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> I understand that the penalty for out of bounds is stroke and distance but what
> if a player comes upon his OB ball and it is not possible to go back to the tee
> because there are players waiting to hit, what does he do? hit three from the
> fairway or add an additional stroke, I know he should have hit a provisional
> ball but lets assume either he was`nt aware of the out of bounds or he did`nt
> think he was out.
> Wondering,
> K10
Tough situation to be in. You're going to proceed outside of the rules in the
situation you're describing - there's no getting around it, but:If you're in a game
it might be something to agree with your playing partners and apply it uniformly
for all. It's not the rules, but you're at least proceeding under agreement -
unless it's a tournament in which case you can't agree to waive the rules, but this
isn't part of your scenario.
Approaching it from the point of view of prudence and keeping to the rules, if you
see the shot going close to OB, hit a provisional before moving on - (remember to
declare your partners that it's provisional, otherwise you're putting that 2nd ball
into play with stroke #3). You'll be erring on the side of caution and staying
within the rules. Hitting a provisional usually takes little time - provided you
don't step back and take 4 practices swings and 15 waggles ........... ;-) If you
blow that ball OB you might want to just pick up and declare yourslf out of the
hole and not back up play.
Cheers !!!
BTW - applicable rule is Rule 27 - you can find them all at:
Click here ---> 1997 Rules of Golf and Decisions on the Rules of Golf
Enjoy !!!!
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Bobby Galvez
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