no contact stroke penalty?

Originally Posted by scrilla

Hey I was playing with my friend yesterday and we came across an interesting situation. He sliced a ball that eneded up in some tall grass. We went over and the ball was sitting quite high up in the grass, well above his feet. So he took his swing, managed to swing completley under the ball, removing all the tall gras and the ball just dropped right in the same place. He never made contact with the ball. Is this a penalty? We just played it as if it was a pracice swing since we were not playing competiviley or for money or anything like that.

Thanks

Originally Posted by geauxforbroke

Stroke counts. Rules of Golf define a stroke as a forward movement of the club with the intent of striking the ball.

Originally Posted by scrilla

We just played it as if it was a pracice swing since we were not playing competiviley or for money or anything like that.

Thanks

Originally Posted by fr0sty

A few other comments:

1. The amount of money involved doesn't change the Rules of Golf.

2. The penalties incurred by (a)moving the ball and not replacing it and (b)improving the lie both worse (2 strokes) than counting the whiff.