Re: Ball gets thrown - what to do?
It is TOTALLY bad form for you to have hit if you think that even 10% of the time you can hit it far enough to be 20yds short or closer. You needed to wait. If it's a career shot (my example is hitting a 3-iron into a 2-club wind on a 270 par 4, and it bounced onto the first 1/3 of the green to a middle pin...I was planning on being 40-50yds short of the green, and ended up ON the damn thing), then you should apologize (hard since it's the 18th).
Had you guys hit into them yet? If you can hit a "low liner" that lands 20yds short of the green, there is absolutely NO WAY you should have been hitting until they're well off the green...100% your fault. If you hadn't come close to hitting them the whole round, then it's kinda bitchy for them to throw the ball, but if you had, then although they aren't technically justified in doing anything, you should totally understand them.
For the rules: you have to do your best estimate to put the ball back where it was. It's the same as if a dog or bird picked up the ball...no penalty.
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