Restarting Match

[Swango1980]

A fourball match stops during a match due to lightning. They mark their positions on the course.

Rule 5.7c indicates that play must resume where it stopped, even if on a later day. Are there any exceptions to this? I was just thinking there could be an issue if all the pin positions had changed, especially if players had stopped play on the green.

 

[Steven Rules]

There are no exceptions relevant to this scenario listed in the Rules or Clarifications. For a one-off four-ball match it is not a big drama as both sides are impacted more or less equally.

See Committee Procedures 6B for a general discussion on considerations around making changes to the course mid-round. 6B(2)d gives guidance on what the Committee should do if the hole is relocated after a ball is already positioned nearby on the putting green:

"...the Committee should require any player whose ball is on the putting green to reposition their ball to a position that is comparable to that which the previous stroke had originally given the player. For a ball that lies off the putting green, the Committee should require that ball to be played as it lies."