Linda, a couple of years ago I was a walking scorekeeper on
the web.com tour. A player had marked his ball on
the green and then threw the ball to his caddie to be cleaned. The caddie did
not like the distance the ball was thrown to him, but cleaned the ball and then
threw it back to the player. The player missed the thrown ball and it almost
went into a water hazard. Had this ball been lost would the player have been
penalized for not completing the hole with the original ball?
Thanks,
Lou from Tennessee
Dear Lou,
Yes. No substitution is permitted when a ball is marked and
lifted on the green. The penalty is two strokes in stroke play, loss of hole in
match play [Decision 15-2/1].
Linda
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