9.3 Legal Break Shot

The following rules apply to the break shot:

  1. the cue ball begins in hand behind the head string; and
  2. if no ball is pocketed, at least four object balls must be driven to one or more rails, or the shot is a foul.
    (See Regulation 17, Open Break Requirements.)
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