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Pros play on immaculate golf courses manicured to perfection. They rarely have to take a stroke for a lost ball, with helpers out in the ruff finding it for them. Sometimes even putting up little red flags. oh did I mention crowd line blockade, TV cameras. When were out on them 85-95 degree days sweat dripping down in our eyes, and when we turn to reach for a towel theirs no one there to hand you one. Pros putt on greens that are perfection. Most greens we putt on dribbles to hole. Oh and have you notice how flat it is around the cup for the pros. perfectly flat. Around the cups on the many courses I play, it looks similar to a volcano, a 1 foot putt is definitely no given. So my thought is we should have rules for us amateurs. We should have the same conditions the pros have. No penalty for lost ball in rough, always a good lie in fairway. And if sweat drips in your eye and blinds you, and you miss hit, hit another no swing. Take your foot and flatten out that volcano around the cup. Oh and we rarely hit the driving range before a round, So the round don't officially start till a nice drive off the first tee. So go out there and play like the pros do. enjoy the game.