11.1 A player sends his ball on the green. He then makes a stroke at his ball, while the ball is still in motion, a piece of the attended flagstick fall on the ball and deflect it by a few inches. The player’s next stroke is done from that position. What is the decision?
ANSWER 11.1: When an outside influence hits a ball in motion from a stroke on the green, the stroke is cancelled, and the player must replay the stroke without penalty. The player played from the wrong place. The penalty is 2 strokes. The score for that hole is 4. We still have to figure out if it is a serious breach, If it is, the player must correct.
11.2 The players ball is deliberately deflected by a spectator near the green. The ball would have ended up in a penalty area. What is the decision?
ANSWER 11.2: The player must drop a ball in the penalty are or use any of the options available for a ball in a penalty area with the one-stroke penalty.
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11.3 After a putt, the player deliberately deflects his ball in motion that is past the hole. From this new area, he putts the ball in the hole. What is the ruling?
ANSWER 11.3: The player gets a penalty of 2 strokes for deliberately deflecting his ball in motion, plus 2 others penalty strokes for playing from the wrong place.
11.4 Players A makes a putt. While the ball is in motion, Player B moves the flagstick that is lying on the green. Is there a penalty to someone?
ANSWER 11.4: A flagstick, lying on the ground can always be removed even if a ball is in motion
11.5 The player makes his putt. While the ball is still in motion, he deflects the ball directly in the hole. What is the decision?
ANSWER 11.5: The player is penalized 2 strokes because he deliberately deflected his ball in motion. We can’t say he played from the wrong place because he did not make any other strokes. He must correct and will be disqualified if he does not play from the right place.
QUESTIONS RULE 12
12.1 The player’s ball lies in a bunker. He makes a stroke and the ball goes Out of Bounds. Can the player rake the area before dropping another ball?
12.2 The player’s ball lies in sand that was rejected from the bunker. Is the ball in the bunker?
12.3 Between my ball and the flag there is a bunker. I drop my club in the bunker, I retrieve my club and smooths the footprints. Do I have a penalty?
12.4 A player makes a practice swing and touches the sand 3 times. What is the penalty?
12.5 Behind the ball, there is a little mound of sand, on his backswing, the player touches lightly the mound of sand. He does not stop his swing and make a stroke at the ball.
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