Jim Coomer is a very good friend to us as well as being a previous client on no less than 6 occasions.  Last year he had a wonderful book published called " (Possibly) The Best (Golf) Vacation Ever " which tells the story of a visit he made to Scotland with his wife Jane. 

The book is an entertaining and useful read for anyone contemplating travelling to Scotland to play golf.  Jim is in the process of writing a second book about his experience of playing golf in Scotland last year.  He spent a month in Scotland staying in a small cottage in Blairgowrie which is owned by Robin and Mary Duncan.  One of the weeks he was joined by his wife Jane and during another of the weeks he was joined by 3 of his friends for a great buddies golf trip.

These new golf rules for seniors were sent to us recently by Mr Jim Coomer.

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Rule 1.a
A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be
lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to
the distance it carried or rolled into the rough
with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized
for tall grass which groundskeepers failed to mow.

Rule 2.d.6 (b)
A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have
hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has
no place in a scientific game. The senior player
must estimate the distance the ball would have
traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the
ball from there.

Rule 3.b.3 (g)
There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The
missing ball is on or near the course and will
eventually be found and pocketed by someone else,
making it a stolen ball. The player is not to
compound the felony by charging himself or herself
with a penalty.
 
Rule 4.c.7 (h)
If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is
deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity
supersedes the Rules of Golf.
 
Rule 5.
Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they
could be blown in, may be blown in. This does not
apply to balls more than three inches from the hole.
No one wants to make a travesty of the game.

Rule 6.a.9 (k)
There is no penalty for so-called "out of bounds."
If penny-pinching golf course owners bought
sufficient land, this would not occur. The senior
golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty.

Rule 7.g.15 (z)
There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as
golf balls should float. Senior golfers should not
be penalized for manufacturers' shortcomings.

Rule 8.k.9(s)
Advertisements claim that golf scores can be
improved by purchasing new golf equipment. Since
this is financially impracticable for many senior
golfers, one-half stroke per hole may be subtracted
for using old equipment.

Please advise all your senior friends of these
important rule changes.

For all fans of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code

Rosslyn Chapel exists and is just a few miles outside Edinburgh and was founded in 1446. We can arrange a visit to the Chapel as part of your next trip to Scotland.

For those of you who haven’t read this intriguing book do it now and then you’ll know what I’m on about !

Fiona Craigon