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No, it's illegal or no, it isn't?  If it's illegal, what rule is it breaking?  If I took my shoe off and put half a ball in it would this be the same?

Apart from the limp of course....

If your question wasn't so convoluted, my answer would be obvious...Twit

You name your post...Is it legal?

Then you end it with...Is it legal to do it?

So which part of NO   don't you understand? 

No

and

No 

Just to clarify Tim...

Rule 14 - 3a   refers

In other words  DISQUALIFICATION 

The title of the post is 'is it illegal' you silly old duffer.

Presumably the ball could be deemed as using a piece of equipment in an unusual manner.  So does this mean that I can't use my putter left handed to chip out from under a bush or use a 3 wood to putt from the edge of the green?

I think I may have a case for using a ball as a legitimate device for alleviating a medical condition - i.e. my useless hand eye co-ordination prevents me from playing golf properly!

Then that makes your post both ambiguous and convoluted...You soppy tart.....Try making yourself clear and concise, then I'll know what kind of answer you are looking for.

And don't call me a duffer..... I don't do duff shots.

The putter is called a Texas Wedge, for the kind of shot you are referring to. And it is quite legal...So is using the 3 wood to putt....

Perhaps it would be best if you started using the putter off the tee in the first place, no doubt you would get to the green in less shots if you did. You silly old fart.

And theirin lies my point, oh ancient one.  If everyone turned up with a half a golfball stuck to the inside of their right shoe it couldn't be deemed to be unusual - in much the same way as the first person who used a 3 wood as a putter should have been disqualified until the practice was deemed to be commonplace.

As for medical conditions, my brother and I both suffer from the same swing faults for different reasons - he has one leg an inch shorter than the other and my left collar bone is an inch shorter (and before you start on about us being from Essex and inbreeding it's because of motorcycle accidents) so we could legitimately have built up right shoes to correct conditions - it's just that half a golf ball is cheaper ('cos we could share one!)

I think Tim might have something here - I remember a golfer getting penalised for lying on a towel whilst hitting a shot so I can see that standing on a golf ball could be illegal due to having an extra bit of equipment to help you.

But.....if you turned up with a shoe that had a rounded heel, then maybe you could get away with it? 

Blow standing on a stone Tim...

Put your driver on the ground, stand on the head of that, and use your putter off the tee.

At least you wouldn't deafen everybody within 500 yards then 

And another thing....I always wondered why you minced around a golf course.

Now we know....You keep your balls in your shoes 

I'll set 'em up Wayne, you hit 'em!

Would certainly revoke my licence to thrill.