| Re: rules question 7-2. During Round
A player must not make a practice stroke during play of a hole.
Between the play of two holes, a player must not make a practice stroke, except that he may practice putting or chipping on or near:
(a) the putting green of the hole last played,
(b) any practice putting green, or
(c) the teeing ground of the next hole to be played in the round
A “stroke’’ is the forward movement of the club made with the intention of striking at and moving the ball...
Unfortunatly "Chipping" is not defined. Which is why I make the assumtion of a ball trying to go over 40 yards as a "Stroke".
Match play — Loss of hole; Stroke play — Two strokes.
And to further complicate things:
7-2/5 Hitting Practice Range Ball Back to Range
Q. During play of a hole, a player saw some balls from the adjoining practice range lying on the course and flicked one back to the range with his club. Is there a penalty under Rule 7-2?
A. In some circumstances the hitting of a practice range ball back towards the range during the play of a hole would be a breach of Rule 7-2, but the casual flicking of a range ball, apparently only for the purpose of tidying up the course, is not a breach.
Last edited by GregJWillis; 04-07-2005 at 04:40 AM.
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