Ball moved by another ball on green, from blind wedges onto green

[Dasit]

Hi,

One that came up this week and I can't see in the rules what to do.

Playing onto a green that is raised so cant see any of the green surface. Get to the green and all 4 balls on there with one a tap.


We all putt out. Somebody in group ahead said something along lines of person with short putt was lucky, his ball got knocked to 1 foot by another ball hitting it.



What is ruling on that? We just laughed it off.

Ball wasn't replaced after being moved on the green, but it was blind so none of us would know.

 

[duncan mackie]

18-5/3 Competitor and Fellow-Competitor Unaware Ball Moved by Fellow-Competitor's Ball Until After Completion of Hole
Q.In stroke play, A then B play their second strokes to the green but, due to the contours of the green, they cannot see where their balls come to rest. Both competitors complete the hole from about 12 feet with two putts each. On their way to the next tee, it was established that A's ball had come to rest about one foot from the hole, but that B's ball in motion had struck A's ball and moved it. What is the ruling?

A.B proceeded correctly by playing his ball as it lay - Rule 19-5a.

As it was not known or virtually certain that A's ball had been moved by B's ball when A made his next stroke, he proceeded properly and incurred no penalty - see the Note to Rule 18-1.

 

[Dasit]

Thanks looked through rules didn't see that one :thup:

 

[rulefan]

Thanks looked through rules didn't see that one :thup:

You needed to look through the other bigger book. The Decisions

But this is sometimes better than the books.

http://www.usga.org/rules/rules-and-decisions.html#!rule-14252

or possibly this

http://www.randa.org/RulesEquipment/Rules/Rules-Explorer