Yahoo Sports reports: Padraig Harrington has suggested that the worst rule change that has ever been made in golf concerns how long players have to find their ball. While amateur golfers usually have a good idea of whether they are going to be able to find their ball after a wayward tee shot, everyone knows the feeling of being left completely baffled by the disappearance of a golf ball that seems to have barely missed the fairway.
sports | sports | Yahoo Sports | June 15, 2026 10:30 PM
Padraig Harrington criticises the worst rule change that’s ever been made in golf, ’there is zero logic’
Padraig Harrington has suggested that the worst rule change that has ever been made in golf concerns how long players have to find their ball. While amateur golfers usually have a good idea of whether they are going to be able to find their ball after a wayward tee shot, everyone knows the feeling of being left completely baffled by the disappearance of a golf ball that seems to have barely missed the fairway.
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