Titanic
Newbie
Yesterday I witnessed the following.
A player playing a team event in the group in front of me thought his ball had not cleared the water hazard half way up the fairway (a large pond).
He walked forward, dropped a 2nd ball before the pond, then waited for his playing partners to go round the pond to look for his original ball which they then found on the far shore. He then picked his second ball up and continued the hole with his original ball. Was he correct to do this?
I thought the act of dropping the 2nd ball meant that it then became the ball in play but was told rule 14 may apply as he had not actually played the 2nd ball.
A player playing a team event in the group in front of me thought his ball had not cleared the water hazard half way up the fairway (a large pond).
He walked forward, dropped a 2nd ball before the pond, then waited for his playing partners to go round the pond to look for his original ball which they then found on the far shore. He then picked his second ball up and continued the hole with his original ball. Was he correct to do this?
I thought the act of dropping the 2nd ball meant that it then became the ball in play but was told rule 14 may apply as he had not actually played the 2nd ball.