Preferred lie
Where a golfer can move his/her ball in a specific way without penalty.
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Preferred lie
local rules which allow a player to improve his lie in a specific manner without penalty
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preferred lie-- Local rules regarding how a golfer may improve/alter his/her lie without incurring penalty strokes.
professional-- A golfer who plays for money and/or plays golf on the professional tour.
Preferred Lie
Play in which a golfer may move his ball to the nearest point of relief not nearer the hole.
preferred lie A rule which permits a player to improve his or her balls lie without penalty.
professional A player who makes a career by playing and/or teaching golf.
Preferred Lie - Usually a winter rule to preserve the fairway whereby the player is allowed to select a lie within close limits.
Preferred Lie - Only in effect when posted by the Pro Shop. 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, ...
Preferred Lies: Temporary rule that allows you to move the ball to a more favorable position because of wet conditions.
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Preferred Lies: A local rule that may be adopted in the event of adverse conditions that are so general throughout a course that improving the lie of the ball in a specified way would promote fair play or help protect the course.
PREFERRED LIE
A relaxation of the rules under poor conditions which allows the golfer to move his ball on the fairway; also called winter rules.
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preferred lie
A "temporary preferred lie" local rule can be instigated allowing the movement of a ball by up to six inches from specific areas of the course, e.g. on fairways during winter play.
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Preferred Lies : A local rule under which a player can improve his lie without penalty. Example: The course was still so wet from the spring thaw that we had to play preferred lies for the Men's opening tournament.
Preferred Lie
Under local rules, a manner in which a player is allowed to improve his lie without incurring a penalty.
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PREFERRED LIE - a lie that may be improved by a player.
PRO SHOP - the golf course shop operated by the golf pro.
(also "improved lies, improving your lie, preferred lies, winter rules, bumping it") altering the ball's position, or the way it rests (lies) on the ground, ...
Preferred lies---rules, when in effect, allow the player to lift, clean, and replace the ball within a few inches from the first lie, no closer to the hole. (Also called winter rules.) ...
- Due to the amount of rain that fell on Glen Abbey earlier this week, the first-round of the RBC Canadian Open was played with preferred lies.
By this I mean, if we a playing summer rules, no preferred lies, the lie will dictate what kind of shot we have to play. If the lie is less than perfect, we need to adjust where we play the golf ball in our stance.
preferred lies: A winter or temporary rule that allows for the ball to be moved to a more favourable place to protect the course.
private club: A members club.
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