Is there a legal mulligan on the green allowing you to re-putt without a penalty?
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Yes there is.
During the 2019 SAS Championship (Champions Tour), Jesper Parnevik had a short bogey putt that horseshoed around the cup and hit his foot. Instead of replaying the putt from the original spot without penalty, he putted the ball from where it ended up and thought he had a double bogey.
The rules state that if the ball on the green accidentally hits any person, animal or immovable obstruction, the stroke doesn’t count and must be replayed from its original spot.
In this case, Parnevik was given a two-stroke penalty for playing from the wrong place. The one where he tapped in counts but the original stroke does not.
Triple bogey. Ouch.
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