A player marks, lifts and replaces their ball on the putting green. As the player is preparing to make a stroke, wind blows the ball into the hole. Has the player holed out with her last stroke made before replacing the ball?No. A ball "owns the spot" once a ball has been marked and lifted on the putting green. The ball must be replaced if it was moved by natural forces. If the player fails to replace the ball on the original spot, the player gets the general penalty for playing from a wrong place.
If the ball had not been marked, lifted, and replaced on the putting green and subsequently was moved by natural forces, the ball would be played from its new spot. In the case where the ball is blown into the hole, the ball would be holed with the player’s last stroke.
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