Rules of Golf | Dropping a Golf Ball The "Right Way"
Dropping a ball in golf might be the most common procedure yet the Rules are very specific about what you need to do. In this video, I share the 3 requirements that the Rules of Golf demand in order to drop a ball the "right way". Golf Rules explained for dropping a ball.
IMPORTANT NOTE: At the end when I explain the penalties, if a ball is played from outside of the relief area, it is 2 penalty strokes in Stroke Play but loss of hole in Match Play (General Penalty)
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📖 RULE 14.3b: Ball Must Be Dropped In Right Way
The player must drop a ball in the right way, which means all three of these things:
(1) Player Must Drop Ball. The ball must be dropped only by the player. Neither the player’s caddie nor anyone else may do so.
(2) Ball Must Be Dropped Straight Down from Knee Height Without Touching Player or Equipment. The player must let go of the ball from a location at knee height so that the ball:
-- Falls straight down, without the player throwing, spinning or rolling it or using any other motion that might affect where the ball will come to rest, and
-- Does not touch any part of the player’s body or equipment before it hits the ground.
-- “Knee height” means the height of the player’s knee when in a standing position.
(3) Ball Must Be Dropped in Relief Area. The ball must be dropped in the relief area. The player may stand either inside or outside the relief area when dropping the ball.
If a ball is dropped in a wrong way in breach of one or more of these three requirements:
The player must drop a ball again in the right way, and there is no limit to the number of times the player must do so.
A ball dropped in the wrong way does not count as one of the two drops required before a ball must be placed under Rule 14.3c(2).
If the player does not drop again and instead makes a stroke at the ball from where it came to rest after being dropped in a wrong way:
If the ball was played from the relief area, the player gets one penalty stroke (but has not played from a wrong place under Rule 14.7a).
But if the ball was played from outside the relief area, or after it was placed when required to be dropped (no matter where it was played from), the player gets the general penalty.