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As with some other rules, the instructions on ball change are often stricter in the tournament than in the recreation game.
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Golfists often exchange balls in the middle of the round, but not necessarily because they want. Wrong shots Go Awol, who forces the new balls to get into the game.
Happens what happens, however, if you haven’t lost the ball and want to change it anyway? Do the rules allow you to overthrow a middle ball of the ball?
It depends.
As a rule 14.3, you can change balls amidst holes at any time. You can also replace a new ball when you are getting free relief, say, a carriage trail or a spraying head or casual water; or when you are receiving relief of sentence from a punishment area or an unbearable lie.
A damaged ball is also acceptable for replacement, but only if this damage is a cut or a crack. Few pieces or scratches is not enough. Exchange of a middle ball of the ball just because you feel like it is not allowed. Once you have given up that hole, you cannot change the balls until you go out.
All of the above applies to the golf that most of us play.
And most of us do not play in elite competition. In high-level tournaments, the local G-4 model rule is often applied. This is also known as the “same ball” rule and means what it says. Players are required to use the same brand and model of golf Throughout their round.
Just ask Russell Henley. At Mayakoba Golf Classic 2019, Henley was hit with eight penalty kicks after discovering that he had used two different types of Title Title Title during the second round. If someone else had noticed it is difficult to say. But Henley did. He noticed his mistake as he signed an autograph after the round and returned inside.
Would you do the same, right? Living with that terrible secret would be a lot to endure.
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