The other day at lunch we were discussing this situation and I promised to clarify it for all you rules officials. The names have been changed to embarrass the guilty.
The situation - While playing the second hole during the JR/SR Championship Gilhooley nearly Schwiers one OB by Dr. AH's patio. Next to play is Twinkle Toes who hits a Schweir very close to the same spot but is out of bounds. While Twinkle Toes is standing OB looking at his ball to make sure it is really OB Gilhooley Schwiers his second shot and hits Twinkle Toes in the shin and his ball goes onto the patio (which is definitely OB). As Twinkle Toes is howling in pain and dancing around on one foot (demonstrating why he has the name) he exclaims that Gihooley will incur a penalty for striking him with the ball plus one for hitting it OB. Of course Gilhooley takes exception to this. LTG happens to be in the group and tries to render a decision from a legal perspective.
What do the rules say?
Decision 19-3/1 spells out what exactly should happen in this situation. This decision states a ball in motion that is stopped or deflected by your opponent through the green can be cancelled and replayed from the original spot of the shoot without penalty. The fact that Twinkle Toes was OB makes no difference. The only person happy about the out come was Laurie who got a bunch of unhappy people off her patio and could go back to reading her book in peace.
We all know the golf gods don't let any good break go unpunished. Gilhooley dropped and hit his replay into the lake. Thereby giving LTG another opportunity to demonstrate his legal skills in interpreting where Gilhooley should drop.
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