The player’s wedge shot to the putting green comes to rest about 15 feet from the hole. As she walks to the ball on the putting green, a breeze moves the ball into a deep bunker. May the player replace the ball?No. A player’s ball is in play until it is holed, lifted, lost or O.B. (Definition of “In Play”). When a ball is in play it must be played as it lies except when it has been lifted and replaced on the putting green. A ball that has come to rest on the putting green that has not been lifted and replaced but is then moved by natural forces (wind, water, or gravity) must be played from its new spot. (Rules 13.1d(2) and 9.3). |
