Thanks for clarifying.
The general point still stands though......just doesn't seem logical to treat these two scenarios differently. Would think that intentionally stopping/redirecting a moving ball in play by any means (club, shoe, flag, hand, stick, rock, towel, bag, hat, breath) and by any action (stroke, block, throw, kick, thump, slap, karate chop) would be viewed the same and thus penalized the same.
That isn't the case per current rules, which in my simple mind just doesn't make sense, regardless of how unlikely it might be for this to come up in actual play (even though it just did....in the US Open).
The general point still stands though......just doesn't seem logical to treat these two scenarios differently. Would think that intentionally stopping/redirecting a moving ball in play by any means (club, shoe, flag, hand, stick, rock, towel, bag, hat, breath) and by any action (stroke, block, throw, kick, thump, slap, karate chop) would be viewed the same and thus penalized the same.
That isn't the case per current rules, which in my simple mind just doesn't make sense, regardless of how unlikely it might be for this to come up in actual play (even though it just did....in the US Open).