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Agreed. Calling the details would mean no time was 'wasted' should it not match his though.Regardless of the player's certainty he must identify the found ball, be that by calling information or otherwise.
Agreed. Calling the details would mean no time was 'wasted' should it not match his though.Regardless of the player's certainty he must identify the found ball, be that by calling information or otherwise.
18.3c(2)/2
If a ball is found, the player must make all reasonable efforts to identify the ball, provided he or she has not already played the provisional ball from nearer the hole than where the original ball was estimated to be, in which case it became the player’s ball in play. If the provisional ball has not yet become the ball in play when another ball is found, refusal to make a reasonable effort to identify the found ball may be considered serious misconduct contrary to the spirit of the game (Rule 1.2a).
After the other ball is found, if the provisional ball is played from nearer the hole than where the other ball was found, and it turns out that the other ball was the player’s original ball, the stroke at the provisional ball was actually a stroke at a wrong ball (Rule 6.3c). The player will get the general penalty and, in stroke play, must correct the error by continuing play with the original ball.
Good. I now know what to tell any player I might come across trying it on so…?Regardless of the player's certainty he must identify the found ball, be that by calling information or otherwise.
Virtually the exact same thing happened to my group last week. All except going back and playing 3 off the tee. We let the group behind through as we looked in trees left of fairway (we were certain it went in there, as we saw it take off), but as the group behind came past, they spotted his ball on the right-hand side of the fairway. So, it clearly hit a tree and ended up miles away from where we thought it would be.Talking if being certain (or vc) where your ball went 8 played a tee shot last week into a low sun and my PP said it had gone right ( which I had also thought likely). We spent at least 3 minutes searching to no avail so Having waved the group behind through I walked back and played 3 off the tee.
When I got to my ball ( middle of the fairway) the group we’d let through were looking for one of their tee shots and found my original ball - in the trees left of the fairway!
We concluded it must have hit a tree in the right and rebounded across the fairway.
Your ball does not always end up where you thought it should be!
The fact that you're looking for it and, therefore, don't know where it is makes it a bit of a giveaway doesn't it....I'm puzzled why one would consider refusing to identify a ball just because one is "certain" its somewhere else? After all, it could still actually be yours no matter how certain you were.
???The fact that you're looking for it and, therefore, don't know where it is makes it a bit of a giveaway doesn't it....
Usual reason. You might have hit superb provisional. If your original was in light rough just off the fairway you'd want to find it, but it if it is the area of deep doggy not that far away with really problematic recovery then you wouldn't. And so you might 'try it on' with the 'I'm certain its in here and not over there' nonsense.I'm puzzled why one would consider refusing to identify a ball just because one is "certain" its somewhere else? After all, it could still actually be yours no matter how certain you were.
Usual reason. You might have hit superb provisional. If your original was in light rough just off the fairway you'd want to find it, but it if it is the area of deep doggy not that far away with really problematic recovery then you wouldn't. And so you might 'try it on' with the 'I'm certain its in here and not over there' nonsense.
Though that's a non-starter by the rules, there are some 'know-it-alls' out there who either don't - or do, but very naughtily try and pull the wool over your eyes.
Rather than all this try it on crap, if you don't want to find the original, simply go and play the provisional and make it the ball in play. Golf is slow enough without wasting time looking in the wrong place deliberately.
But if some else decides to look for it the last para of post #56 kicks in.
Or the player might not have hit a provisional and wants to be able to take stroke and distance, rather than risk idenfying his ball in a rubbish place.Am I not right in thinking though that if you go to your provisional and play it then its null and void. Surely the answer is to make a beeline to the provisional and smack it pronto. If it's gone into the rubbish described then it usually takes a few minutes to get to the scene and the ball (or any) aren't usually visible straight away. I'd be clipping the provisional forward. and waving
Yeah, you could do that, unless:Am I not right in thinking though that if you go to your provisional and play it then its null and void. Surely the answer is to make a beeline to the provisional and smack it pronto. If it's gone into the rubbish described then it usually takes a few minutes to get to the scene and the ball (or any) aren't usually visible straight away. I'd be clipping the provisional forward. and waving
And the Rules define "lost" very simply - not found within three minutes of searching.Yeah, you could do that, unless:
1. The provisional is further from hole (can still hit it, but doesn't make your original lost)
2. The group in front are clear
3. It is Match Play and your provisional is closer to hole than opponent.
4. Your original was already potentially spotted by someone on course long before you could play next with provy, and they let you know.
However, in reality, I can't see it being a major issue. If you don't want to find your ball, don't look and tell the others in your group. More often than not, they'll not bother looking. If you start to look, then there is always a chance it'll be found in a nasty spot, even after you call off the search, as someone might spot it as they walk away. If so, you've no choice but to identify it. I think that is all this is really about. The fact that a player can't just refuse to identify a ball that could be theirs, unless it is already officially "lost" as defined by the rules.
Or the player might not have hit a provisional and wants to be able to take stroke and distance, rather than risk idenfying his ball in a rubbish place.
whatever…there is no scope in the rules for him not identifying a ball found in an area that he claims his ball would not, could not, be in. He has to identify it. Of course even if it is his he might lie and claim it’s not. But that’s another matter!
Yes, once the original is found, the provisional must be abandoned, but the player still has the stroke and distance option under unplayable. He must return to the previous spot and play again from there (ie, he cannot continue play with the provisional ball played in case his original might be lost.)Remember though that even if its found the player can still take the stoke & distance option (unplayable) Finding it in a 'rubbish place' doesn't remove that option
Of course…brain fade on my part…Yes, once the original is found, the provisional must be abandoned, but the player still has the stroke and distance option under unplayable. He must return to the previous spot and play again from there (ie, he cannot continue play with the provisional ball played in case his original might be lost.)
Of course…brain fade on my part…
If I think or know a player‘s ball is in a rubbish place then I always ask if he wants me to help look for it. If the answer is No then I don’t look. Likewise if player asks me to help look but tells me to not look in the horrid stuff then I don’t look in the horrid stuff.
But sometimes the unfortunate can happen.
A player topped his tee shot from a high teeing ground. The ball ploughed into the deep rough and bushes on the steep slope down. He played an excellent provisional (he should have put it in play as a new ball in play, but didn’t). He told me to not look for the original.
But as I walked down the path down from the tee I spotted a ball deep in the bushes in my peripheral vision even though, as requested, I wasn’t actually looking and I felt that I had to tell him. He wasn’t happy; he checked the ball; it was his; he was even less happy.
Do the rules tell me that I must tell player of that ball.