1957-58

478
GOLF
RULE
20.
BALL FARTHER FROM THE HOLE PLAYED
FIRST
x.
General
When the balls are in play, the ball farther from the hole shall
be played first. If the balls are equi-distant from the hole, the option
of playing first shall be decided by lot.
A player or a competitor incurs no penalty if a ball is movea
in
measuring to determine which ball is farther from the hole. A ball
so moved shall be replaced.
2.
Match play
Through the green or in a hazard, if a player play when his
opponent should have done so, the opponent may immediately
require the player to replay the stroke. In such a case, the player
shall drop a ball as near as possible to the spot from which his
previous stroke was played, and play in correct order without
penalty.
Penalty for breach of Rule
20,
2
—Loss of hole.
(Playing out of turn on putting green—Rule 35,
2
(b).)
3. Stroke Play
If a competitor play out of turn, no penalty shall be incurred. The
ball shall be played as it lies.
SECTION VII
THE BALL
—
OCCURRENCES IN PLAY
RULE
21.
PLAYING A WRONG BALL
The responsibility for playing his own ball rests with the player.
Each player should put an identification mark on his ball.
x.
General—Holing Out Original Ball
A player must hole out with the ball driven from the tee unless it
be lost, unplayable, out of bounds, in a water hazard, unfit for play,
or when under the rules a ball may be substituted. In any such case
the player may substitute another ball as provided for in the rules.
2.
Match Play
If a player play a stroke with any wrong ball except in a hazard,
he shall lose the hole.
There is no penalty for a player playing a
stroke or strokes with a wrong ball in a hazard provided he then
play his own ball ; the strokes so played with a wrong ball do not
count in the player's score.
Note.
—When the player and the opponent exchange balls, the
first to play the wrong ball shall lose the hole ; when this cannot be
determined, the hole shall be played out with the balls exchanged.
3. Stroke Play
If a competitor play a stroke or strokes with any wrong ball
except in a hazard, he shall
add two penalty strokes
to his score for
the hole and shall then play his own ball. Strokes played with a
wrong ball are not included in the score for the hole. There is
no penalty for a competitor playing a stroke or strokes with a
wrong ball in a hazard provided he then play his own ball.