Linda;
A couple of days ago my wife was playing in a women's
league. Her drive went into the trees. Her recovery shot bounced off of another
tree and then struck her opponent's cart.
Does my wife incur a penalty as a result? If so, how many
strokes?
Thank you,
Lou from South Carolina
Dear Lou,
There is no penalty when a player’s ball strikes an
opponent’s or a fellow competitor’s cart. In match play, she may either play
the ball as it lies or cancel the stroke immediately and replay the shot [Rule
19-3]. In stroke play she must play the ball as it lies [Rule 19-4].
In both match and stroke play, if the cart had been
her own or her partner’s, she would incur a one-stroke penalty and play the
ball as it lies [Rule 19-2].
Linda
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