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Originally Posted by Fourputt
No... the whole point of the rule requiring a provisional to be so declared is so that there is no choice. If the original ball is found in bounds, then the provisional ball is abandoned.... period. The only way that the provisional ball can become the ball in play is if the original ball is found out of bounds or is not found. Even if the original ball is found to be completely unplayable, the provisional ball is still abandoned. The rules never allow for a player to have 2 balls in play at the same time with a choice as to which one to play.
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Thank you and I realize now the wording of choice was a bad one to use. I didn't intend for it to be that a person could look them over and say I would rather play that one. It gives the person the option of playing the first if found in play. The choice I meant was that without declaring provisional then the second is in play and no choice is offered should one find the first even if it was playable it no longer exists but as a lost ball. Sorry about that and thanks again.