Thierry
Medal Winner
Right, here we go!!!
Player 1 plays his tee shot and it appears it may have gone OOB, player 2 pulls his tee shot left into the cabbage but decides he'll find it so player 1 plays a provisional into the fairway and off they go to look for their respective balls.
After a good search, player 1 finds his ball and it is OOB so picks it up and goes to help his FC who is still searching for his. Player 2 then decides his ball won't be found so declares it lost and sets off back towards the tee and plays another tee shot (now 3 off the tee) into a water hazard!! A spectator who is rooting for player 2 sees this and realises his player is in trouble so goes to look for his players first ball again and, by the time player 2 gets down to the hazard, claims to have found it!!
Which ball should player 2 proceed with??
A. The ball in the hazard because he declared the first one lost and replayed the stroke?
B. The ball in the hazard because the first ball was not found within the 5 minutes which have well and truly elapsed?
C. The lost and now found ball because the ball in the hazard is a "provisional ball" until a stroke is made with it beyond the first?
I think it's B but stand ready to be corrected!!!
Thanks all
Player 1 plays his tee shot and it appears it may have gone OOB, player 2 pulls his tee shot left into the cabbage but decides he'll find it so player 1 plays a provisional into the fairway and off they go to look for their respective balls.
After a good search, player 1 finds his ball and it is OOB so picks it up and goes to help his FC who is still searching for his. Player 2 then decides his ball won't be found so declares it lost and sets off back towards the tee and plays another tee shot (now 3 off the tee) into a water hazard!! A spectator who is rooting for player 2 sees this and realises his player is in trouble so goes to look for his players first ball again and, by the time player 2 gets down to the hazard, claims to have found it!!
Which ball should player 2 proceed with??
A. The ball in the hazard because he declared the first one lost and replayed the stroke?
B. The ball in the hazard because the first ball was not found within the 5 minutes which have well and truly elapsed?
C. The lost and now found ball because the ball in the hazard is a "provisional ball" until a stroke is made with it beyond the first?
I think it's B but stand ready to be corrected!!!
Thanks all