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Fourputt; Can I assume you accept that all Sentors and Congressman know what they are talking about too? You are willing to accept that the usga knows more than you do, so it's only "fair" to assume you think all politicians know more than you do.

I on the other hand, think most politicians are more interested in what will put the most money in their own pocket than what's best for the people of this country. Have any of you ever noticed that most all, if not all politicians leave office with a lot more money in their bank accounts than they had when they took office? I sure have noticed it, and it's been going for for as long as I can remember.

As for not touching my ball before I get to the green, were it's legal to do so, I'm pretty sure I could move the ball a few inches to the side of a divot without touching it with my hands. Again, it's common sense, not just the OLD rules of golf. As someone else mentioned, if you want to play by the old rules, why are you using steel and graphite shafts in you clubs and not wooden shafts? Truth is, someone decided steel shafts was an improvement for the game of golf. Truth is, some of us on the site, believe moving a ball out of the divot in the fairway, would also be an improvement for the game of golf. You and others can make all the same old arguement for keeping things the same, but I'm not going to change my mind on this, and neither will the others that agree with me.