mikejohnchapman
Challenge Tour Pro
In our Club Championship one of the players hit his ball into a penalty area (wide ditch with reeds). All the group agreed it was known or virtually certain it's in and indeed when the player searched for the ball he said he had found it. He dropped under penalty and completed the hole. At which point he declared this was not his original ball! It was the one he had dropped under penalty.
Much debate about whether there was an additional penalty for playing the wrong ball but my view was that as the ball had been dropped under penalty it didn't matter whether the ball was substituted or not so no penalty.
Why he said it was his ball when it was a different brand is beyond me and he perhaps deserves a penalty for being dumb. However, I'm sure that isn't in the Rules of Golf.
Was my interpretation correct?
Much debate about whether there was an additional penalty for playing the wrong ball but my view was that as the ball had been dropped under penalty it didn't matter whether the ball was substituted or not so no penalty.
Why he said it was his ball when it was a different brand is beyond me and he perhaps deserves a penalty for being dumb. However, I'm sure that isn't in the Rules of Golf.
Was my interpretation correct?