If your ball lands such that you are not able to stand on playable ground--such as if your stance would be on a cart path or sprinkler head--you may move your ball one club length from the spot where it lies, but not closer to the hole. When I’m playing well, I don’t even take aim. Bill and Nick, both of equal ability, decide to have a round together and “play it as it lays” on all shots. But Nick slices his over the trees and it ends up on the cart path of the adjoining hole. Some days, that’s enough. Right here. Nick drives back to the green. I probably pegged this as a Tuesday. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. J.D. This rule prohibits improving the lie, the area intended for making a swing, the line of play or the area in which the ball is to be dropped or placed. Chi received her Bachelor of Arts in professional writing from Carnegie Mellon University and is working toward a master's degree in journalism. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You have entered an incorrect email address!  left a review //-->. google_ad_slot = "0932698054"; My only substitute was SPAMALOT, which they felt was already a sort-of pun. 13 is referred to as "Ball Played As It Lies." The Official "Play It As It Lies" Golf Rule, How Fans Report Penalties on the PGA Tour. Bill and Nick, both of equal ability, decide to have a round together and “play it as it lays” on all shots. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. For more advanced solvers, yes, it’s Monday and it might not offer much of a challenge, but it flows well and puts a smile on our faces. This includes "moving, bending or breaking anything growing or fixed," moving or pressing down the surface on which the ball lies, making or removing "irregularities" on the playing surface, or moving any form of water (including dew or frost). In addition, after taking a stroke in a hazard, a player may "smooth the sand or soil in the hazard" even if the ball is still in the hazard, as long as the lie of the ball is not improved. Alan Cumming’s Tony Award-winning performance, subscribers can take a peek at the answer key. Anyway, they then decided that CARDAMOM was OK after all, and accepted the puzzle as is. What club did you use” Nick responds, “Your five iron.”. For example, at 18A, the answer to the clue “Support the pasture entrance?” is PROPAGATE, which should be read as “prop a gate.” Similarly, at 24A, the answer to “Check someone’s parent to make sure she’s of drinking age?” is CARDAMOM, or “card a mom.”. “Guess I get a free drop from the cart path,” he says. Those long clues at 53- and 62-Down were Will’s. 31A. The exception reads: "in making a stroke or the backward movement of (the) club for a stroke," as long as the stroke is made. Both hit their tee shots on the par-5 No.1 hole down the middle and about 260. In addition, if the ball falls off the tee at or before address, you may re-tee without penalty. Ms. Lempel repurposes words as wacky phrases with the “verb a noun” format. The game does not allow for a ball to be moved to a more favorable position. Hinako Shibuno of Japan watched her putt on the 10th hole during the final round of the L.P.G.A. If your ball lands in a hazard, and you touch the ground or water while trying to prevent a fall or while removing an obstruction, there is no penalty as long as you do not change the lie of the ball. Almost finished solving but need a bit more help? Even if you are a new solver, there are always plenty of entries in her puzzles that could be gimmes. A golfer must play his ball from wherever it landed on the previous drive. They drive up for the second shot, and the Bill hits his shot down the middle for an easy approach. The Official "Play It As It Lies" Golf Rule. She has covered major golf tournaments and the NFL as well as travel and health topics. The Rules of Golf forbid improving the situation in which a golf ball has come to rest. Hinako Shibuno of Japan watched her putt on the 10th hole during the final round of the L.P.G.A. But when I watched “Cabaret” as a child, I was primarily enchanted by Ms. Minneli’s performance and by Bob Fosse’s choreography. Play it as it lays.” So Nick drives Bill up to his ball in front of the green, drops him off and drives over to his ball on the cart path. “Play It as It Lays” is a 1970 novel by the author JOAN Didion. Warning: There be spoilers ahead, but subscribers can take a peek at the answer key. Hi, kids! Chi is a professional journalist who has covered sports for more than 20 years at newspapers all over the United States. Both hit their tee shots on the par-5 No.1 hole down the middle and about 260. Play It as It Lays Lynn Lempel gives us a giggle. Pun-a-rama! This rule prohibits improving the lie, the area intended for making a swing, the line of play or the area in which the ball is to be dropped or placed. Golf. MONDAY PUZZLE — It is always nice to start your solving week with an easy-on-the-head puzzle by Lynn Lempel. Laugh. If you inadvertently move your ball while making your stroke or on your backswing, this is not considered improving your lie. In general, a golf ball should be played where it lands without any change to the overall situation. For example, you may place the ball on a tee anywhere on the tee box and you may remove weeds, press down the grass around the tee or wipe away loose impediments. The golfer is expected to deal with the situation as it is without adjustments. You may also repair the green in the line of your putt or remove any sand, dirt or other loose impediment. And interestingly, it was that seed entry that Will and company questioned after I submitted the puzzle this past November, saying the pronunciation was a bit off with the slight change to a “schwa” sound in the last syllable. On the putting green, you may mark your ball and replace it at the spot where it landed. They drive up for the second shot, and the Bill hits his shot down the middle for an easy approach. Bill says, “Great shot back there! The only other one I remember is MANATEE. Cambia Portland Classic golf tournament in Portland, Ore. on Sept. 20. “Oh no,” says Bill, “We agreed. 13 is referred to as "Ball Played As It Lies." "Play it as it lays" essentially means take what you get and figure it out and to make the best of it so that you can move forward. Bill watches in amusement as sparks shower down from the practice swings of his opponent, then, in amazement as a perfectly struck shot lands on the green and roles to within 3 ft. of the pin. Besides the exceptions built into the rule, relief also may be granted by officials on a case-by-case basis. Whenever I would come across the word “cardamom,” I saw it in my head as “card a mom.” And since I’m always on the lookout for puzzle themes, it eventually dawned on me to look for other examples of words with an “a” in the middle that could be similarly reparsed. google_ad_width = 300;