Hendo007
Challenge Tour Pro
So I played in an open on Saturday, conditions were terrible and I dropped 4 shots in the first 3 holes, however i was playing alright at the time. Get to the turn having had one birdie and only one other bogey to be 4 over at the turn.. Thinking to myself this is going ok.... lol
Queue my tee shot on the 10th... I topped it 20/30 yards and into rough about half the size of me, so I reload and hit a provisional incase i don't find it (which to be honest at the time i thought there no chance in that stuffs) I then proceed to play the exact same topped tee shot into the same pile of crap....
So I play a third provisional tee shot. This time I manage to get it going in generally the right direction.
I decide to go into the rough for a search and believe it or not i find 3 balls in the space of 30 seconds 2 of which were my first and second shots.
So I believe that in finding my first ball it then becomes the ball in play, first and second provisional are therefore discarded.
Having found the first ball I had no choice but to declare it unplayable as there was no possible way to swing a club in that stuffs. Going on the unplayable ball rule I had 3 options 1 two club lengths from where it lay, this was not an option as it wasn't enough to get a playable lie. Go back in line with the flag which took be back to the tee box, or 3 replay the shot from where I had played it.
As it was my tee shot I believed that I was able to tee the ball back up again and play from there. My PP said there was no way that I could tee the ball up again. we discussed if for a bit and I decided that I would drop the ball in line with the flag and play from there. (at the front of the tee box)
I have looked at the rules this evening and if I am reading them correctly then I believe that I was right in that i could have tee'd the ball up again.
Can someone please clarify this for me ?
despite winning a watch in finding my first ball I lost the plot following the discussions on who was right etc and ended up carding a 12 and blowing what could have been a winning performance, I just want to know who was right.
Thanks
Queue my tee shot on the 10th... I topped it 20/30 yards and into rough about half the size of me, so I reload and hit a provisional incase i don't find it (which to be honest at the time i thought there no chance in that stuffs) I then proceed to play the exact same topped tee shot into the same pile of crap....
So I play a third provisional tee shot. This time I manage to get it going in generally the right direction.
I decide to go into the rough for a search and believe it or not i find 3 balls in the space of 30 seconds 2 of which were my first and second shots.
So I believe that in finding my first ball it then becomes the ball in play, first and second provisional are therefore discarded.
Having found the first ball I had no choice but to declare it unplayable as there was no possible way to swing a club in that stuffs. Going on the unplayable ball rule I had 3 options 1 two club lengths from where it lay, this was not an option as it wasn't enough to get a playable lie. Go back in line with the flag which took be back to the tee box, or 3 replay the shot from where I had played it.
As it was my tee shot I believed that I was able to tee the ball back up again and play from there. My PP said there was no way that I could tee the ball up again. we discussed if for a bit and I decided that I would drop the ball in line with the flag and play from there. (at the front of the tee box)
I have looked at the rules this evening and if I am reading them correctly then I believe that I was right in that i could have tee'd the ball up again.
Can someone please clarify this for me ?
despite winning a watch in finding my first ball I lost the plot following the discussions on who was right etc and ended up carding a 12 and blowing what could have been a winning performance, I just want to know who was right.
Thanks
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