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Originally Posted by atticusfinch
And even that may not save you if the location of the provisional is not further than the locations of the original.
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If a person somehow was to make a stroke on the provisional before the ball was found then he would be permitted to do so. Wouldn't he? It seems the rules gear towards the understanding that a person would attempt to find the ball and see if it were not lost but it does bring in the argument that some have posted in the situation like Phil or Don where they wanted to play the provisional but someone found the ball before they could make a stroke on the provisional. I think making a choice is not what the intent of the rules had in mind.