Scotch Foursome Ruling

ike · 13-08-2025 12:01PM #1

Looking for clarify on the following in Strokeplay

Scotch foursome - both players tee off and alternate shots on best ball until holds out.

So Player A ends up putting and leaves a tap in. Player B needs to tap it in but Player A taps it in. So what's the penalty. can't seem to find a reference to it anywhere

paulos53 · 13-08-2025 12:12PM

Technically Scotch Foursomes isn't covered by the Rules of Golf and the rules should be set by the committee. However once a ball is in play off the tee then it is safe to assume that the rules for Foursomes are followed.

https://www.randa.org/rog/the-rules-of-golf/rule-22#22_3

The tap-in from Player A would not count. The ball would need to be replaced and then played by Player B. A 2 shot penalty would apply.

If it happened in Matchplay then it would have been loss of hole.