Quote:
Originally Posted by Fourputt
Scenario:
In stroke play, a player hit his tee shot into an area where there is a lateral water hazard, but there is also some deep rough which is not part of the hazard, and it is the consensus of the group that his ball probably did not go into the hazard. He elects to play a provisional ball just in case his first ball is lost through the green. Without thinking he plays a ball which is identical to and indistinguishable from the first one, and it heads in the same general direction as the first ball. When he gets there he finds both balls. One is unplayable in the hazard, the other is playable in the rough just 10 feet away.
Question: Which ball is in play and how many strokes does it lie?
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I will do what I do on the course: Wing it with the rules, and look it up later
(even though I do carry the rules in the bag!):
I think the group consensus stands: The ball found in the rough is deemed to be the first ball. The ball in the hazard is deemed to be the provisional ball. The player hits the ball found in the rough for his 2nd shot.