New Local Rule Saves Haggard and Park

Keith to Buddy: " Is there any circumstance that you can think of that would allow a player to pick up their ball in a sand trap or hazard and take a free drop?"

Buddy's reply: "Absolutely not."

Keith to Park: "F-ing cheater!"

Park to Buddy: "What if there is a huge ass fan directly between the ball and the hole?"

Buddy's reply: "Well...that's interesting. If I drove out there for a ruling I suppose that I would have to give you a drop because the fan is not part of the course. If you wanted to you could have it moved to play your shot. I am evoking a local rule here guys. "

Park to Keith: "Blow me Keith."

We had it up to 40 vegas on 17 because we are idiots. Everybody is popping but Haggard who is going to make his usual bogey+. Walker hits his second safely in the middle for an easy two putt net birdie. Keith leaves his second a little short but makes a great pitch to about 3 feet (missed the putt). That leaves my goofy ass. I yanked my second shot in the top of the left trap to an ugly downhill lie. The last time I had hit out of the sand was in the green side bunker on 9. I Beurgler'ed it about 115 yards back down the fairway. Needless to say, I was a little concerned about the shot at hand. However, when I got to my ball the fan was directly between me and the hole. I took relief no closer to the hole. Some might say that my lie was dramatically improved. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't, but I still had a shot to hit. I splashed it to about 8 feet...made the putt...blow me Keith.

Editors note: The ball was dropped in the sand.