One of golf's oldest cheats tricks is to sole a club behind the ball in the rough and then "decide" to use another club to hit the shot. The initial club's weight makes the grass sit down giving ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com ... I put the ball in the same exact place in relation to the marks on the yard stick. This ball position will varies for every club.

The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully ... The problem: My buddy had also come up short, three feet ahead of my ball, directly in my putting line. I asked him to mark his ball.