Two Balls in Motion Collide – Golf Rules Explained

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Rule 11
Ball in Motion Accidentally Hits Person, Animal or Object; Deliberate Actions to Affect Ball in Motion
This Rule applies any time a ball in play is in motion (whether after a stroke or otherwise), except when a ball has been dropped in a relief area and has not yet come to rest. That situation is covered by Rule 14.3.
11.1
Ball in Motion Accidentally Hits Person or Outside Influence
11.1a
No Penalty to Any Player
If a player’s ball in motion accidentally hits any person (including the player) or outside influence:
There is no penalty to any player.
This is true even if the ball hits the player, the opponent or any other player or any of their caddies or equipment.
Exception – Ball Played on Putting Green in Stroke Play: If the player’s ball in motion hits another ball at rest on the putting green and both balls were on the putting green before the stroke, the player gets the general penalty (two penalty strokes).
11.1b Place from Where Ball Must Be Played
(1) When Ball is Played from Anywhere Except on Putting Green. If a player’s ball in motion played from anywhere except the putting green accidentally hits any person (including the player) or outside influence (including equipment), the ball must normally be played as it lies. But if the ball comes to rest on any person, animal or moving outside influence, the player must not play the ball as it lies. Instead, the player must take relief:
When Ball Comes to Rest on Any Person, Animal or Moving Outside Influence Located Anywhere Except on Putting Green. The player must drop the original ball or another ball in this relief area (see Rule 14.3):
Reference Point: The estimated point right under where the ball first came to rest on the person, animal or moving outside influence.
Size of Relief Area Measured from Reference Point: One club-length, but with these limits:
Limits on Location of Relief Area:
Must be in the same area of the course as the reference point, and
Must not be nearer the hole than the reference point.
When Ball Comes to Rest on Any Person, Animal or Moving Outside Influence Located on Putting Green. The player must place the original ball or another ball on the estimated spot right under where the ball first came to rest on the person, animal or moving outside influence, using the procedures for replacing a ball under Rules 14.2b(2) and 14.2e
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Penalty for Playing from a Wrong Place in Breach of Rule 11.1b(1): General Penalty Under Rule 14.7
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(2) When Ball Is Played from Putting Green. If a player’s ball in motion played from the putting green accidentally hits the player or an outside influence, the ball must normally be played as it lies. But if it is known or virtually certain that the ball in motion hit any of the following on the putting green, the player must replay the stroke by playing the original ball or another ball from the spot where that stroke was made (see Rule 14.6):
Any person other than:
the player, or
a person attending the flagstick (this is covered by Rule 13.2b(2), not by this Rule).
A movable obstruction other than:
the club used to make the stroke,
a ball-marker,
a ball at rest (see Rule 11.1a for whether a penalty applies in stroke play), or a flagstick (this is covered by Rule 13.2b(2), not by this Rule).
An animal other than those defined as a loose impediment (such as an Insect).
If the player replays the stroke but does so from a wrong place, they get the general penalty under Rule 14.7
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If the player does not replay the stroke they get the general penalty and the stroke counts, but the player has not played from a wrong place.
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