Yet another rules question!

getcover

Well not so much a rules question as what do you do question!
I was playing on Saturday, and played quite a good shot onto a green, which rises slightly away to the back. The thing is the ball buried itself in the ground on landing. I picked up the ball and fixed the fairly deep pitchmark.
I marked the ball, even though it was obvious where it was lying.
Given that the ground was a little damaged, even after fixing it as best I could, my partner said place the ball just in front of the pitch mark.

This was only a friendly round, not competition, and he was being quite fair.

But I'm wondering if this was a competitive game, should I have placed the ball on the pitch mark, behind it, or is it ok to put it just in front of it?

mikeunt

getcover wrote: »

Well not so much a rules question as what do you do question!
I was playing on Saturday, and played quite a good shot onto a green, which rises slightly away to the back. The thing is the ball buried itself in the ground on landing. I picked up the ball and fixed the fairly deep pitchmark.
I marked the ball, even though it was obvious where it was lying.
Given that the ground was a little damaged, even after fixing it as best I could, my partner said place the ball just in front of the pitch mark.

This was only a friendly round, not competition, and he was being quite fair.

But I'm wondering if this was a competitive game, should I have placed the ball on the pitch mark, behind it, or is it ok to put it just in front of it?

yerra just move it up a foot or two just in case the pitch mark would be in your eyeline

Jul3s

getcover wrote: »

Well not so much a rules question as what do you do question!
I was playing on Saturday, and played quite a good shot onto a green, which rises slightly away to the back. The thing is the ball buried itself in the ground on landing. I picked up the ball and fixed the fairly deep pitchmark.
I marked the ball, even though it was obvious where it was lying.
Given that the ground was a little damaged, even after fixing it as best I could, my partner said place the ball just in front of the pitch mark.

This was only a friendly round, not competition, and he was being quite fair.

But I'm wondering if this was a competitive game, should I have placed the ball on the pitch mark, behind it, or is it ok to put it just in front of it?

In a friendly game you can do whatever you like, in a competitive round you must replace where it came to rest, i.e. in your example that would be on the pitch mark (after you have repaired it obv.).

Gophur

You don't have discretion to place the ball anywhere but where it came to rest. Repair the pitch mark and replace the ball.

irish bloke

RULE 27 ,SECTION 3B, PARAGRAPH 2 STATES: “If you miss the putt as a consequence of the pitch mark repair work caused by you, you may retake the putt again and again until you put it in the hole”