1st July Trivia Winner

Sorry I’m running a little late today.  Usually, I try to post winners by late morning, but I was trying to forget all about the game of golf for a few hours after the horrendous round I shot yesterday I got wrapped up into some work things.  You know how it goes.

We have a winner for the 1st Golf Trivia Contest of July.  To refresh your memory, the question was:

A player’s ball comes to rest inside a paper cup on the putting green. Then, the wind moves the paper cup with the ball inside to a new position. What is the ruling?

(A) He must play the ball from its new position since wind is not an outside agency.

(B) He must replace the ball and cup to where they lay prior to the wind blowing them.

(C) He must lift the ball and place it as near as possible to the spot directly under the place where the ball lay inside the cup prior to the wind blowing it.

According to Rule 18 (Decision 18-1/7) of the Rules of Golf, the correct answer is (C).

Wind is not an outside agency. However, if an object being moved by the wind moves a ball, the object is an outside agency in the circumstances — see Decision 18-1/6. In this case, the bag, not the wind, caused the ball to move. Accordingly, under Rules 18-1 and 24-1b, the player must drop the ball directly under the place where it originally lay in the bag.

Read it and weep.  The winner, chosen at random from the pool of correct entrants, is:

Vince Bange

Vince is a long-time participant and 1st time winner.  Congrats!  And enjoy your free round of golf at Fort Bend Country Club.  I just played there last month and had a great time.

Keep an eye open tomorrow and the rest of the week.  A new Guess That Hole contest is opening shortly.