Interesting Ruling : On the Hole 07 of Bonalba.
Ball out of bounds on the right side, in the garden !
Decision 15/9 : Ball thrown into bounds by Outside Agency and played ; Caddie
aware of action of outside Agency.
Q.
A's ball was found lying in bounds and A played a shot towards the green. Then a man appeared and said that A's ball had come to rest out of bounds in his garden. He said he had thrown it onto
the course and had told A's caddie what he had done. The caddie had not reported this to A. What is the ruling ?
A.
Under Rule 6-1, A is responsible for his caddie's failure to tell him what the man had said.
A's ball was no longer the ball in play when it came to rest out of bounds. Therefore, it was a wrong ball - see definitions of "ball in play" and "wrong ball". When A made a stroke with the
wrong ball, he incurred the penalty prescribed in rule 15-3 and, in strokes play, was obliged to proceed under rule 27-1.(Revised)
Decision 15/10 : Ball thrown into bounds by outside agency and played ; neither player nor his caddie aware of action of outside agency.
Q.
Decision 15/9 states that, If an outside agency throws a players's ball back into the course from out of bounds and advises the player's caddie to this effect, the player is penalised for
playing a wrong ball if the player from its position in bounds.
What would be the ruling if neither the player nor his caddie knew the player's ball had been thrown back onto the course ?
A.
In strokes play, in equity (rule 1.4), there would no penalty for playing a wrong ball (rule 15.3). If the player discovers before playing from the next teeing ground that the original ball was out
of bounds, he must go back and proceed under rule 27.2. If the discovery is not made until later, the score with the wrong ball stands.(revised)
----------------- Extract from the R & A Decisions of the Rules pof Golf 2008-2009
Publié le 04/07/2009 à 07h22
