To-day at a par 3 I played first and my ball ended up about 6 feet from the 
flag.  My opponent then played his shot from the tee and his ball struck 
mine.  My ball was pushed well past the hole while his stopped dead.
I said he was not subject to any penalty for striking my ball but thought 
that my ball should have been replaced at the point where his ball struck 
it.  We did not agree so I played it from where it was now sitting, both got 
a 3 so no harm done.
Who was right?

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:42 +0100, "Stewart"
 wrote:

>To-day at a par 3 I played first and my ball ended up about 6 feet from the 
>flag.  My opponent then played his shot from the tee and his ball struck 
>mine.  My ball was pushed well past the hole while his stopped dead.
>I said he was not subject to any penalty for striking my ball but thought 
>that my ball should have been replaced at the point where his ball struck 
>it.  We did not agree so I played it from where it was now sitting, both got 
>a 3 so no harm done.
>Who was right? 
>

You were.  You should have replaced your ball where it was and then
played from there.  He gets to play his ball where it finished.  

What if his ball had knocked yours into the water?  
-- 
jvdp
Annika Fears Free Golf
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com

"John van der Pflum"  wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:42 +0100, "Stewart"
>  wrote:
>
>>To-day at a par 3 I played first and my ball ended up about 6 feet from 
>>the
>>flag.  My opponent then played his shot from the tee and his ball struck
>>mine.  My ball was pushed well past the hole while his stopped dead.
>>I said he was not subject to any penalty for striking my ball but thought
>>that my ball should have been replaced at the point where his ball struck
>>it.  We did not agree so I played it from where it was now sitting, both 
>>got
>>a 3 so no harm done.
>>Who was right?
>>
>
> You were.  You should have replaced your ball where it was and then
> played from there.  He gets to play his ball where it finished.
>
> What if his ball had knocked yours into the water?
> -- 
> jvdp

What water?

Alan :-)

Thank you both; what you say is interesting as there are deep bunkers at the 
back of the green and he could have knocked my ball into one of them, in our 
case the water hazard is immediately in front of the green so unlikely to 
end up there.  At another of our short holes however there is an out of 
bounds at the back and it makes sense that I could have retreived my ball 
from there if the situation arose.


"Alan Murphy"  wrote in message 
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> "John van der Pflum"  wrote in message 
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>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:42 +0100, "Stewart"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>To-day at a par 3 I played first and my ball ended up about 6 feet from 
>>>the
>>>flag.  My opponent then played his shot from the tee and his ball struck
>>>mine.  My ball was pushed well past the hole while his stopped dead.
>>>I said he was not subject to any penalty for striking my ball but thought
>>>that my ball should have been replaced at the point where his ball struck
>>>it.  We did not agree so I played it from where it was now sitting, both 
>>>got
>>>a 3 so no harm done.
>>>Who was right?
>>>
>>
>> You were.  You should have replaced your ball where it was and then
>> played from there.  He gets to play his ball where it finished.
>>
>> What if his ball had knocked yours into the water?
>> -- 
>> jvdp
>
> What water?
>
> Alan :-)
>
>
>

"Stewart"  wrote in message 
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> Thank you both; what you say is interesting as there are deep bunkers at 
> the back of the green and he could have knocked my ball into one of them, 
> in our case the water hazard is immediately in front of the green so 
> unlikely to end up there.  At another of our short holes however there is 
> an out of bounds at the back and it makes sense that I could have 
> retreived my ball from there if the situation arose.
>
>
> "Alan Murphy"  wrote in message 
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>> "John van der Pflum"  wrote in message 
>> news:iohl54lm6nfjm8hl5ikjlo8svighkfpa1p@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:42 +0100, "Stewart"
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>To-day at a par 3 I played first and my ball ended up about 6 feet from 
>>>>the
>>>>flag.  My opponent then played his shot from the tee and his ball struck
>>>>mine.  My ball was pushed well past the hole while his stopped dead.
>>>>I said he was not subject to any penalty for striking my ball but 
>>>>thought
>>>>that my ball should have been replaced at the point where his ball 
>>>>struck
>>>>it.  We did not agree so I played it from where it was now sitting, both 
>>>>got
>>>>a 3 so no harm done.
>>>>Who was right?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You were.  You should have replaced your ball where it was and then
>>> played from there.  He gets to play his ball where it finished.
>>>
>>> What if his ball had knocked yours into the water?
>>> -- 
>>> jvdp
>>
>> What water?
>>
>> Alan :-)
>>
>>
Stewart,
You would also have had to replace your ball, if it had finished up in the 
hole!!
(Rule 18-5 applies to your ball; Rule 19-5a applies to your opponent's 
ball.)

Malcolm