{"id":310323,"date":"2025-12-11T07:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/310323\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T07:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:19:07","slug":"i-tapped-my-ball-marker-with-my-putter-and-it-moved-is-that-a-penalty-national-club-golfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/310323\/","title":{"rendered":"I tapped my ball-marker with my putter and it moved \u2013 is that a penalty? &#8211; National Club Golfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have diligently marked your ball and realised the marker is still sticking up slightly in the air. Ever the keen follower of etiquette, you lean in with your putter head\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And cue this column\u2019s latest email contribution: \u201cWhen marking your ball on the green, [if you] then tap down the marker with your club and it sticks to the bottom of the club and moves away is that a penalty?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Augusta_BG-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"ball-marker\" class=\"wp-image-25402\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1333\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ball-marker rules: Accidentally moving a ball-marker on the green<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry, the Rules of Golf are not quite this picky. You\u2019re not going to be adding strokes to your scorecard simply because the bottom of your putter has got a bit sticky.<\/p>\n<p>There is no penalty for accidentally causing a ball or a ball-marker to move on the putting green. It is all laid out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randa.org\/en\/rog\/the-rules-of-golf\/rule-13#13_1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rule 13.1d<\/a>. You just need to replace the ball on its original spot \u2013 if you don\u2019t know then estimate \u2013 or place a ball-marker to mark that spot. <\/p>\n<p>Remember, though, this is when a ball-marker is accidentally moved on the green. Start shifting stuff deliberately and a penalty will follow.<\/p>\n<p>Got a question for our expert?<\/p>\n<p>Despite the changes to the Rules of Golf in 2019 and 2023, there are still some that leave us scratching our heads. I\u2019ll try to help by featuring the best of your queries in this column.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these ball marker rules? Has this happened to you on the course? Let me know by leaving a comment below, email me at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalclubgolfer.com\/rules\/move-ball-marker-rules\/mailto:s.carroll@nationalclubgolfer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">s.carroll@nationalclubgolfer.com<\/a> or get in touch on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveCarrollNCG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You have diligently marked your ball and realised the marker is still sticking up slightly in the air.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-310323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}