A dilemma on the rules of golf, what would you do?

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Like many of us who want to avoid getting trench foot on our saturated courses I have been left indoors with a glass or three of wine, gazing wistfully out over the sodden landscape and wondering what my fellow golfers would have done when confronted with this dilemma. :confused:

What if you were playing in the club matchplay championship and the match was halved at the end of 17 holes.

You had the honour and hit your ball a modest two hundred and fifty yards to the middle of the fairway, leaving a simple six iron to the pin. Your opponent then hits his ball, lofting it deep into the woods to the right of the fairway.

Being the golfing gentleman that you are, you help your opponent look for his ball. Just before the permitted five minute search period ends, your opponent says: "Go ahead and hit your second shot and if I don't find it in time, I'll concede the match."

You hit your ball, landing it on the green, stopping about ten feet from the pin. About the time your ball comes to rest, you hear your opponent exclaim from deep in the woods: "I found it!" The next thing you hear is the sound of club on ball and your opponent’s ball comes sailing out of the woods and lands on the green, stopping no more than six inches from the hole.

Now here is the ethical dilemma ..............

Do you pull the cheating Mod Edit ball out of your pocket and confront him with it, or do you keep your mouth shut?:whoo:
 
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Well that is a good one. You have both cheated so should both be disqualified.

The rules say that if someone else moves your ball then you get to replace it without penalty, but seeing that he has played the wrong ball he automatically looses the hole. Your only punishment for moving his ball is 1 shot.

What you did is despicable and should have your arms broke so you could never play again. What he did was wrong too, but not in the same league as taking someone elses ball so they have to loose the hole.

Going by the rules you win the hole and the match. But I am sure the club committee would have a different opinion on this. For me you should both get disqualified.
 
Well first of all I hope this didn't happen - if it did then I hope never to meet you on a golf course ?

You helped search for his ball in a matchplay final and picked it up and stole it ?! Sorry but that's shocking and there is no excuse for it

What he then did is also cheating
 
First player to play a wrong ball loses the hole. What happens later is irrelevant. The rules are not designed to regulate morals.
 
As you see, you do not walk alone. Astonishing to see it taken seriously even it were being heard for the first time.

Must be time to ask what the most amusing/ridiculous request for relief has been!

Mine (tongue in cheek) was after seeing a shanked LW scream into a pile of green clippings some way in the trees - at Crowborough Beacons from memory! Late 90s and querying Rules was the way the group I played actually learnt our way around them! Made for interesting post-round debate also.
 
I have to admit that durring the summer me and my usual playing partner got paired up with two of the biggest idiots going. It was 4 hours of pure hell and we even felt like walking off after the 3rd hole. The guys talked on the tee durring swings and then went crazy at us for accidently walking on his line. Also the type of player that wanted the green cleared for their putts! Anyway, on the 17th he hit a bad tee shot and whilst he was looking for his ball my friend kicked it into a bush. I found this out after we won the match and instead of being disappointed in my friend i give him a high five. Yes i know, im a bad, bad person
 
No, just a so called "friendly" match play. I actually contemplated killing them but Having witnessed an episode of csi i decided not to. "boy them guys are thorough"
 
No, just a so called "friendly" match play. I actually contemplated killing them but Having witnessed an episode of csi i decided not to. "boy them guys are thorough"


It's quite disappointing to hear of stories like what your playing partner did

Regardless of what your feelings were of your FC what he did was inexcusable. And then congratulating him for it ?

Sorry but expect golf morales to take charge then
 
I lost my golfing morrels when one of the guys Pulled the driver from my bag and said " i thought the 907 driver was banned, i better google it. Works out he was full of it but still!
 
I lost my golfing morrels when one of the guys Pulled the driver from my bag and said " i thought the 907 driver was banned, i better google it. Works out he was full of it but still!

It is disappointing when someone acts like that on a course - nothing worse than people using banter to get into your head

But to kick FC ball into a bush ? That's a no every single time - beat them by playing well and within the rules , that's the satisfaction
 
It is disappointing when someone acts like that on a course - nothing worse than people using banter to get into your head

But to kick FC ball into a bush ? That's a no every single time - beat them by playing well and within the rules , that's the satisfaction

Yes. Very naughty!

But I can think of a few matches where, informed a sufficient length of time afterward as hovis was, I'd laugh (a lot!)! And from the attitude re the 907, these guys sound similar!
 
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