Hello Linda,
Hope all is well.
We had a foursomes match play competition on the weekend,
three teams playing at one time, so all three balls were on the green.
A marked his ball and gave it to a spectator to clean it.
B and C claimed the hole, saying that the spectator was not
his caddie and that he had used two caddies.
What's the ruling?
Your help will be appreciated.
Regards,
Lou from Nairobi, Kenya
Dear Lou,
The Rules do not specify who may clean a player’s ball. Rule
21 permits a ball that has been lifted from a putting green to be cleaned, but
it does not assign that job to the caddie or, indeed, to any particular person.
Anyone may clean the ball. The
player in your narrative did not use two caddies when he handed his ball to a
spectator for cleaning.
Linda
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