Is my riding cart "my equipment"?

[hesitantly]

I'm familiar with the rules about hitting my equipment around the green, but today I tried to hit over a tree about 30 yards in front of me, uphill. It hit the tree, bounced down the hill and hit my riding cart.  Penalty? Or, is that not "my equipment"?

[Dormie1360]

The cart is your equipment, unless you were sharing it and it was being driven (moved) by an opponent or competitor, then it's their equipment.  If it was being driven (moved) by your partner than it's still your equipment.

From your description of the incident sounds like your equipment.  Rule 19-2 covers this.  One stroke penalty and you play the ball as it lies.  Bummer!

BTW, the phrase "and everything in it" in the note below includes any person in the cart.

Note 2: When a golf cart is shared by two or more players, the cart and everything in it are deemed to be the equipment of one of the players sharing the cart.

If the cart is being moved by one of the players (or the partner of one of the players) sharing it, the cart and everything in it are deemed to be that player’s equipment . Otherwise, the cart and everything in it are deemed to be the equipment of the player sharing the cart whose ball (or whose partner’s ball) is involved.

[hesitantly]

Thanks, John. It all sounds very logical.  However, I think the TREE should be penalized...like maybe with a chainsaw.  ;-)