I played during a competition today. I had a putt for par of about 10 feet on a par 5 and it lipped out. I missed the 3 footer that followed out of anger (oops). Had about 1.5 feet left for 7. I was addressed to the ball, and did a forward press with my putter but accidentlyt hit the ball forward. I did not notice this and followed thru with my putt into the hole. The ball moved about 1-2 inches forward but my competitors told me I hit the ball while it was moving. The person running the tournament ruled this as
Stroke 7: tapping the ball 1 inch forward
stroke 8 : hitting the ball into the cup
steoke 9: 1 stroke pentalty because I was told my ball never came to rest and I still struck it.
The official spent a few minutes looked at the rule book, but seemed unsure of himself.
out of curiosity, was this the correct ruling?
