Doh! Picked Up Your Ball By Accident? Here's What You Need To Do

Doh! Picked Up Your Ball By Accident? Here's What You Need To Do

The first thing to stress here is that a number of golfers do perhaps believe that there is a difference between accidental or deliberate movement of your own ball, which will determine whether or not a penalty applies. But generally, the Rules of Golf make no such differentiation.

Generally the Rules do not differentiate between accidental, absent-minded, careless and deliberate... (Image credit: Kenny Smith)