Playing to incorrect hole location - what would you do.

[S17er]

Match play first hole par 5.

Both players about 90 yards short in two.

Flag at back of green.

Player A hits a good shot next to flag but Player B duffs it and just trickles on to front of green.

When both players get to green they see that some kids have stuck the flag into the green at the very back but the actual hole is at the front next to Player B's duffed shot.

Player A suggests picking up and halving but Player B insists on playing out the hole and taps in for birdie to go one up.

There is no way I could have done what Player B did but wonder if anyone thinks that is reasonable behaviour?

 

[SaintHacker]

Not sure what the ruling is but player B would be holing every single putt from there on in!

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Match play first hole par 5.

Both players about 90 yards short in two.

Flag at back of green.

Player A hits a good shot next to flag but Player B duffs it and just trickles on to front of green.

When both players get to green they see that some kids have stuck the flag into the green at the very back but the actual hole is at the front next to Player B's duffed shot.

Player A suggests picking up and halving but Player B insists on playing out the hole and taps in for birdie to go one up.

There is no way I could have done what Player B did but wonder if anyone thinks that is reasonable behaviour?

take it the golfing gods didn't pay this back later in the round? don't know the rule but seems rather unsporting

I played a match play once and on a par 3 the greens keepers had left a JCB bang in front of the green (up hill aswell so could hardly land it over it.. well I couldn't anyways my oppo prob could) we rang the pro shop and asked if it could be moved he said he would ring the head green keeper .. who didn't answer (fair enough could be working and cant see his phone going off.. I take it they couldn't have them on loud could disturb the players on the course)

we agreed to half the hole after waiting 10 mins (lucky no1 behind us)

 

[ManinBlack]

Think I would have walked off. Should have agreed a half

 

[bobmac]

If you don't move this to the rules section, the rules experts probably won't see it.

 

[Dasit]

Would not ask for a halve personally. Would accept if offered.

Player A should have sunk his putt for birdie too if he wanted a halve

 

[clubchamp98]

Half for me.
its supposed to be a gentlemanly game.
he would have played the next 17 holes in silence.

 

[chellie]

Wouldn't have asked for a half or given one either. The hole is player B's.

 

[Capella]

I think the fairest thing to do would be to either repeat the hole or to half it and that's what I would have suggested doing. I doubt there is anything in the rules which would deny B his win of the hole, though, so if he disagrees to a half or repeat, it is his hole. Bad sportsmanship in his part, though.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

It's not a rules issue for me it's about what sort of game do you want to play. I wouldn't be impressed by this and I suspect it would be a very quiet 17 holes after this. Very poor.

 

[gmhubble]

Agree this isnt so much about rules but about etiquette and the 'honor' of the game (and my personal pride)

Half for me every time

 

[S17er]

I wasn't involved in this match but I understand that Player A won.


If I was Player B I would have agreed the half. If I was Player A I would not have asked for a half but would have expected it to be offered under the circumstances

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

If possible I would have suggested both players go back to where they played their last shots from and play again.

 

[garyinderry]

This is what we faced on the first at Bolton old link during the greenskeepers revenge. :rofl:

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/sh...Revenge-at-Bolton-Old-Links&highlight=revenge

 

[pogle]

Decision 1-4/3


Q.

A practical joker removes the flagstick from the hole and sticks it into the putting green some distance from the hole. The players approaching the green are unaware of this action and they play towards the flagstick and not the hole. Do the players have the option to replay?

A.

No. In equity (Rule 1-4), the players must accept the resultant advantage or disadvantage.

 

[Imurg]

Decision 1-4/3


Q.

A practical joker removes the flagstick from the hole and sticks it into the putting green some distance from the hole. The players approaching the green are unaware of this action and they play towards the flagstick and not the hole. Do the players have the option to replay?

A.

No. In equity (Rule 1-4), the players must accept the resultant advantage or disadvantage.

This is what I initially thought..
Is there anything to stop the offer of a half..?

 

[User20205]

If I like him, halve the hole..if not I'm claiming it it's not a game of fair !!

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Having had that situation with the bar steward letting me tee off the whites by mistake in a society event this week, there is no way I would try to claim a win on this hole. I would immediately call it a half. I remember giving a guy a three foot putt for a half in a key situation because there was a massive fusarium mark in the way of his putt. It was just totally unfair for him to have to putt then so I conceded on the spot. I wound up losing the match but it was the right thing to do.

 

[pogle]

This is what I initially thought..
Is there anything to stop the offer of a half..?

Both players could concede the next putt which I think gives a half in the original scenario.

If the players know of this decision and agree not to abide by it then they'd be agreeing to waive the rules which is a DQ. If the players don't know the decision and agree to a half then they're not guilty of agreeing to waive.

 

[ManinBlack]

This is what I initially thought..
Is there anything to stop the offer of a half..?

None whatsoever, as long as the offer is made before the player putting for birdie has holed his putt.