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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
Sport
Fergus Bisset

My Golf Ball Just Knocked Another Golf Ball Into The Hole. What Should I Do?

Two golf balls collide.

It doesn’t happen too often on the golf course, but golf balls do occasionally collide. If you’ve played a shot from off the putting surface and your ball hits another ball, what to do is covered by Rule 11.1 – Ball in motion accidentally hits person or outside influence…

First of all, there’s no penalty and the player whose ball was in motion should be played from where it has come to rest.

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