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Q.
If you accidentally cause your ball to move, you incur a penalty of one stroke except when:
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Exception 1 – Player Allowed to Lift or Move Ball: There is no penalty when the player lifts the ball or causes it to move under a Rule that:
Allows the ball to be lifted and then replaced on its original spot,
Requires a moved ball to be replaced on its original spot, or
Requires or allows the player to drop or place a ball again or to play a ball from a different place.
Exception 2 – Accidental Movement Before Ball Is Found: There is no penalty when the player accidentally causes the ball to move while trying to find or identify it (see Rule 7.4).
Exception 3 – Accidental Movement on Putting Green: There is no penalty when the player accidentally causes the ball to move on the putting green (see Rule 13.1d), no matter how that happens.
Exception 4 – Accidental Movement Anywhere Except on Putting Green While Applying Rule: There is no penalty when the player accidentally causes the ball to move anywhere except on the putting green while taking reasonable actions to:
Mark the spot of the ball or lift or replace the ball, when allowed to do so (see Rules 14.1 and 14.2),
Remove a movable obstruction (see Rule 15.2),
Restore worsened conditions, when allowed to do so (see Rule 8.1d),
Take relief under a Rule, including in determining whether relief is available under a Rule (such as swinging a club to see if there is interference from a condition), or where to take relief (such as determining the nearest point of complete relief), or
Measure under a Rule (such as to decide the order of play under Rule 6.4).
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