This is a good golf rule to know. What to do when a competitor’s ball interferes with your play. It’s easy. Ask your competitor to mark his / her ball. The tricky part is if it is your ball that is interfering with play. Again this golf rule sounds easy, but read in the description for the gotchas.
Gotchas:
1. Your ball has to be interfering in order for you to mark the ball. You can’t assume it is in someone’s way. The competitor has to ask you to mark.
2. If you are asked to mark your ball, you must mark it.
3. If you lift your golf ball after marking it, you are not allowed to clean it and must put it back on its spot. Hold it between your forefinger and your thumb.
4. If your position is damaged by the other shot then find the nearest point that resembles your previous lie.
b. Ball Anywhere on Course Interfering with Play
(1) Meaning of Interference by Another Player’s Ball. Interference under this Rule exists when another player’s ball at rest:
Might interfere with the player’s area of intended stance or area of intended swing,
Is on or close to the player’s line of play such that, given the intended stroke, there is a reasonable chance the player’s ball in motion could hit that ball, or
Is close enough to distract the player in making the stroke.
(2) When Relief Is Allowed from Interfering Ball. If a player reasonably believes that another player’s ball anywhere on the course might interfere with the player’s own play:
The player may require the other player to mark the spot and lift the ball (see Rule 14.1), and the ball must not be cleaned (except when lifted from the putting green under Rule 13.1b) and must be replaced on its original spot (see Rule 14.2).
If the other player does not mark the spot before lifting the ball or cleans the lifted ball when not allowed, he or she gets one penalty stroke.
In stroke play only, a player required to lift his or her ball under this Rule may play first instead.
A player is not allowed to lift his or her ball under this Rule based only on the player’s own belief that the ball might interfere with another player’s play.
If the player lifts his or her ball when not required to do so by the other player (except when lifting the ball on the putting green under Rule 13.1b), the player gets one penalty stroke.
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