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Video Tutorial: If the Ball is on the Edge of the Hole

Written by  Andrew Wild on Sunday, 19 June 2011
Andrew Wild, the general manager at Sandford Springs Golf Club, explains what to do if you're not sure whether the ball is about to go in or not.




If the ball has stopped right on the edge then the rule is, without undue delay, you must get to the golf ball. You can't just go and have a cup of tea and wait for the ball to go in - you need to go to the ball at a nice pace. Once you reach the ball you have ten seconds. If the ball hasn't dropped in within the ten seconds you must putt out. If you wait until after the ten seconds and the ball did drop in, that would still count as a penalty shot. 

So, get to the ball without undue delay, count to ten, and if the ball hasn't gone in then knock the ball in to save yourself getting a penalty.
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Andrew Wild

Andrew Wild

Andrew manages all aspects of Sandford Springs including Food and Beverage, Golf, Finance and Memberships.

Andrew originally met the Chairman, Paul Gibbons, when he was an assistant Golf Pro at Reading Golf Club 28 years ago.

Interestingly, 15 years later Andrew was giving Paul a series of lessons, during which he mentioned there was a club in Hampshire which was up for sale. After going to visit the club, Mr Gibbons ended up buying Sandford Springs. 

Andrew joined the company a couple of years later and six years on, he became the General Manager at the club they had first discussed all that time ago.

Andrew has a deep passion for the game of golf, which aids his enthusiasm in all his endeavours at Sandford Springs. Aside from playing, he enjoys simply being around the golf club and takes a great interest in looking after his members.

He believes that the atmosphere at Sandford Springs is second to none and finds it such a pleasure to be involved with the club that, in his own words – "Sometimes it doesn't even feel like work".

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