bignev
Challenge Tour Pro
Think he got this right but thought Id ask the forum their views.
During a match yesterday one of my playing partners drove into the lake on the 6th and we all saw
the splash.
He then said he was playing a provisional which he did and put it on the fairway level to where his ball entered the water.
when we got down to the lake a ball possible his was in full view but unreachable.
He declared it as his ball so dropped another ball in line with where his original had entered the water played it and picked up the provisional saying that the dropped ball was now the ball in play.
Was this the correct course of action or as we had all seen it go in the lake from the tee should he have just walked to the lake and dropped the new ball without hitting the provisional.
Or was the provisional the ball in play as the ball in the lake was not identified as his.
During a match yesterday one of my playing partners drove into the lake on the 6th and we all saw
the splash.
He then said he was playing a provisional which he did and put it on the fairway level to where his ball entered the water.
when we got down to the lake a ball possible his was in full view but unreachable.
He declared it as his ball so dropped another ball in line with where his original had entered the water played it and picked up the provisional saying that the dropped ball was now the ball in play.
Was this the correct course of action or as we had all seen it go in the lake from the tee should he have just walked to the lake and dropped the new ball without hitting the provisional.
Or was the provisional the ball in play as the ball in the lake was not identified as his.