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David Preston

Myself & three playing partners were on the green.

One of my playing partners had a long putt.

I had gone to my bag to clean a club & find a marker.

as i was walking back to the green this lad putted, my ball had not been marked yet.  His ball hit mine.

 Is there a penalty for this action & who does it lie with?

Thank you.

Wayne Santorini

Dave Patrick

Wayne

What if the mates ball was just off the green? As this happened to me the other day but I hit the ball from off the green and hit my mates ball who was 5 foot from the green. Am I in the wrong or am I OK?

Dave CAC handed Geordie

David Lythgoe

Dave the Geordie asked?

"What if the mates ball was just off the green? As this happened to me the other day but I hit the ball from off the green and hit my mates ball who was 5 foot from the green. Am I in the wrong or am I OK?"

A ball hit by another ball anywhere on the course must be replaced as near as possible to where it was.

If both balls were on the green, then it is a penalty, but if they are not on the green, no penalty.

TheLyth

Wayne Santorini

 ** I hit the ball from off the green and hit my mates ball who was 5 foot from the green**

Do you mean 5' from the Pin??? if so either way no penalty in your case Dave (Cack handed geordie) just replace the hit ball (ie your mates ball) as close to the point of it's original spot.

Chris Perry

David,

If your ball was off the green and it hits your mate's, there is no penalty to either player.  Your ball is played as it lies and your mate's is replaced as close as possible to where it was. 

David Preston

my ball & in fact al of our balls were on the green.

 he had a long put. whilst i was sorting a marker out & cleaning the wedge i had just used.

being a busy saturday he decided to putt up.

 his ball hit mine, which i state had not been marked.

this was due to me being at my bag, as i had forgot to put my marker in my pocket at the start of play.

basically he hit my ball with his, without being marked & all balls were on the green!

please could anyone enphasize who gets what penalties etc

also basicaly who is at fault?

thank you.

Russ Taylor

Chris Perry

David Preston - Wayne answered your question with his first post on this thread

David Patrick - The posts after your question (including the lyth and mine) answered your question

Dave Patrick

Thanks

I thought if I was off the green balls on green dont need to be marked.

Also I did mean 5 foot from pin not green.

Dave CAC handed Geordie.

David Preston

thanks for your input guys much appreciated.

Luckily I still won on the day, but at the time due to slight confusion on this matter I was penalized one shot.

Having said this, I shot 36 points & got cut a shot off of my handicap.

wrote same post again even after waynes answer, got confused, too many daves about!! sorry.

In some repects this error saved me even more of a slice!

Cheers

David Lythgoe

I saw that after afew days so used my old Nick-name TheLyth from then on.

TheLyth