**DP World Tour Pro Calls for R&A Rule Change After Tough Break—Is Golf’s Classic Debate Heating Up Again?**
If you’re a golfer, it’s certainly happened to you at some point. You hit a perfect drive only to find that your golf ball has settled in a divot. It’s a real “Screw you,” from the Golf Gods. They can be real sick puppies. Of course, unless you reguarly play with total psychopaths, you’ll probably…
If you’re a golfer, it’s certainly happened to you at some point. You hit a perfect drive only to find that your golf ball has settled in a divot. It’s a real “Screw you,” from the Golf Gods. They can be real sick puppies.
Of course, unless you reguarly play with total psychopaths, you’ll probably be allowed to roll your ball out of that hole. But if you’re playing in an actual tournament, that’s not an option. Enter Pablo Larrazabal.
The 41-year-old Spaniard was in the midst of a solid opening 71 at the BMW PGA Championship when he was the latest victim of this classic on-course bad break. Still ticked after his round, he went as far as to tweet at one of golf’s main governing bodies, the R&A, to change the rule.
Hey, you gotta shoot your shot. That being said, we’re pretty sure that Pablo’s plea won’t change this rule that has been a frequent topic of discussion among the R&A and USGA (and here’s why).
But it did reignite the debate on Golf Twitter. Among the nearly 100 replies, it was a pretty even mix of people agreeing with Larrazabal:
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Anyway, we feel your pain, Pablo. Well, not really, because we’re not world-class tournament golfers who actually have to follow this rule, but you get the point.
