TerryA
Assistant Pro
I was playing in a competition at another club and my partner hit a ball off the tee left into a gorse bush - they had ball spotters and the spotter said it definitely went into the bush. We could not actually find is as the bush was so dense. It was not GUR or a hazard. As we could not actually see it I thought it should be stroke & distance and 3 off the tee. The pair we were playing with insisted that as the spotter was certain it was in the bush then my partner could go back behind the bush in line with the flag, no nearer the flag and take a drop under penalty. I am still convinced that as we could not actually see the ball (it was a very dense bush!) it was 'lost' and only stroke & distance applied.