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Once you have pin removed and putt, are you required to continue hole play with pin removed?

Scott asked Larry to pull the pin for his putt. Scott's putt skirted past the hole coming to rest just off the green. Scott, still "away" asked Larry to put the flag back in the hole. Larry said “once a pin is pulled for you, and you putt, the pin cannot be replaced for you until after you hole a putt.” Scott disagreed say that the pin only needed to be removed when on the green for the practical reason of avoiding the two stroke penalty for hitting a pin while putting on the green. Scott reasoned that since he was off the green, no penalty would accrue should he hit the pin, so it could be replaced.

What is the correct ruling?

A. Larry is correct. The rules require that once a golfer takes a stroke after having the pin pulled, each subsequent attempt to sink the ball, rather on or off the green, requires the pin to remain pulled. Violation of this rule incurs a 1 stroke penalty for each stroke taken with the pin in the hole.

B. Scott is correct, there is no rule requiring a pin to be pulled, or if pulled to remain out of the hole until the ball is holed. There is however a two stroke penalty (stroke play) or loss of hole (match play) if the pin is struck by a ball played from the green.

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