r/golf • u/VoteForGiantMeteor • 3d ago

Beginner Questions What’s the ruling on this?

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Betfred British Masters. Ball on spectator. 😆

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u/ToGGGles 3d ago

Official rules: fan gets up and the ball comes to rest. Player gets a free drop from that location, no penalty.

What should the rule be? PLAY THE BALL AS IT LIES

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u/falco_iii 3d ago

Play the balls as they lie.

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u/SamoaDisDik 3d ago

I had to hit it off Frankenstein’s big fat foot!!!

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u/Some_MD_Guy 2d ago

This is a Mini-golf location, sir.

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u/Valuable-Discount494 3d ago

Plays the balls as they lied

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u/turdmcburgular 3d ago

balls do be lying

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u/Magikrat 2d ago

Thanks Joan Didion.

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u/shwanstopable 3d ago

What if he crabs walks over to the green THEN gets up

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u/Kickwax 3d ago

Not according to the Rules of Golf.

The reference point is the point on the ground directly beneath the person where the ball came to rest after the stroke.

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u/SnooGiraffes9663 3d ago

Correct.  Player then required to drop ball within 1 club length, no closer to hole, from that reference point.

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u/Hexogen 3d ago

Pay the fan to crab walk it to the hole.

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u/LivermoreP1 7.4 - Midwest 3d ago

Unofficial rule:

Tickle him and see how long he can keep the ball on his belly before it falls off.

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u/govunah 3 Beer HDCP 3d ago

Oops wrong ball

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u/Theoretical_Action 3d ago

What happens if the fan and player try to coordinate? Like hey would you prefer if I rolled over or tried to sit up and go forward down the hill?

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u/bombmk 2d ago

Your question is what should have made the person you are responding realise that they are wrong.

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u/Meta2048 3d ago

Psst... I'll give you $1k to crab-walk over to the hole before getting up

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u/arcaresenal 3d ago

Sometime before I was born, Tom Kite bounced a fairway shot into my mother’s lap. He gave her the ball after par-ing out the hole.

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u/Difficult_Forever526 1d ago

I don't think I ever saw that episode of How I Met Your Mother...