original location (usually no more than a club length) ...
Of course, golfers are different and the results may vary, but if all golfers could swing exactly the same from one swing to another with the only exception being the club length, the math says that the increase of one inch would be just 0.
Yips - a nervous condition of twitching in the hands and wrists. It plagues golfers particularly on putting greens.
Ball hit in water - stroke penalty, play from 2 club lengths where the ball went in.
A rectangular area two club lengths in depth with its outside limit defined by two markers
Texas wedge - A shot played from off the green with a putter ...
 See also: Golf, Hole, Shot, Swing, Hit
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