Here in California the weather has been very wet and the courses are soaked. Playing the other day a question arose of how to lift, clean and then properly place the ball near the green. My playing companion was just off the edge of the green and he wanted to use the one club-length that would put his ball on the green. We had elected to play a local rule giving 1 club-length relief. Under these conditions a ball lying on a closely-mown area through the green may be lifted without penalty and cleaned. Before lifting the ball, the player must mark it's position. We told him he couldn't move the ball to a spot that would put him on the green. Here's the rule: Having lifted the ball, he/she must place it on a spot within our one club-length distance of and not nearer the hole than where it originally lay, that is not in a hazard and not on a putting green.
Under rule 20-3d if the ball when placed comes to rest on the spot which it is placed and it subsequently moves, there is no penalty and ball must be played as it lies.
Additionally...If the player fails to mark the position of the ball before lifting it, moves the ball-marker prior to putting the ball back into play or moves the ball in any other manner, such as rolling it with a club, he incurs a penalty of one stroke.
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