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Rule 20-7 Playing from a wrong place
Q: After playing from a bunker onto the putting green, player
A asked her fellow competitor, player B, to mark and lift
A’s ball on the putting green while she raked the bunker.
B marked, lifted and dropped A’s ball on the green some
distance away. A approached the green and putted from the
location where B dropped the ball. What is the ruling? PLAYING
FROM A WRONG PLACE (USGA Rule 20-7)
A: A has played the ball from a wrong place. In match play,
A would lose the hole. In stroke play, A incurs a two-stroke
penalty. A must play out the hole with the ball played from
a wrong place, without correcting the error, provided she
has not committed a serious breach. (Serious breach occurs
when the player has gained a significant advantage.) If a
serious breach has occurred, the player MUST, before making
stroke on the next teeing ground, play out the hole with a
second ball dropped or placed in accordance with the Rules.
The competitor MUST report the facts to the Committee before
returning her scorecard, who will make the final determination
as to whether a serious breach has occurred and which ball
counts. If a serious breach has occurred and the error is
not corrected in this manner, the player is disqualified.
By: Judi Lorenzen
judi4golf@comcast.net
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