Hi Linda,
My friend topped hit her drive, so it just dribbled about 12
inches off the tee. She then re-teed it and re-hit it as her second
stroke. Should she have left the ball on the ground to hit her second
shot instead of re-teeing it? Did re-teeing it penalize her?
Many thanks,
Lulu
Dear Lulu,
When your friend hit her drive, the ball was in play. She
should have hit her second shot off the ground, where the ball lay.
However, a player always has the option to play a ball under
stroke and distance. This means hitting a ball where she hit her previous shot
and adding a one-stroke penalty to her score. Since the previous shot was hit
from the teeing ground, the ball may be re-teed anywhere on the teeing ground.
When your friend re-teed and hit a second drive, she hit her
third shot on the hole.
For just about everything you ever wanted to know about a
ball falling off a tee, check out Ask Linda
#57–Ball falling off tee, which was posted in May, 2008. Here is the
link: http://lindamillergolf.blogspot.com/2008/05/ask-linda-57-ball-falling-off-tee.html
Linda
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