@Jhonatan Sneider Salguero Villa I don’t think so, but in the utterly most cases, waiting would not even be considered. It’s very rare for the ball to be on the verge of falling in. So the fact that he did not give up is cool
@Zozo According to Rule 13.3a, a golfer has 10 seconds to wait for their putt to drop when it comes to rest on the lip of the hole. This is after having taken a 'reasonable' amount of time to get up to the hole. The rule states: "If any part of a player's ball overhangs the lip of the hole, the player is allowed a reasonable time to reach the hole and 10 more seconds to wait to see whether the ball will fall into the hole." In the video clip, which you can watch below, Hodges' par putt nestles over the back right of the cup. Hodges stands there for some 30 seconds in the hope his ball will drop, while being egged on by playing partner Jordan Spieth who is heard saying: "I think it's going to drop." The ball eventually did drop into the hole, but after 34 seconds from the moment it initially came to rest behind the edge of the hole. Hodges wrote down a par on his scorecard but a rules official would later deem he took an unreasonable amount of time to get up to his ball and so his score on the 17th turned into a bogey-five.
For those wondering: "- Under the Rules of Golf (Rule 13-3, formerly Rule 16-2), a player can hit their shot, wait for the ball to stop, and then the clock starts ticking. Per the Rules of Golf: "When any part of the ball overhangs the lip of the hole, the player is allowed enough time to reach the hole without unreasonable delay and an additional 10 seconds to determine whether the ball is at rest. If by then the ball has not fallen into the hole, it is deemed to be at rest. If the ball subsequently falls into the hole, the player is deemed to have holed out with his last stroke, and must add a penalty stroke to his score for the hole; otherwise, there is no penalty under this Rule." - What constitutes "unreasonable delay" is uncertain, but basically it's not lollygagging. So, a player can take an appropriate amount of time to get to the hole for the length of putt they had, then they can wait 10 seconds. For a short putt, that means a player probably has a total of 12-15 seconds for the ball to drop in the hole, combining the walk and the 10 seconds. For a long putt, a player has closer to 20 seconds to wait for the putt to drop."
not to this guy though lol. you only have 10 seconds to wait for the putt to fall. he waited over 30 if i remember correctly. he ended up getting a penalty stroke
Hope he does, liv golf is great to watch, you can tell the guys are having more fun in that league. The rich assholes that run the pga tour should be ashamed. Raising the purses after liv starts up. Not letting the guys wear shorts
He was penalised for this. According to Rule 13.3a, a golfer has 10 seconds to wait for their putt to drop when it comes to rest on the lip of the hole. This is after having taken a 'reasonable' amount of time to get up to the hole. The rule states: "If any part of a player's ball overhangs the lip of the hole, the player is allowed a reasonable time to reach the hole and 10 more seconds to wait to see whether the ball will fall into the hole." In the video clip, which you can watch below, Hodges' par putt nestles over the back right of the cup. Hodges stands there for some 30 seconds in the hope his ball will drop, while being egged on by playing partner Jordan Spieth who is heard saying: "I think it's going to drop." The ball eventually did drop into the hole, but after 34 seconds from the moment it initially came to rest behind the edge of the hole. Hodges wrote down a par on his scorecard but a rules official would later deem he took an unreasonable amount of time to get up to his ball and so his score on the 17th turned into a bogey-five.
It's a rule put in place in 1973 when Don January had a putt hanging over the lip that he swear was moving and he waited 6 minutes while the group behind him was waiting on him and it did finally fall. But they calculated that it must have been moving at 1 in per hour. Now you have 10 seconds only it's either in or it isn't
