Caught the birdie

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

My buddy tees off on 14th on Saturday and (for a change) it fliesd off straight down the middle - and does a pidgeon not come swooping across the fairway about 50ft up and ball and pidgeon 'collide'. Impact stops pidgeon in flight and it tumbles about for a a bit (must've been on ehell of a shock) then flies back to wherer it had come atg a much lowere altitude, Meanwhile ball had taken a wicked deflection off the pidgeon into the deep rough. Played provisional but original ball was not found.

Apart from having never seen this happen before what's the ruling? I guess it's rub of the green and tough. Seems equavalent to a shot hitting a spectator, deflecting and being lost. Though hitting the pidgeon was much funnier.

 

[garyinderry]

I once hit a 7 iron and as it reached its apex it split a group of swallows like the red arrows. they bombed left and right.

my jaw hit the floor. awesome viewing!

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Queue a load of people getting upset about animal cruelty.

This could be a popcorn thread

 

[Curls]

All those elaborate schemes and all Dasterdly had to do was take up golf.

Pretty sure ruling is "hard luck for both of you".

 

[CMAC]

My buddy tees off on 14th on Saturday and (for a change) it fliesd off straight down the middle - and does a pidgeon not come swooping across the fairway about 50ft up and ball and pidgeon 'collide'. Impact stops pidgeon in flight and it tumbles about for a a bit (must've been on ehell of a shock) then flies back to wherer it had come atg a much lowere altitude, Meanwhile ball had taken a wicked deflection off the pidgeon into the deep rough. Played provisional but original ball was not found.

Apart from having never seen this happen before what's the ruling? I guess it's rub of the green and tough. Seems equavalent to a shot hitting a spectator, deflecting and being lost. Though hitting the pidgeon was much funnier.

ball moved by outside agency, replay with no penalty................i think


question in wrong section though, should be in rules:smirk:

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

ball moved by outside agency, replay with no penalty................i think


question in wrong section though, should be in rules:smirk:

Wasn't going to be a rules question but ended up one.

As far as the ruling. @Dareth - that was smy initial thought but what's the difference between this and ball hitting spectator and getting lost - after all when a ball hits a spectator you play it from wghere it finishes up. And if it finishes up lost then tough?

I've seen shots scatter birds but I've never seen a ball hit a single bird flying across line of play dead on - like clay pidgeon shooting. We didn;t go looking for the pidgeon...

 

[CMAC]

Wasn't going to be a rules question but ended up one.

As far as the ruling. @Dareth - that was smy initial thought but what's the difference between this and ball hitting spectator and getting lost - after all when a ball hits a spectator you play it from wghere it finishes up. And if it finishes up lost then tough?

I've seen shots scatter birds but I've never seen a ball hit a single bird flying across line of play dead on - like clay pidgeon shooting. We didn;t go looking for the pidgeon...

good point, must be a difference between 'moved by outside agency' and 'deflected by outside agency' I'll need to look up the rules which I keep in my bag for such occasions....

P.S who's Dareth? is that me and Gareth morphed into one:rofl:

 

[Stuey01]

Did he shout "pull" before teeing off?

 

[ColchesterFC]

I had a similar situation on the 10th tee not long ago. Had a cracking round going on (by my standards) and was only 4 over gross for the front 9 with 23 stableford points. Absolutely nailed a drive on the 10th, dead straight and as it passed the ladies tee a seagull flew across. Ball and seagull came together with a spectacular explosion of feathers resulting in one dead seagull and my ball finishing in a gorse bush. A penalty drop and several hacks up to the green ended with me writing a 7 on the score card. That one birdie cost me a treble bogey and from that point on my round disintegrated. Only scored 6 points total on the back 9.

 

[Slab]

Think the distinction is ball at rest moved by outside agency (bird or spectator) V ball in motion deflected by outside agency with former allowed to replace near as you can & latter is tough wobbly bits

 

[chrisd]

I've never seen a ball hit a single bird flying across line of play dead on - like clay pidgeon shooting. We didn;t go looking for the pidgeon...

The speed you play at I'd be surprised if you could hit a dead pigeon!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

That is one outrageous slur sir

In fact I play too fast for my own good...