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Your opponent's ball accidentally hits your ball in Match Play.

{"status":"advice","headline":"NO PENALTY | Replace your ball if it was moved","action":"If your ball was at rest and the opponent’s moving ball accidentally hit and moved it, replace your ball on its original spot. The opponent plays their ball as it lies, unless another Rule gives relief.","rule":"Rule 9.6; Rule 11.1","rule_code":"Rule 9.6; Rule 11.1","rule_title":"Ball Lifted or Moved by Outside Influence; Ball in Motion Accidentally Hits Another Ball","rule_summary":"When a ball at rest is moved by another player’s ball in motion, there is no penalty and the moved ball must be replaced. In match play, there is no penalty merely because a ball played from the putting green accidentally hits another ball at rest on the putting green.","penalty_strokes":0,"situation":"Your opponent’s ball in motion accidentally hit your ball in match play.","options":[],"suggestion":"Mark and replace your ball on its original spot as accurately as possible before playing.","procedure":"Replace your ball on its original spot. If the exact spot is not known, estimate it. Your opponent’s ball is normally played as it lies.","branches":[],"clarifying_question":null,"answer_options":[],"clarifying_questions":[],"disclaimer":"This is golf-rules guidance, not an official ruling — the final decision belongs to the Committee or event authority."}