Is it remotely possible to lose your ball without the clubhead touching the ball or the ball not going out of bounds?
Well, this one peaked my interest….
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You can read the story and see the videos at the link below but here's the short version:
…Wicks marked his ball on the 13th green, three feet from the hole and put the ball in his pocket. When he reached into the same pocket moments later to pull out his scorecard, the ball fell out, hit his shoe and rolled into a pond at the edge of the green.
NCAA rules state that a player must find their personal ball to continue the hole without penalty. That meant Wicks stripped down to his underwear and jumped into the pond in an attempt to find and replace his ball.
After a five-minute search, Wicks found 20 golf balls, but none of them was his own. Therefore, he was assessed a two-stroke penalty.
Apparently, Ian Poulter found himself in a similar position at the 2004 Players Championship (video in the link below) but he lost his ball in a different manner.
Read and see more – Item #3:
https://www.pga.com/news/golf-buzz/11-times-rules-of-golf-were-broken-sometimes-in-bizarre-fashion
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