Linda, when I putt my ball, if it rolls off the green is the next stroke considered a putt? I have been told that once you are on the green all stokes made to hole out are putts even if the ball goes off the putting surface
Lulu
Dear Lulu,
There are no official Rules regarding how to keep statistics. When the USGA runs a Championship in which putts are counted, all strokes are counted as putts once a player’s ball is on the green. Even if one of those putts rolls off the green, the next stroke will count as a putt. However, this way of counting is not set in stone. The Committee running your events is in charge of determining how to count putts.
Linda
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