Another rule that probably won’t change is relief from a divot hole. Jack Nicklaus famously said they should be treated as ground under repair, but the organizations felt that players encounter good breaks and bad breaks throughout a round, and this is one of those times when the golf gods...
the rules-makers are "not there yet," Bodenhamer says. They could treat an out-of-bounds situation the same as if you hit into a lateral water hazard, meaning you wouldn't have to return to the previous spot to play your next shot. But the USGA couldn'...