TAPPING DOWN MARKS

We were playing in a strokes competition on a Sunday afternoon. Just before putting across the green I tapped down three scuff marks in the vicinity of the hole, but not on my line of putt. We presumably been made by the metal studs of Samat Junai playing in front. Did I break any Rule of Golf?

Zainudin: You incur a penalty of two strokes. Rule 16-1c states that on the green a player may only repair an old hole plug and any damage made by the impact of a ball. Nothing else can be repaired, including spike marks, if it might assist the player in his subsequent play of the hole. Of course, it would be good etiquette for you to repair damage to the green once you and your playing partners had holed out.

Posted by @pgabsec on 1:51 PM. Filed under Rules In Action .You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0