Linda,
Recently a fellow golfer marked her ball in the fairway with
the assumption another golfer would putt onto the green rather than chip and
her ball would be in the way. No one asked her to mark. I thought that she
could only mark if another player asked her to. What is the procedure and is
there a penalty involved?
Lulu
Dear Lulu,
Unless a player’s ball is on the putting green, she is not
permitted to lift it unless she is asked to do so [Rule 22-2]. This will occur only
when another player determines that
the player’s ball will interfere with her play.
The penalty is one stroke under Rule 18-2a, and the player
must replace her ball.
Linda
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