Wrong Ball

[Rolandtbo]

Player hits approach gets to the green and finds a similar ball at the back of the green.  He hits a chip that gets real close to the flag. At this point he sees his ball was already in the cup.  Does he get a penalty for striking wrong ball.

[billchao]

7 minutes ago, Rolandtbo said:

Player hits approach gets to the green and finds a similar ball at the back of the green.  He hits a chip that gets real close to the flag. At this point he sees his ball was already in the cup.  Does he get a penalty for striking wrong ball.

No, the hole is completed when his ball is holed.

[Club Rat]

Question on the wrong ball?
Did it belong to another player in your group?

22 minutes ago, Rolandtbo said:

Does he get a penalty for striking wrong ball

 

[Rolandtbo]

Yes the ball belonged to another player. 

[Club Rat]

1 hour ago, Rolandtbo said:

Yes the ball belonged to another player. 

I believe you then committed an infraction by moving the other players ball.
@Rulesman or @iacas or @Asheville or @Martyn W
These guys are the best on Rules and may enlighten the ruling. 

[iacas]

2 hours ago, Club Rat said:

I believe you then committed an infraction by moving the other players ball.
@Rulesman or @iacas or @Asheville or @Martyn W
These guys are the best on Rules and may enlighten the ruling. 

You could just look at the Rule yourself, you know? 🙂

I suggest looking at… 18-4. Ball at Rest Moved.

The hole was over for that player when his ball was holed. Strokes made at the other ball don't result in anything in this case.

[Missouri Swede]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

You could just look at the Rule yourself, you know? 🙂

I suggest looking at… 18-4. Ball at Rest Moved.

The hole was over for that player when his ball was holed. Strokes made at the other ball don't result in anything in this case.

I thought that might be the ruling for this, but I wasn't sure if 15-3b would apply instead (making a stroke at a wrong ball, 2 stroke penalty).

I figured that since the hole was over (but not known at the time), that the player couldn't be making a stroke at anything until he got to the next tee.

[iacas]

7 hours ago, Missouri Swede said:

I figured that since the hole was over (but not known at the time), that the player couldn't be making a stroke at anything until he got to the next tee.

Correct.

The only strokes the players could possibly be making are practice strokes but that almost certainly wasn’t the case here.