Melchett01
27th Apr 2011, 16:55
Apologies if this has been seen before, but more light hearted post in amongst the doom and gloom and following on from Rear Admiral Nicholas Goodhart's Daily Telegraph obituary and the comment of 'they don't make them like that any more'.
Said obituary triggered a memory of something a golfing chum showed me not too long ago which described the 'actions on' at Richmond Golf Club in case of enemy air raid, and outline the 'temporary rules' in 1940 to deal with any such inconveniences should they be encountered during play, and which I'm sure RAdm Goodhart would have approved of:
1. Players are asked to collect Bomb and Shrapnel splinters to save these causing damage to the mowing machines.
2. In competitions, during gunfire, or while bombs are falling, players may take cover without penalty for ceasing play.
3. The positions of known delayed-action bombs are marked by red flags placed at reasonably, but not guaranteed safe distance therefrom.
4. Shrapnel and or bomb splinters on the fairways, or in bunkers within a club’s 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 not nearer the hole without penalty.
6. A ball lying in a crater may be lifted and dropped not nearer the hole, preserving the line to the hole without penalty.
7. A player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place. Penalty, one stroke.
'Keep Calm and Carry On' indeed!:ok:
Said obituary triggered a memory of something a golfing chum showed me not too long ago which described the 'actions on' at Richmond Golf Club in case of enemy air raid, and outline the 'temporary rules' in 1940 to deal with any such inconveniences should they be encountered during play, and which I'm sure RAdm Goodhart would have approved of:
1. Players are asked to collect Bomb and Shrapnel splinters to save these causing damage to the mowing machines.
2. In competitions, during gunfire, or while bombs are falling, players may take cover without penalty for ceasing play.
3. The positions of known delayed-action bombs are marked by red flags placed at reasonably, but not guaranteed safe distance therefrom.
4. Shrapnel and or bomb splinters on the fairways, or in bunkers within a club’s 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 not nearer the hole without penalty.
6. A ball lying in a crater may be lifted and dropped not nearer the hole, preserving the line to the hole without penalty.
7. A player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place. Penalty, one stroke.
'Keep Calm and Carry On' indeed!:ok: