nickjdavis
Head Pro
Seems unlikely that all four would be able to synchronise their pick-ups without falling foul of more rules!!
you can imagine, players who knew the rule stood over their balls....would be like saying goodbye to the missus on the phone....you pick up first, no, you pick up.
I guess there's the probability that two players could both pick up without knowledge of the other (in trees, opposite sides of the fairway) and both emerge from the undergrowth saying that they'd picked up or couldn't find their ball...would be no way of determining whod' picked up first.
Must admit....I wasn't aware of the Interpretation so was interesting to read it...have posed the Q on a club group chat and I'm getting no end of "yeah but...what if this happened....?" as they try to find ways of arguing!!!