Hi Linda,
My playing partner and I made a basic error whilst playing in a Stableford Foursomes. At a par-3 hole, I drove the green and then foolishly putted down to the hole (playing out of turn) and my partner then holed out. We recorded a no score at the hole after our scoring partners pointed out our error. Were we correct in our procedure of recording a “blob” at that hole or could/should we have done something else? (We did have a handicap stroke at that hole).
Someone else also said once a ball is in the hole there is nothing further we could have done.
Can you please tell us what our options might have been?
Regards,
Lulu from Scotland
Dear Lulu,
The fact that the ball was holed does not prevent you from rectifying the situation.
You must correct the mistake before teeing off on the next hole. Do not count any of the strokes made in the wrong order. Add two penalty strokes to your score for the hole (the penalty for making a stroke in the wrong order) [Rule 22.3].
Failure to correct the error before making a stroke to begin the next hole will result in zero points for the hole that you played in the wrong order.
Linda
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