Purpose of Rule: Rule 9 covers a central principle of the game: “play the ball as it lies.” If your ball comes to rest and is then moved by natural forces such as wind or water, you normally must play ...

9.2 Deciding Whether Ball Moved and What Caused It to Move 9.2a/1 – When a Ball Is Treated as Having Moved As stated in the definitions, to “move”, a ball at rest must leave its original spot and come ...