Hi Linda,
As a follow up to this [Ask Linda #750-Gravity or address
moves ball], if the player could not totally repair the cup plug so
as to get a flat lie, I believe she would have been entitled to get relief and to
move the ball to avoid the plug mark without penalty.
Lou from Mississauga Ontario Canada
Dear Lou,
Ordinarily, a player is not entitled to relief from an old
hole plug on her line of putt, since she is permitted to repair it [Rule
16-1c]. However, sometimes the plug is sunk below the level of the green or
raised above it. If she cannot level it, she may ask the Committee to raise or
lower the plug. If the Committee is not able to repair the plug without unduly
delaying play, it is authorized to declare the plug to be ground under repair.
In that case, the player is entitled to free relief under Rule 25-1b (iii). She
must place the ball at the nearest point of relief that is no closer to the
hole.
Linda
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