MadDad

I realise that but I would suggest that for the rules to be an aid you have to know them partically well. Being the typical weekend warrior my rule knowledge is probably not as good as it should be and it feels like I'm being "awarded" a penalty stroke every time the rule book is drawn .

Interesting. I didn't even consider moving it up the hill. With the green not being round that is indeed an option as the ball would not be closer to the hole It just seems a bit strange that I would get an easier put (flat) instead of having to contest the slope. It's not often the rules work in my favour but in this case it seems they could have done.

Thanks. So in my case it would most likely mean placing the ball at the bottom of the slope against the fringe of the green which would stop it rolling back further.

Hi, I was recently playing golf after some serious rain. #8 is a short par 3 with a severely sloping green at the front. I hit a high 9 iron into the green and it landed smack in the middle of the slope but as the green was so wet the ball simply buried itself in the green and remained on the slope. The two photos shows how deep the ball divot was and how much the green sloped. I marked and lifted the ball to (a) clean it and (b) repair the ball divot but I couldn't place it again. The incline of the slope was such that I couldn't replace it. Every time I tried the ball would roll down the slope off the green. What is the correct ruling in such a situation? Do I have to play the ball from where it stops rolling? Thanks.