Rules question

[Tiger]

Hit an iron shot today and destroyed my ball. It almost split in half. My question is if it had split in half where would I have played the next shot from?

 

[Leftie]

If a ball breaks into pieces as a result of a stroke, the stroke is cancelled and the player must play a ball, without penalty, as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was played (see Rule 20-5).

 

[stevelev]

You have to play both halves, and count all the strokes for each half

 

[USER1999]

There should be a penalty for playing shonky golf balls. Drinks all round?

 

[Tiger]

If a ball breaks into pieces as a result of a stroke, the stroke is cancelled and the player must play a ball, without penalty, as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was played (see Rule 20-5).

Thanks lefty. Does that mean I could have replayed the stroke today even though the ball stayed in one piece?

God steve my scores are high enough without doing that!

 

[SammmeBee]

If a ball breaks into pieces as a result of a stroke, the stroke is cancelled and the player must play a ball, without penalty, as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was played (see Rule 20-5).

Thanks lefty. Does that mean I could have replayed the stroke today even though the ball stayed in one piece?

God steve my scores are high enough without doing that!

No..you would have to play from where the split ball was...you would be allowed to change to a newer ball if you wanted though....and your partner agreed it was visibily damaged....

 

[Tiger]

There should be a penalty for playing shonky golf balls. Drinks all round?

Harsh murph. Very harsh. I'm putting it down to my raw power