《高尔夫球规则》是由苏格兰圣安德鲁斯皇家古老高尔夫球俱乐部及美国高尔夫球协会审定，世界通用的最权威职业和业余选手之行为规范用书。当比赛进行时，每位选手皆负有使比赛公平公正之责任。

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　　Decision 20-4/2
　　Q: A player marks the position of his ball on the putting green by placing a coin immediately behind the ball. He lifts the ball and gives it to his caddie to have it cleaned. The caddie then intentionally places the ball immediately behind the coin, i.e., not in the balls original position, to allow the player to assess the line of putt from behind the hole. Is the ball in play when the caddie places the ball?

　　A: No. In these circumstances, the caddies act in placing the ball on the putting green does not put the ball in play. The ball is not considered to be in play until the player repositions it with the intention of replacing the ball as required by Rule 16-1b. If the player played a stroke with his ball while it was out of play, he would be playing a wrong ball (Rule 15).

　　判定 20-4/2

　　问：在果岭上，一名球员很快在球后放了一枚硬币标记球的位置。然后他捡起球，交给他的球童弄干净。他的球童有意很快的把球放到了那枚硬币的后面，也就是说没放到球原来的位置，他这样做是让这名球员从球洞的后面看看推击线。当球童把球放下的时候，这个球就处于比赛中了吗？

　　答：不是的。在这种情况下，球童在果岭上放球的行为并不是让球处于比赛状态。直到球员按照规则16-1b重新放置球时，球才会被认为是处于比赛中。如果这名球员用比赛之外的球打了一杆，他就是打了错误的球。（规则15）。

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