[excivaamome]

I watched Lucas Glover miss a putt just to left of the cup today. The ball was only a few inches away from the cup so he went to backhand it in (which he did).

Since he was using the back of the putter to hit the ball, just before he tapped the ball, he paused and raised the putter up to make sure that the flange struck the ball cleanly, and that got me wondering.
What if he didn't raise the putter and when he went to brush the ball into the hole, the flange slid under the ball and the ball rolled up onto the flange of the putter and stayed there as the club swung upward?

I know it's not likely to have something like that happen but since many people pick up a ball from the green this way, it could happen, so if it did, what would be the ruling?


-JP