Farewell to the golfing hacker as new rules are devised to speed up the ancient game

It is the bane of every amateur golfer’s life, watching a player hacking around the undergrowth in search of a lost ball.In what is being described as the biggest shake-up of the rules of golf "in a generation" players will only be given three minutes to search for a lost ball, down from the current five minute allowance.As if that wasn’t enough the protocols for taking free or penalty drops will be changed, with players allowed to drop the ball from only an inch above the ground, ra