Barrie J
New member
So let's say that I have been having a bad day on the golf course looking for my ball on a number of holes and I'm tired of it. I'm walking in the fairway towards where my ball should be and I don't see it. I say to heck with it, take a ball from my bag, drop it and then play it to the green. I still have no idea where my original ball is. Have I substituted a ball for my original ball and played from a wrong place? When looking at my actions, how will the Committee decide what rule I have acted under?Sorry, but that is not correct. You may substitute another ball when taking any form of relief [6.3b(1)]. B was entitled to use another ball when taking a preferred lie. His error was to mistake the ball whose lie he preferred for his own and so he legitimately substituted his ball in play but did so in the wrong place. I don't see 18.1 having any relevance.