Stymie
This refers to an object that is in the way of a golfers shot and lies between the golfer?s ball and the green i.e. a tree.
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Stymie
To block another player's putting path to the hole with one's own ball. Now an anachronism since the rules permit marking the spot of the ball on the green, thus allowing the other player to putt into the hole.
Stymie
When an opponent's ball is in the line of the other player's putt Since the ball may now be lifted the term is used these days to refer to a tree or object in the way of a shot
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stymie-- An old term where an opponent's ball was in another player's putting line. A term used to describe when a player's ball is positioned behind a tree, bush or some other object thereby blocking the player's preferred shot.
Stymie: A situation, commonly on a putting green, in which one player's ball is directly in the line of another's.
stymie Where your ball is in the path or line of your opponents. It could also mean that an object such as a tree is in your way.
summer rules Official rules of golf as dictated by the governing association (USGA).
Stymie
When an opponent's ball is in the line of the other player's putt blocking his opponent from making his putt in the hole. Since the ball may now be lifted, the term is used these days to refer to a tree or object in the way of a shot.
Stymie: Ball obstructing your route to the hole - now obsolete.
Sudden-Death: Form of playoff whereby the first player to win a hole wins the match.
Superintendent: Person responsible for the upkeep of the course.
Stymie: A golf feature and rule which was abolished in 1952. If an opponent's ball obstructed a player's line to the hole, it could only be marked if it lay within six inches of the hole.
Stymie
When an object such as a tree lies between a player's ball and the green.
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Stymie - Situation in which one players' ball blocked another player's ball route to the hole.
The stymied player was required o play over the top of the offending ball.
The stymie was outlawed in 1951 by the USGA and the R & A..
Stymie
Originally, the situation in match play in which an opponent's ball lies in the line of a player's putt.
stymie
Refers to a ball or other object lying directly in the path of a player's ball, obstructing a shot. When the obstruction is another player's ball, the obstructing ball's position may be marked and then removed to allow a normal shot.
stymie 1. term referring to another player's ball (usually on the putting green) blocking one's path to the hole -- obsolete since the practice of marking the ball on the green 2.
It concerned the 'Stymie', which allowed an opponent to position their ball between your ball and the hole.
Have you ever watched a tour player when they’re stymied behind a tree, and their only shot is to hit a big hook around the tree to draw the ball back to the green? Watch them closely next time.
Stymie - ball lying directly in line of putt of another.
Swing - the entire action taken when hitting the ball.
Tee - peg used to raise the ball above the surface of the teeing ground.
It is not my purpose to enter into more detailed shots with this club, such as "lofting a stymie" or "cut strokes," or any similar shots, ...
continue to differ over the size of the golf ball, all other conflicts are resolved in this momentous conference. The center-shafted putter is legalized world-wide. The out-of-bounds penalty is standardized at stroke-and-distance, and the stymie is ...
Stymie - An old term used when an opponent's ball is in the line of the other player's putt. The term is used these days to refer to a tree or object in the path of an intended shot.
Stymied - Any form of obstruction between the ball and the hole
Swing - The motion of playing a stroke
Takeaway - The start of the backswing
Tee - A peg which is inserted into the ground and on which the ball rests ...
 See also: Golf, Stroke, Hole, Shot, Bunker
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