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Playing
The Ball
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Rule
15
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Wrong
Ball; Substituted Ball
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Definition
A wrong ball is any ball other
than the player's:
a. Ball in play,
b. Provisional ball,
or
c. Second ball played under Rule 3-3 or Rule 20-7b in stroke
play.
*Note: Ball in play includes
a ball substituted for the ball in play whether or not such substitution
is permitted.
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15-1. General
A player must hole out with the ball played from the
teeing ground unless a Rule
permits
him to substitute another ball.
If a player substitutes another ball when not so permitted, that
ball is not a wrong ball; it
becomes the ball in play and,
if the error is not corrected as provided in Rule 20-6, the
player
shall incur a penalty of loss of hole in match play or two strokes
in stroke play.
(Playing from wrong place -see Rule 20-7.)
15-2. Match Play
If a player plays a stroke with
a wrong ball except in a hazard,
he shall lose the hole.
If a player plays any strokes in a hazard with a wrong ball, there
is no penalty. Strokes played
in a hazard with a wrong ball do not count in the player's score.
If the wrong ball belongs to
another player, its owner shall place a ball on the spot from which
the wrong ball was first
played.
If the player and opponent exchange balls during the play of a hole,
the first to play the wrong
ball other than from a hazard shall lose the hole; when this cannot
be determined, the hole
shall be played out with the balls exchanged.
15-3. Stroke Play
If a competitor plays a stroke or strokes
with a wrong ball, he
shall incur a penalty of two
strokes, unless the only stroke or strokes played with such
ball were played when it was in a
hazard, in which case no penalty
is incurred.
The competitor must correct his mistake by playing the correct ball.
If he fails to correct his
mistake before he plays a stroke from the next teeing
ground or, in the case of the last hole
of the round, fails to declare his intention to correct his mistake
before leaving the putting
green, he shall be disqualified.
Strokes played by a competitor with a wrong ball do not count in
his score.
If the wrong ball belongs to another competitor, its owner shall
place a ball on the spot from
which the wrong ball was first played.
(Lie of ball to be placed or replaced altered -see Rule 20-3b.)
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