Dear Linda,
The competition of the day this morning was handicap foursomes. On the 16thhole – a par 3 – we have to walk back to the 17th, so after getting near the green we park our buggies a fair way back. The girls we were with got into a bit of trouble round the green and after one had duffed a chip her partner played her shot with the same club her partner had used.
After a lot of discussion we decided that she had to go and get her club and then play the shot again adding 2 penalty strokes. Was this a correct ruling?
Thank you for your help
Lulu from South Australia
Dear Lulu,
Almost. The two-stroke penalty is correct, but the player does not replay the shot with her own club.
Partners in foursomes may share clubs only if the total number of clubs they have together is not more than 14 (e.g., Sally has eight clubs and Lucy has 6) [Rule 22.5].
Assuming this was not the case, a player is not permitted to make a stroke with another player’s club [Rule 4.1b(2)]. The penalty is two strokes.
Linda
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