Fourputt
Littleton, Colorado
- Sep 5, 2006
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To tell you the truth Augster, i believe it is against the rules for a player to put the ball in his pocket. Thats y you always see them either clean it a little themselves, or toss it to their caddy (who nvr puts it in a pocket either, only in the hands).
Actually i dont think its a rules violation, but its just more of an honour sorta thing, so then ppl dont think your cheating, and you dont give them a chance to cheat.
There is nothing in the rules to prevent a player from putting aball in his pocket. But if you do so in a comptetition, make sure that there can be no suspicion that you have changed balls during the play of a hole. I often carry an extra ball, but I also make sure that it is identifyably different, and I put in in my left pocket, while the ball I'm playing goes in the right.