![]() The player must replace the ball against the flagstick and proceed as above. This situation is covered directly in Decision 17-4/1. If a player simply picks up their ball that is stuck between the flagstick and lip of the hole believing it to be holed, the player incurs a one-stroke penalty for lifting their ball without marking its position. The player then needs to play another stroke for their ball to be officially holed. If a player whose ball is wedged between the flagstick and the lip of the hole carelessly removes the flagstick and causes their ball to end up somewhere other than in the hole, there is no penalty to the player, but the ball must be placed on the lip. ![]() ![]() It is then deemed to have been holed with the previous stroke. Rule 17-4 allows the player, or someone authorized by him, to move or remove the flagstick to allow the ball to fall completely into the hole. Stefani’s hole-in-one was not official until this occurred. He did this because, according to the definition of “holed” in the Rules of Golf, a ball is not technically holed until it is both at rest within the circumference of the hole and the entire ball is below the level of the lip. When he reached the hole, Stefani was careful to gently move the flagstick so that his ball fell completely into the hole. In the video, Shawn Stefani encountered this situation on Merion’s par-3 17th hole. ![]()
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