Steven Rules
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Clarification Lost/2 is crystal clear. When a player has played the ball in play and a provisional ball into the same vicinity where both balls can be searched for at the same time, the player is allowed only three minutes to search for both balls.
But what about when two different players play their respective balls into the same vicinity where they can be searched for at the same time? I have always assumed the same principle. (i.e. one period of three minutes for both balls) But Lost/2 only covers the specific situation of a single player searching for his or her two balls, not two players each searching for a ball each.
If it is just one three minute search period, does anybody have a private ruling that specifically covers this, or is it just something that is 'generally accepted' as an in-princple extrapolation of the specifics of Lost/2?
But what about when two different players play their respective balls into the same vicinity where they can be searched for at the same time? I have always assumed the same principle. (i.e. one period of three minutes for both balls) But Lost/2 only covers the specific situation of a single player searching for his or her two balls, not two players each searching for a ball each.
If it is just one three minute search period, does anybody have a private ruling that specifically covers this, or is it just something that is 'generally accepted' as an in-princple extrapolation of the specifics of Lost/2?