Situations > Ball Holed

• Definition: Holed
• A ball is holed when:
  • It is at rest in the bottom of the cup. Definition
  • It is embedded in the side of the hole and completely below the lip of the hole. Definition
  • It is leaning against the flagstick and partially below the lip of the hole (unless it is embedded). 13.2c, Holed/1
• For ball that is on the lip of the hole, the player has a reasonable amount of time to reach the hole plus 10 seconds for the ball to fall into the hole. If the balls falls into the hole after that amount of time, the ball is holed with 1 penalty stroke. 13.3a  
• Any strokes made after the ball is holed do not count in the player's score. 6.5/1
• A player has until they tee off the following hole to finish playing the current hole or in the case the final hole, until the player returns their scorecard. 3.3c