Was this a legal eagle

[False hopes]

I don't post much, but I've been pondering this one for two weeks.  On a dog leg right par four I smoked a drive over the hazard and my ball landed on the Fringe of the green, quite possibly the best drive I've ever hit.  I went to see if my ball had made it and saw that it was on the fringe. I waived my playing partner on so he could hit his shot and his pitch hit my ball knocking to about three feet from the hole.  I was able to sink the putt for my first eagle, woohoo!!! Was this a legitimate eagle?

 

[David in FL]

If you made two, on a par-4, then yes, it's an eagle.

 

[False hopes]

I was just wondering because my playing partners ball advanced mine.  Thank you sir, the ball will be saved!!!

[arab_joe]

2 hours ago, False hopes said:

I don't post much, but I've been pondering this one for two weeks.  On a dog leg right par four I smoked a drive over the hazard and my ball landed on the Fringe of the green, quite possibly the best drive I've ever hit.  I went to see if my ball had made it and saw that it was on the fringe. I waived my playing partner on so he could hit his shot and his pitch hit my ball knocking to about three feet from the hole.  I was able to sink the putt for my first eagle, woohoo!!! Was this a legitimate eagle?

 

https://www.randa.org/RulesEquipment/Rules/QuickGuide/Ball-at-Rest-Moved

My understanding is that your ball should have been replaced, to the fringe of the green, and you should have putted from there.

[Fourputt]

2 hours ago, David in FL said:

If you made two, on a par-4, then yes, it's an eagle.

 

 

2 hours ago, False hopes said:

I was just wondering because my playing partners ball advanced mine.  Thank you sir, the ball will be saved!!!

David is wrong in your case.  The rules required you to replace your ball as closely as possible to where it lay on the fringe and play from there.  If you want be totally by the rules, you played from a wrong place and incurred a 2 stroke penalty.  If the committee was to determine that you gained a significant advantage by your error, you would be subject to disqualification.

Congrats on the great drive, but it wasn't an eagle.

[David in FL]

1 hour ago, Fourputt said:

 

David is wrong in your case.  The rules required you to replace your ball as closely as possible to where it lay on the fringe and play from there.  If you want be totally by the rules, you played from a wrong place and incurred a 2 stroke penalty.  If the committee was to determine that you gained a significant advantage by your error, you would be subject to disqualification.

Congrats on the great drive, but it wasn't an eagle.

Of course, @Fourputt and @arab_joe are right.  I misread the question.  My apologies.

Edited November 8, 2017 by David in FL

[Club Rat]

Still a great drive, congrats @False hopes

Now you know the ruling and next time it will be legit....  

[False hopes]

Thanks for the insight guys.  I appreciate it