Hi Linda,
Could you please give me a ruling? When one of our ladies
was taking a drop, her ball hit her foot. It is my understanding she is not
penalized, but I was asked the question: what if you hit from a bunker and
the ball comes back and hits you on the foot?
Lulu from Australia
Dear Lulu,
If a player drops a ball onto her own foot (or onto anyone
else’s, for that matter), she must re-drop the ball. There is no penalty, and
there is no limit to the number of times she must re-drop under this
circumstance [Rule 20-2a].
Any time a player hits a ball that subsequently hits her
(e.g., a ricochet off the lip of a bunker, a deflection from a tree), she
incurs a one-stroke penalty and must play the ball as it lies [Rule 19-2].
Linda
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