SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Ok…my question though is more that…under the rules if I spot a ball where an opponents might be, even if I am not actually looking for it and even if I have been asked to not look, MUST I inform him.I dont see why you would be so black and white about looking. If I were in a medal round mostly I wouldn't look, if asked not to, as the player is probably going to score fairly high on the hole even if using his provisional. In a matchplay I'd quite possibly want to find his ball, especially if it's in heavy clag and way off line and even more especially if his provisional is sitting nicely, middle of the fairway, with a clear possibility of putting it close to the pin.
It's a match and I'd not want to lose it by being Mr Nice Guy (unless I was winning easily)