Current Rules Under the current rule (19-2), if your ball strikes you or your equipment while in motion you receive a one-stroke penalty and the ball must then be played from where it lies. If it hits your fellow competitor or their equipment, however, there is no penalty (19-4). New Rules from 2019 Under the new rule (11.1), if a ball in motion accidentally hits a person or outside influence there is no penalty, even if it strikes the player who hit it. The only exception covers if your putt hits another ball at rest on the green, which still incurs the same two-shot penalty. |