Golf Rule You Never Knew About!

This is backstopping in golf. It’s against the rules and can get you a two stroke penalty or even disqualified. It’s also uncool. Mark your ball or have your fellow competitor mark their ball before you hit your shot.

Rule 15.3:
1. Backstopping:
“Backstopping“ is the common term used to describe the following situation in stroke play:
A player, without agreement with any other player, leaves his or her ball in place on the
putting green close to the hole in a position where another player, who is about to play
from off the putting green, could benefit if his or her ball struck the ball at rest.
As there has been no agreement to leave the ball in place to help any player, there is no
breach of the Rules – see Rule 15.3a.
However, The R&A and USGA take the view that ”backstopping” fails to take into account all
of the other players in the competition and has the potential to give the player with the
“backstop” an advantage over those other players.
Clarifications of the 2019 Rules of Golf
Updated April 1, 2022
Clarifications will normally be updated on a quarterly basis each January, April, July, and October and
the next quarterly will be in July 2022. The next revision to Rules of Golf will be January 2023. _____________________________________________________________________________________
Consequently, The R&A and USGA offer players the following guidance and explanation of
best practice:
– In stroke play, the competition involves all players and, because each player in the
competition cannot be present to protect his or her own interests, protecting the field is an
important responsibility that all players in the competition share.
– Therefore, in stroke play, if there is a reasonable possibility that a player’s ball close to the
hole could help another player who is about to play from off the green, both players should
ensure that the player whose ball is close to the hole marks and lifts that ball before the
other player plays.
– If all players follow this best practice, it ensures the protection of the interests of everyone
in the competition. (Added 1/2020)

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