Ball settles in own pitch mark on the green

[drdel]

OK a discussion among our four-ball ensued when a player's ball settled into its own pitch mark.

What's the process? Obviously, being on the green the ball can be marked and lifted, but can the 'dent' - pitch mark - be repaired before the ball is replaced or must the ball be put back into the 'pit' that it caused on landing.

And, as a rider, can a pitch mark created by ones own ball which lies on the line of the put be repaired before the put is taken?

 

[Crow]

Mark and repair is allowed, as is repairing any pitch mark on the green, whether yours or anybody else's.

 

[Crow]

Interesting associated query that happened to me once while doing exactly this:

I'd marked and lifted the ball and was repairing the pitch mark but moved the marker in the process, should I receive a penalty?


After a lot of searching I found that it's classified as movement of marker during marking of the ball so no penalty, can't remember which rule specifically.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Interesting associated query that happened to me once while doing exactly this:

I'd marked and lifted the ball and was repairing the pitch mark but moved the marker in the process, should I receive a penalty?


After a lot of searching I found that it's classified as movement of marker during marking of the ball so no penalty, can't remember which rule specifically.

Just need to ensure the ball is replaced in the correct place

 

[drdel]

^^^ Yup this is what we did...

The golfer marked the ball a putter head's width to the left, repaired the 'divot' and replaced marker. the discussion that followed (not heated) was along the lines of whether the ball was actually replaced in the same spot

 

[Crow]

Just need to ensure the ball is replaced in the correct place

Really?
I thought I could replace it 3 feet nearer the hole.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Really?
I thought I could replace it 3 feet nearer the hole.

You can do that at Little Aston

 

[upsidedown]

You can do that at Little Aston

Oh no you cant

 

[Crow]

You can do that at Little Aston

Oh no you cant

Rules Guru needed for clarification please, can I or can't I?

 

[Spuddy]

16-1c. You can replace a ball or marker that are accidentally moved whilst repairing a pitch mark

 

[rulefan]

Rules Guru needed for clarification please, can I or can't I?

Yes.

 

[Crow]

Yes.

Thanks!

 

[Colin L]

Yes.

I think you have just sanctioned Crow to replace 3 feet nearer the hole.

 

[Tongo]

What about if your ball comes to rest in a hole caused by hollow-tining? Are you entitled to mark and move the ball or have to putt from where the ball came to rest?

 

[upsidedown]

We put up a local rule for that this year for about a week , you could place within six inches on the green.

 

[rulefan]

We put up a local rule for that this year for about a week , you could place within six inches on the green.

It may be worth revising as the authorised Local Rule says:

[h=4]Aeration Holes[/h]When a course has been aerated, a Local Rule permitting relief, without penalty, from an aeration hole may be warranted. The following Local Rule is recommended:

"Through the green, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be lifted, without penalty, cleaned and dropped, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.

On the putting green, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be placed at the nearest spot not nearer the hole that avoids the situation.