Interesting rules question Options

[Body_Visions]

True story, by the way. A guy TCs a chip (double hit). He said he hit it so fat (he did) that he never made contact with the ball so he should not have a penalty because he only hit the ball once.

[arkstorm]

He caused the ball to move on the initial swing, then he redirected its motion before it came to rest when he double hit it. Hence its a penalty.

By his rationale, a blast shot out of a bunker should never count as a stroke because you never actually touch the ball.

[Body_Visions]

He caused the ball to move on the initial swing, then he redirected its motion before it came to rest when he double hit it. Hence its a penalty.

That is what I told him. Pretty interesting, though.

[tommyjewell-1994]

^^^^^ that is exactly correct. it should be a one stroke penalty for redirecting the motion of the ball in motion. the second time he hit it doesn't count as a stroke, but it is a penalty.

[jhfields]

tommyjewell-1994 is right.