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I have a rough idea about this one, but I wasn't 100% sure, so I thought I'd see what others make of it.
During my round today, one of the holes is an uphill par 5 that levels out near the green. For my second shot, I was about 250 out, so I planned to play a 3 wood expecting that as it is uphill and wind against, It will be about 20 yards short of the green. Once the group in front are on the green, I play my shot and afterwards see one of the players in front gesturing at me.
When I get up to my ball, I find it is about 10-15 yards short and sitting on a tee.
I assume that a player in front has done this, as they want me to wait for them to clear the green, even though I have 2 groups on the tee behind me waiting to play, and it didn't put them in danger. Based on this fact, I assume ball at rest moved by an outside agency\fellow competitor, and proceed as if this was the case.
1) Is this the correct thing to do (the ruling, not playing the shot, as it getting that close was unintentional and I apologised, but the guy just mumbled about us playing too fast), based on the fact I didn't see them move the ball, or 100% know for sure where it's original lie was? (I made the assumption it was where it was tee'd, but on the grass.)
2) Was the guy a knob?
During my round today, one of the holes is an uphill par 5 that levels out near the green. For my second shot, I was about 250 out, so I planned to play a 3 wood expecting that as it is uphill and wind against, It will be about 20 yards short of the green. Once the group in front are on the green, I play my shot and afterwards see one of the players in front gesturing at me.
When I get up to my ball, I find it is about 10-15 yards short and sitting on a tee.
I assume that a player in front has done this, as they want me to wait for them to clear the green, even though I have 2 groups on the tee behind me waiting to play, and it didn't put them in danger. Based on this fact, I assume ball at rest moved by an outside agency\fellow competitor, and proceed as if this was the case.
1) Is this the correct thing to do (the ruling, not playing the shot, as it getting that close was unintentional and I apologised, but the guy just mumbled about us playing too fast), based on the fact I didn't see them move the ball, or 100% know for sure where it's original lie was? (I made the assumption it was where it was tee'd, but on the grass.)
2) Was the guy a knob?