Marker

Accidentally touch ball when/during placing marker on putting green. Penalty?

Yes it one stroke or lost hole in match play ! Everyone one knows that when you mark a ball, you place the marker slightly behind the ball....than you lift the ball. 8)

When you place the ball, again you place slightly infront of the marker so when you lift the marker you won't shift it......make sense ???

No penalty. Penalty only comes in when the ball is moved. If never moved, no penalty.

Rule 20-1 Lifting and Marking

A ball to be lifted under the Rules may be lifted by the player, his partner or another person authorised by the player. In any such case, the player is responsible for any breach of the Rules.
The position of the ball must be marked before it is lifted under a Rule that requires it to be replaced. If it is not marked, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke and the ball must be replaced. If it is not replaced, the player incurs the general penalty for breach of this Rule but there is no additional penalty under Rule 20-1.
If a ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved in the process of lifting the ball under a Rule or marking its position, the ball or ball-marker must be replaced. There is no penalty, provided the movement of the ball or ball-marker is directly attributable to the specific act of marking the position of or lifting the ball. Otherwise, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke under this Rule or Rule 18-2a.

neutralgolfer... I remotely remember hearing this....

BTW, yr globe golf ball is WHATS UP man!!! Where did you get it?

Swee ah NG ! That what i mean.....and play even safer !

jazz_samz wrote:

neutralgolfer... I remotely remember hearing this....

BTW, yr globe golf ball is WHATS UP man!!! Where did you get it?

JS, I sell these golf balls as souvenirs. I tot of offering all my barang barang to RDG friends. Let me sort out the items and post on separate posting.

I like the earth ball.

Uncle Lau wrote:

Swee ah NG ! That what i mean.....and play even safer !

Hi 5 UL. Swee arh!!

Bro Neutralgolfer, you already have two keen buyers... (Me and Moi).kekkekek

Keep us posted

I advices those with shaking hand ie moi to get those huge marker so as not to shift the ball. I still got those old SICC range ball token and Wonderland tokens as markers.....

Thanks for your support. Will keep you posted. Most likely over the weekend.

Neutralgolfer wrote:

No penalty. Penalty only comes in when the ball is moved. If never moved, no penalty.

Rule 20-1 Lifting and Marking

A ball to be lifted under the Rules may be lifted by the player, his partner or another person authorised by the player. In any such case, the player is responsible for any breach of the Rules.
The position of the ball must be marked before it is lifted under a Rule that requires it to be replaced. If it is not marked, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke and the ball must be replaced. If it is not replaced, the player incurs the general penalty for breach of this Rule but there is no additional penalty under Rule 20-1.
If a ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved in the process of lifting the ball under a Rule or marking its position, the ball or ball-marker must be replaced. There is no penalty, provided the movement of the ball or ball-marker is directly attributable to the specific act of marking the position of or lifting the ball. Otherwise, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke under this Rule or Rule 18-2a.

Thanks NG for the rules explanation...