During match play, Player A tells her opponent she scored a 4 but actually scored a 5. Player B scored a 5. After playing several more holes, Player A realizes she gave her opponent the wrong number of strokes taken. How is this resolved?If a player gives the wrong number of strokes taken after a hole is completed, the player gets the general penalty if the mistake affects the result of the hole and is not corrected in time. ("In time" means before either player makes a stroke to begin the next hole, or in the case of the final hole of the match, before the match is final.) The match score must be corrected. Even though the hole would have been a tie if the right number of strokes had been given, Player A gets a loss-of-hole penalty on the hole in question because the mistake affected the understanding of the result of the hole. (Rule 3.1d) |
