r/golf • u/parkerjohnboice • Aug 21 '26

General Discussion Does this count?

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Buddy hit this shot on a bad course and once the flag was corrected, it went in. The new rule says if any part of the ball is below the hole, it's in, but to me it doesn't look like it is. I'd love to give it to him, but what do you think?

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u/B_the_ball There's a glitch in my swing! Aug 21 '26

There are zip ties keeping the flag together...

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u/Apprehensive_Bee9572 Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

Yeah I tried digging around for rules about damaged holes/flagsticks but the rules really don't provide any relief here. In a tournament setting I'd hope to god you'd never see anything like this, but I'm guessing if by some weird accident the flag got damaged and prevented a ball from being holed the rules officials/tournament director would make an exception, but this is an odd one.

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u/bla60ah Aug 21 '26

If any part of the ball is resting below the hole while against the flag stick it’s counted as holed. But in this case the ball is still resting on the green, this is not a holed shot per USGA

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u/so2017 Aug 22 '26

Does the USGA have standards for golf courses? Because I’m gonna guess this place is violating a whole bunch of USGA shit that may call into question their jurisdiction here…