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Ball
Moved, Deflected or Stopped
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Rule
19
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Ball
in Motion Deflected or Stopped
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19-3.
By Opponent, Caddie or Equipment in Match Play
If a player's ball is accidentally deflected or stopped by an opponent,
his caddie or his
equipment, no penalty is incurred.
The player may play the ball as it lies or, before another
stroke is played by either side, cancel the stroke and playa ball
without penalty as nearly as
possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played
(see Rule 20-5).
If the ball has come to rest in or on the opponent's or his caddie's
clothes or equipment, the
player may through the green
or in a hazard drop the ball,
or on the putting green
place the ball, as near as possible to where the article was when
the ball came to rest in or
on it.
Exception: Ball striking person
attending flagstick -see Rule 17-3b.
(Ball purposely deflected or stopped by opponent or caddie -see
Rule 1-2.)
19-4. By Fellow-Competitor, Caddie
or Equipment in Stroke Play
See Rule 19 -I regarding ball deflected by outside
agency.
19-5. By Another Ball
a. At Rest
If a player's ball in motion after a stroke
is deflected or stopped by a ball in play
and at rest,
the player shall play his ball as it lies.
In match play, no penalty is incurred. In stroke play, there is
no penalty unless both balls lay on
the putting green prior to the
stroke,in which case the player incurs a penalty
of two strokes.
b. In Motion
If a player's ball in motion after a stroke
is deflected or stopped by another ball in motion after
a stroke, the player shall play his ball as it lies. There is no
penalty unless the player was in
breach of Rule 16-1f, in which case he shall
incur the penalty for breach of that Rule.
Exception: If the player's ball
is in motion after a stroke
on the putting green and the
other
ball in motion is an outside agency
-see Rule 19-1b.
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE:
Match play - Loss of hole.
Stroke play - Two strokes.
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