Q. Last week while playing, my tee shot ended up in a lateral water hazard. I thought I could play it and proceeded to hit the ball out of bounds. My fellow competitor said the only option I now had was to drop a ball stroke and distance in the lateral water hazard from where I had just played from. Was that the only thing I could have done? I ended up taking a 10 on the hole because of having to drop back into the hazard. — Jenna Williams
Golf
Coaches almost never go into competition thinking about anything less than winning.
After a steady and impressive rise in his first three years on the PGA Tour, Nick Watney stepped back a bit last season.
Last week I had the pleasure of working the UNLV Collegiate Invitational at Southern Highlands Golf Club and experienced several interesting rules situations.
There are times when golfers seek out a daunting challenge that will test their focus and stretch the limits of their capabilities. On these days, they look for a course that offers little margin of error, where every shot holds the potential for disaster. Then again, there are times when a relaxing weekend round at the country club is preferable.
Chances are you have spent hundreds of dollars on videos, books, range balls and the most recent technology in golf equipment — and have tried numerous gadgets and gimmicks — with little or no success. Chances are you have not improved.
Back in 2004, everything was coming together for Chris Riley, in all facets of his life.
This is for all you local golfers who have been e-mailing me about a golf ruling that you read about. You are all getting very smart on your rules knowledge and knew something was wrong right away.
It is the dawn of spring in Southern Nevada, the time of year when golfers begin retrieving golf bags from the recesses of the garage and taking practice cuts with invisible clubs to the amusement of their co-workers.