Do you know? While making a practice swing, Connor accidentally moved his ball in play with his club. What is the ruling? Find out what the answer is in next week’s newsletter. Did you get the answer to last week’s rule? Question: What do you do if a bird picks up your golf ball? Answer: The first point is that the ball does not have to be recovered. If it is known or virtually certain that a player's ball at rest has been moved by an outside agency, no penalty is incurred and either the original ball or another ball must be replaced at the spot that the ball was moved from, Rule 18-1 Rule 19 19-1. Ball in Motion Deflected or Stopped By Outside Agency also covers this ruling as well If a player's ball in motion is accidentally deflected or stopped by any outside agency, it is a rub of the green, there is no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies, except: a. If a player's ball in motion after a stroke other than on the putting green comes to rest in or on any moving or animate outside agency, the ball must through the green or in a hazard be dropped, or on the putting green be placed, as near as possible to the spot directly under the place where the ball came to rest in or on the outside agency, but not nearer the hole, and b.If a player's ball in motion after a stroke on the putting green is deflected or stopped by, or comes to rest in or on, any moving or animate outside agency, except a worm, insect or the like, the stroke is cancelled. The ball must be replaced and replayed. If the ball is not immediately recoverable, another ball may be substituted. |