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John Flood

I have a question that I'm not sure about. In football the ball is deemed out if it crosses BUT comes back into play, i.e corners.

What applies in golf if your ball goes OOB in the air but lands in bounds OR lands OOB but finishes up in bounds??

I was thinking about this in relation to Dave Knatt's earlier post about playing the hole from a different way it was intended.

John.

Darren Ramowski

Think it's in play, think we also had a similar question to this and the ruling is kind of ambiguous but clear

Seem theory if you hit a tree out of bounds but it knocks it back in. 

Will search and get back to you

Adrian Hope

Adrian Hope

Colin Stephens

John Pettitt

Adrian Hope

I once saw Russ Abbot hit a ball over a wall onto a bus, it rolled down the stairs back over the wall onto the green to the edge of the hole, then the vibrations of a passing train made it fall in !

I bet he still didn't buy the drinks either (tight tw@t )

John Flood

Cheers guys.

Now who fancies following me around next time I play & throwing my ball back into play for me??

Patrick Bourke

Dave Knatt

John P - in the latest TG there's a specific question about a ball being thrown back into play by a bystander.

Their interpretation is that it's a penalty stroke if it comes to rest OB - if it's deflected back then that's ok.

So, if it's picked up and thrown back, it's a penalty, if your spectator hits it back without it coming to rest, then you're alright. 

David Lythgoe

Dave,

The Rule is 'if it is known' that the ball was thrown back.

TheLyth