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Originally Posted by Bulls9999

I didn't say you 'could call off a search' (i.e., as the rules currently stand...I know that). I said, imo, that's what the rules should be changed to by ammendment.

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Re: Provisional Ball & going forward?
In that case, I think the player should have the authority (ammend the rules) to 'call off a search', because it lends itself for someone else who may have something against the player to keep on searching (like the caddy of Phil's competitor, lol, or a spectator who doesn't like the player).



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This is still consistent with the 2nd fundamental principle of golf, that you play your ball as it lies. The rules will always give preference to playing the original ball if it is found. That is why the rule is written as it is. If the original ball is found in bounds before another ball becomes the ball in play under a Rule, regardless of who finds it, then it is still the ball in play... any other ball must be abandoned. This principle of playing the same ball from tee to hole is so basic to the game of golf that it must be this way. For this reason, you won't see any amendment to this provision.