Linda, cannot find anything in the rules/decisions to cover
this:
Playing a four-ball better-ball match under pick and place
winter conditions, a player’s partner cleans his ball after marking.
As a follow on, could a player in stroke play, after lifting
his ball under the rules and allowed to clean his ball, throw his ball to a
spectator to clean it ?
Lou from Bodicote (near London), UK
Dear Lou,
When the Rules allow the ball to be cleaned, anyone may
clean it. The Rules are very specific when they limit a particular action to a
particular person or persons. For example, Rule 20-2 requires that the player
himself must drop a ball, while 20-1 allows the player, his partner, or a
person authorized by the player to lift a ball. Rule 20-1, which tells you when
you may clean a ball, places no restrictions on who may clean it.
Linda
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