Linda
A golf question:
Player is in a hazard close to the green. He plays his shot
and then putts out for a bogey. After all players complete the hole, he goes
back to the hazard and practices that shot, dropping two or three balls in the bunker and hitting them out.
My belief is that this okay as the hole is dead – finished –
he can do what he likes after the hole is completed. My partner said this guy
continues to incur penalty strokes after the hole is complete. He has already
putted out. Surely this is incorrect?
Thanks
Lou
Dear Lou,
The rule regarding practice between holes (Rule 7-2) has two
restrictions:
1. You may not practice if it would delay anyone’s play,
including yours.
2. You may not play a
practice stroke from a hazard.
The penalty for either violation is two strokes (loss of
hole in match play). Since the violation has occurred between the play of two
holes, the penalty is applied to the next hole.
A player is only permitted to practice putting or chipping on or near the green that he last played or the
teeing ground of the hole he is about to play.
Linda
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