Rule 14-4 says that it's a penalty to strike the ball more than once in the course of a stroke. This happens to me far more often than I would like. I would really love to see super-slo-mo video to see how the hell I'm doing it. But I hear and feel the ball hit the club while in flight.
It happened at Balboa last week. But it was a bit unusual, and I wanted to look it up. I hit a shot really fat, and on the follow-through, the club hit the ball a second time. But it was actually the first time. I hit the stroke so fat that I really didn't make contact with the ball on the initial part of the stroke. I just chunked a bunch of grass and dirt into the air, and the ball went with it. And on the follow-through, the club hit the ball.
I took the penalty for double-contact, and I figured the rule would cover that scenario. It actually doesn't.
The rule I actually broke was rule 19-2 - Ball in Motion Deflected or Stopped. The penalty is the same (one stroke).
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