Say Steve is 12 yards off the green, and Jon is standing on the green, 10 yards past the pin and his ball is not marked. Steve chips up and his ball goes past the hole and is heading towards jons. Jon then LIFTS his ball and sets it back down avoiding Steves ball. Should JON be penalized for lifting his ball up? I believe if he just left it there he would have been able to move it back to the original spot and Steve may have been penalized 2 strokes (but he wasn't putting so not sure if thats true). So what would be the proper penalties on this action? It was in a leauge match, 2 man team, and Jon and Steve were playing againest each other.
2007-07-31 15:55:50 · 10 answers · asked by Steve A 1 in Sports ➔ Golf
Jon should have marked his ball and will have to take a penalty and replace his ball to the spot where the ball originally lay.
2007-08-04 14:21:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aflumpire is wrong. If Steve's ball hit Jon's ball, Steve's ball would be played from where it ended up, and Jon's ball would be replaced to its original position.
Sincerus is also wrong. There is no requirement for immediately marking your ball on the green. There is no penalty if another ball hits your ball on the green.
There is a penalty for lifting your ball without marking it, so Jon should have just left his ball and let the other ball strike it rather than picking it up.
2007-08-01 11:10:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rob is correct.
The penalty for Jon lifting the ball is one stroke. (Rule 18-2a).
In this situation, if Steve's ball had hit Jon's ball there would be no penalty. If both balls were on the green before the shot, Steve would receive a two-stroke penalty. (Rule 19-5a).
2007-08-01 00:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by John F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Rules state that Jon (or anyone, for that matter) should have immediately marked his ball once it stopped on the green. If it were to get hit by another ball, it's a 2 stroke penalty on Jon.
2007-08-01 10:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by Sincerus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The ball being moved is a penalty. IF the ball that had been chipped up had hit the other ball there is no penalty and the ball that was disturbed could have been put back to as close to its original location as possible with no penalty to either golfer.
If a ball that was on the putting surface is hit into another ball the player whose ball struck the still ball would be penalized and the ball that was struck would be returned to its original location or as close as possible. But both balls have to be on the putting surface, the fringe does not count.
2007-07-31 23:33:25 · answer #5 · answered by Tarheel Rob 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you don't mark the ball before lifting it, it is a penalty. 2 strokes for Jon. It's changing the outcome of a shot.
2007-07-31 23:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by KennyG 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think the ball has to stay on the ground and where ever Jons ball went, that where he would make his next shot from no matter what type of rebound it made
2007-08-01 05:48:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jon should have marked his ball b4 lifting it, penalty
2007-07-31 23:13:15 · answer #8 · answered by william s 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is a penalty. He should leave it and then replace the ball.
2007-08-03 13:13:26 · answer #9 · answered by renohatchetman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
two stroke penalty to jon,like you said it would have been replaced anyway
2007-08-01 05:11:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋