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Question:
After I chipped a ball out of a bunker, I discovered it wasn't
mine. Am I allowed to touch or lift the ball in a bunker in
order to identify it?
Answer: A player
isn't permitted to touch or lift a ball in a hazard for the
purpose of identification. In turn, you're not penalized for
playing a stroke at a wrong ball in a hazard. |
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Question: My ball
comes to rest on the fringe a couple of inches behind the ball
of another player in my group. Both balls are off the putting
green, and hers is directly in myline of play. How should I
proceed?
Answer: According
to Rule 22, you may have any ball lifted if you think it might
interfere with your play. Thus, the other player marks and lifts
her ball, you play your shot, and then she replaces her ball.
(Note: she is not allowed to clean her ball under this circumstance). |
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Question: Is there
a penalty for holding the flagstick with one hand while making
a short putt with the other hand?
Answer: There's
no penalty, provided the flagstick has been removed from the
hole and the ball doesn't strike it.(Decision 17-1/5). |
Richard
Skinner
North Platte's Golf Doctor, PGA Professional and Past Teacher
of the Year, Nebraska Section PGA is happy to answer your golfing
questions! |
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Question:
I missed a shot over a pond and my ball landed in the muddy
bank between the water line and the yellow hazard line. I couldn't
play the ball because it was embedded in the mud. How should
I proceed?
Answer: A ball
in a water hazard cannot be declared unplayable (Rule 28, nor
can relief without penalty be taken under Rule 25. (Embedded
Ball.) You may, under penalty of one stroke, proceed under Rule
26-1a or b (Water Hazard Relief). |
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