Charl Schwartzel knocks one off the tee
Posted Jun 11, 2022, 5:24 PM UTC
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00:06 “Hey, you still advanced the ball.” “That’ll still play!” “Didn’t get past the ladies’ tees, pull your pants down and walk to the ball!”
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stupid fucking thing wont fucking load
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You're not missing much.
He takes a waggle with the driver, the ball falls off the tee, he bends over and puts the ball back on the tee. Then plays his shot. That's it.
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How was this actually scored?
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It's not scored like anything, the ball isn't in play on the tee until you've made a stroke.
Not a penalty to accidentally knock it off the tee.
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One!
Doesn’t that count as a stroke? I was shocked to see this. 1 stroke for the hit. Another for picking it up. He should be hitting 3.
Nope. I think the waggle is considered part of the practice swing, and there is no penalty for hitting the ball with your practice swing by accident.
…if your on the tee and haven’t made a stroke at the ball, or on the green…just to be clear. If you hit your ball with a practice swing anywhere else it’s a penalty and you have to replace the ball.
Interesting. I did not know that.
Edit: Thanks for downvotes. I learned something new today and so did some others it seems. This community can really suck sometimes. I thought this was interesting as I’ve never seen a pro accidentally knock the ball off a tee. But maybe that’s just me.
Rule 6.5
Ball Is Not in Play Until Stroke Is Made. Whether the ball is teed or on the ground, when starting a hole or playing again from the teeing area under a Rule:
The ball is not in play until the player makes a stroke at it, and
The ball may be lifted or moved without penalty before the stroke is made.
If a teed ball falls off the tee or is knocked off the tee by the player before the player has made a stroke at it, it may be re-teed anywhere in the teeing area without penalty.
So since he didn’t make a stroke with intention to hit the ball he gets to put it back with no penalty.
I don’t think that counts as a stroke. The ball was yet to be in play since he’s on the tee box and he had no intent of hitting it yet.