August 2021
FOURSOMES
My foursomes partner hit our ball into a bush and we decide to take a drop, does it matter who takes the drop? My foursomes partner teed off when I was supposed to tee off. What happens in a) match play b) stroke play?
Since January 2019 in foursomes (and four balls) either player can mark, lift, replace, drop and place the ball but you do still have to play in the correct order, alternately in foursomes. If a stroke is cancelled or otherwise does not count under any Rule (except when a stroke is made in the wrong order in breach of a Rule) the same partner who made the stroke must make the next stroke for the side.
If you tee off in the wrong order in match play you lose the hole. If you tee off in the wrong order in stroke play, in a medal, it is a 2 stroke penalty and you must go back and play in the right order before playing from the next teeing ground or you will be disqualified. It does not matter how many strokes you played in the wrong order it is just 2 strokes penalty.
In a Stableford and Par/Bogey you would not be disqualified but you would have no score for that particular hole.
