3 rule questions

[hovis]

3 things happened on my round today that i didn't know the rulling for

1 my friend drove over my ball in the golf cart (by accident) leaving it burried. free drop? if so would it be any different if i ran over my own ball?

2 my ball was on the fairway but i had to stand in the bunker to take the shot as it was resting on the lip.

3 i was drinking some water and dropped the bottle. it hit the ball and moved it 5 inches. penalty or replace?

any help would be great guy's

 

[Aztecs27]

The second point is more of a statement than a question, I feel!

 

[Bratty]

Don't want to stick my neck out on 1 & 3, as I don't know 100%, but number 2... just tough luck.

Hope you raked it afterwards?!

 

[NWJocko]

May be wrong but I think 1 and 3 are the same in that they were moved by an "outside agency". If that was the case you get to replace it or drop it if you don't know what the lie was....

Willing to be shot down in flames though.

 

[Region3]

My guesses are...

1. Free drop. Don't know if this changes if it's you driving.

2. Unlucky.

3. Penalty AND replace, as it was you that caused it to move.

I've not looked these up so willing to be corrected.

 

[bladeplayer]

1 I would think is free drop , if you were driving id say it would be a penalty drop..
2 ,Whats the question ??
3 Ball moved NOT in the act of marking , i would think its replaced under penalty of one shot ,,

Bound to have some of this wrong ha ha .. come on the real rules guys lets be having you
Alota strange stuff going on in one round tho..

 

[viscount17]

without looking them up, so pure wag

1 clean & place not drop, probably the same if it were you driving but less likely to happen if you walk
2 so?
3 replace under penalty