[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by Ty_Webb

On a connected note, if you hit your ball into the woods, find it and decide you have a shot out in spite of the fact that you have maybe thirty yards worth of trees to get out from, hit it and it hits a tree and bounces back further into the trees behind you, do you have the option of declaring that unplayable and dropping it back where you played your second shot from and then declaring that one unplayable again and going back to the tee? Or in shortened version, once you have a go at hitting it, are you stuck in the trees or can you take an unplayable and get back out again (assuming b is not a reasonable option)?

Once you make a bad decision you are stuck with it. That is why you should be very careful when choosing an option under Rule 28. This is another way in which the unplayable ball rule is different from the water hazard rule. With Rule 26 the wording is "where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard", so no matter how many unsuccessful attempts you make to get out, you can still "escape" to the point of original drop option. This is NOT true for Rule 28.