Rules of Golf 2012-2015 Pocket Edition - The R&A
Rules of Golf 2012-2015 Pocket Edition - The R&A
Rules of Golf 2012-2015 Pocket Edition - The R&A
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72<br />
Rule 16<br />
putting green. If a ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved in the process <strong>of</strong><br />
the repair, the ball or ball-marker must be replaced. <strong>The</strong>re is no penalty,<br />
provided the movement <strong>of</strong> the ball or ball-marker is directly attributable to<br />
the specific act <strong>of</strong> repairing an old hole plug or damage to the putting green<br />
caused by the impact <strong>of</strong> a ball. Otherwise, Rule 18 applies.<br />
Any other damage to the putting green must not be repaired if it might assist<br />
the player in his subsequent play <strong>of</strong> the hole.<br />
d. Testing Surface<br />
During the stipulated round, a player must not test the surface <strong>of</strong> any putting<br />
green by rolling a ball or roughening or scraping the surface.<br />
Exception: Between the play <strong>of</strong> two holes, a player may test the surface <strong>of</strong><br />
any practice putting green and the putting green <strong>of</strong> the hole last played, unless<br />
the Committee has prohibited such action (see Note 2 to Rule 7-2).<br />
e. Standing Astride or on Line <strong>of</strong> Putt<br />
<strong>The</strong> player must not make a stroke on the putting green from a stance<br />
astride, or with either foot touching, the line <strong>of</strong> putt or an extension <strong>of</strong> that<br />
line behind the ball.<br />
Exception: <strong>The</strong>re is no penalty if the stance is inadvertently taken on or astride<br />
the line <strong>of</strong> putt (or an extension <strong>of</strong> that line behind the ball) or is taken to avoid<br />
standing on another player’s line <strong>of</strong> putt or prospective line <strong>of</strong> putt.<br />
f. Making Stroke While Another Ball in Motion<br />
<strong>The</strong> player must not make a stroke while another ball is in motion after a<br />
stroke from the putting green, except that if a player does so, there is no<br />
penalty if it was his turn to play.<br />
(Lifting ball assisting or interfering with play while another ball in motion<br />
– see Rule 22)<br />
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 16-1:<br />
Match play – Loss <strong>of</strong> hole; Stroke play – Two strokes.<br />
(Position <strong>of</strong> caddie or partner – see Rule 14-2)<br />
(Wrong putting green – see Rule 25-3)