Fozzie
Club Champion
To be perfectly honest, I didn't hear what he declared on the tee when he hit his provisional. I saw his 1st ball land & that was good enough for me. I certainly wasn't expecting him to pull a stunt like he did.
Having re-read your original post, he's cheated, plain and simple!To be perfectly honest, I didn't hear what he declared on the tee when he hit his provisional. I saw his 1st ball land & that was good enough for me. I certainly wasn't expecting him to pull a stunt like he did.
Er. Can you point out the section of The Rules that specifies this?If he announces provisional, he must also declare make and number.
To be perfectly honest, I didn't hear what he declared on the tee when he hit his provisional. I saw his 1st ball land & that was good enough for me. I certainly wasn't expecting him to pull a stunt like he did.
I can't understand why you didn't challenge him! Shock?
Oh God !!!! I've just checked my card & he even won a hole from me when I had a shot on him. I had a Par 5, he birdied it. Should have been a half & he claimed a hole. I know I should have realised, but the Better Ball pairs we were playing at the time confused it. So I actually beat him off 3/4 the difference !
Nope, cos it's not in the rulesEr. Can you point out the section of The Rules that specifies this?
You were playing singles matchplay against him while simultaneously playing 4BBB with your partner C and against his partner D?Oh God !!!! I've just checked my card & he even won a hole from me when I had a shot on him. I had a Par 5, he birdied it. Should have been a half & he claimed a hole. I know I should have realised, but the Better Ball pairs we were playing at the time confused it. So I actually beat him off 3/4 the difference !
Nope, cos it's not in the rules
However, as an interpretation of the rules, I would argue that in order to successfully identify my ball (under rule 12.1, I think), I should both know what number or markings I've put on it, and should tell my playing partners so that they may assist me.
I agree with everything you've said, and agree that it was wrong to say they must, which I confess I had heard somewhere myself as a change to the rules. I would like to retract my statement, "As an interpretation" and change that to, "in order to not fall foul of the rules, I believe..." and that, I then feel, conveys the sentiment I was attempting.Interpreting The Rules tends to create such myths. Read them literally. The have been written quite carefully.
No need to even put a mark on the ball - though not doing so carries risk. Definitely no need to tell anyone ht ball you are using - until a search. You don't even need to announce you are changing ball!
None of the above precludes you from doing so or isn't good practice/manners.
But to state a player MUST announce Brand and Number (and mark) is simply wrong!
Never sign the card of a cheat.
But you must confront him at the time I believe, and not just refuse to sign!