did i get a birdie

[icedaddy]

as a newcomer, could somebody please help. i had a 2 foot put for a par on a par 5, when a friend chipped in off the green and hit my ball in the hole, what d o i card , thanks

[ualtim]

Originally Posted by icedaddy

as a newcomer, could somebody please help. i had a 2 foot put for a par on a par 5, when a friend chipped in off the green and hit my ball in the hole, what d o i card , thanks

Unfortunately, your ball has to be replaced as near as possible to its original position. Your friend plays his ball from where ever it stopped. Sorry, no birdie this time.

[footballking732]

im not 100% sure, but i think no...

i think you would have had to replace it as close as possible, and then putt out.. and if you didnt do that, technically penalty strokes occur..

but i am by no means anywhere near a rules expert..

[Eracer]

I think this covers it:

18-5 By Another Ball

If a ball in play and at rest is moved by another ball in motion after a stroke, the moved ball must be replaced.


Relevant Definitions:

Ball in Play
A ball is “in play’’ as soon as the player has made a stroke on the teeing ground. It remains in play until it is holed, except when it is lost, out of bounds or lifted, or another ball has been substituted whether or not the substitution is permitted; a ball so substituted becomes the ball in play.

Move or Moved
A ball is deemed to have “moved’’ if it leaves its position and comes to rest in any other place.

Stroke
A “stroke’’ is the forward movement of the club made with the intention of striking at and moving the ball, but if a player checks his downswing voluntarily before the clubhead reaches the ball he has not made a stroke.

Note also that his rule states that you must not mark your ball anywhere EXCEPT the green unless specifically requested to do so by your competitor:

22-2 Ball Interfering with Play
Except when a ball is in motion, if a player considers that the ball of another player might interfere with his play, he may have it lifted.
A ball lifted under this Rule must be replaced (see Rule 20-3). The ball must not be cleaned unless it lies on the putting green (see Rule 21).
In stroke play, a player required to lift his ball may play first rather than lift the ball.
Note: Except on the putting green, a player may not lift his ball solely because he considers that it might interfere with the play of another player. If a player lifts his ball without being asked to do so, he incurs a penalty of one stroke for a breach of Rule 18-2a, but there is no additional penalty under Rule 22.
Penalty for Breach of Rule:
Match play — Loss of hole; Stroke play — Two strokes.



So, your ball was in play, you were not required to lift your ball unless your opponent asked you to do so, but could have done so, since you were on the green.

Once your ball was struck by the other ball, you were required to replace the ball and putt out. You didn't putt out. In stroke play you would be disqualified under:

3-2 Failure to Hole Out
If a competitor fails to hole out at any hole and does not correct his mistake before he makes a stroke on the next teeing ground or, in the case of the last hole of the round, before he leaves the putting green, he is disqualified.

[footballking732]

you are a good man eracer... i was too lazy to get an exact quote...