Linda,
Thanks for all your work as you teach us how to understand
rules… here’s as issue I hadn’t come across before.
On the green - Two competitors, A and B, are on about the
same line. Player A is between player B and the hole.
Player A, thinking that he will be asked to move his
marker by player B, moves it.
Player B says that because A moved the ball unbidden by B,
A incurs a one-stroke penalty.
Is this correct?
Lou from Hackettstown, New Jersey
Dear Lou,
There is no penalty on
the putting green for moving your ball a putter-head length to the side
without being asked to do so. You will be penalized one stroke if you take that
same initiative when your ball is off
the putting green [Rule 22-2, Note 1].
You may also ask another player if he would like you to move
your ball mark, which may be on his line of putt. This offer does not
constitute “advice.”
Linda
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