Irish
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- May 9, 2007
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So I'm playing in my strokeplay comp at the home course...
I blade a wedge on the 4th way past the hole. Thinking its gone I drop a ball as a provisional and play it onto the green. So I look for my first ball and find it...its up against a fence at the very back of the green (completely unplayable) so I deem it unplayable and as per rules try to find somewhere not closer to the hole within two clublengths where I can take my penalty drop....
Of course being up against a fence and being at the furthest point of the fence from the hole there was nowhere within two clublengths that was further from the hole that wasn't also up against the fence...
now because the ball wasn't lost I figured I couldn't play my provisional ball and had to go back again to the fairway and play another wedge in, I ended up with a quad and lost the comp by 3 strokes . Is my interpretation of the unplayable ruling correct. Once you deem your ball unplayable are the only options available to either take relief within two club lenghts no closer to the hole or go back and play the shot again...I think I'm correct in stating that I can't use my provisional ball in this situation??
I blade a wedge on the 4th way past the hole. Thinking its gone I drop a ball as a provisional and play it onto the green. So I look for my first ball and find it...its up against a fence at the very back of the green (completely unplayable) so I deem it unplayable and as per rules try to find somewhere not closer to the hole within two clublengths where I can take my penalty drop....
Of course being up against a fence and being at the furthest point of the fence from the hole there was nowhere within two clublengths that was further from the hole that wasn't also up against the fence...
now because the ball wasn't lost I figured I couldn't play my provisional ball and had to go back again to the fairway and play another wedge in, I ended up with a quad and lost the comp by 3 strokes . Is my interpretation of the unplayable ruling correct. Once you deem your ball unplayable are the only options available to either take relief within two club lenghts no closer to the hole or go back and play the shot again...I think I'm correct in stating that I can't use my provisional ball in this situation??