Picking up your ball on the green.?

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lilbigkyle2

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I'm watching the Northern Trust Open and all they players are marking their ball, picking it up, spinning it around, then placing it back down and playing it. This is all when they are away.

Do they do this to clean it up? Get a better side to hit?

Is this legal in amateur play?

This just seems weird to me because you obviously can't pick up your ball in the fairway or rough to clean it off, but you can on the green? The only logic I can come away with is that all the other golfers on the green get to pick up there ball (to mark it and remove it out of the way of play).
 
you will find that not only are they cleaning the ball but also when they replace it the mark or letters on the ball line up with the hole thus aiding with the aim.

p.s. there are normally local rules that allow you to pick and clean on the fairway,but not in the rough during winter
 
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