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My name is Nick Doran, and I am the former president of the UCSD Casual Golf Club.

I am going to post rules decisions as I encounter them on the golf course. I am pretty sure that I will be able to come up with at least one rule nugget for each round that I play.

Saturday, September 15, 2018

9/15/18 - Admiral Baker North

I know that if your ball hits a ball on the green, but you're hitting from off the green, then you play your ball as it lies, and the other player puts his ball back where it was.  If both balls are on the green, then it's a two stroke penalty on the player that hit the putt (Rule 19-5a).  (Don't do this).


But what happens if both balls are off the green?

As far as I can tell, this is covered by 18-5 for the player whose ball is hit (put it back), and 19-5 for the player whose ball did the hitting (play as it lies).

It kinda bugs me on the PGA Tour when players leave their ball on the green as a potential backstop when another player is chipping.  It's kinda cheating, isn't it?  They only seem to do it when playing with a buddy.  I don't think we will see that happen in the Ryder Cup next weekend.

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