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Originally Posted by JungleJ
BTW Ty - I get Situation 2 completely.
It is KNOWN that the original ball is in a water hazard. Therefore the provisional ball is invalid under the Rules (as it would be if it was in the fairway but the original was found in the hazard) and so the player proceeds under Rule 26-1.
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I understand why it is that way, it just strikes me as odd that you're better off if the other ball is in the hazard than if it isn't. It feels like in Fourputt's situation, in equity, rather than being allowed to pick a ball to be the provisional, you should be able to play the ball like it's in the water hazard. Either the provisional is in the water and the original is in play on dry land, or the provisional is on dry land and the original is in the water, so whichever way round it is you would either play under no penalty or as if you're in the water hazard. It would seem more equitable to that situation 2 to say that you can continue as if you're in the water hazard.
I suppose that that would then make it unreasonable to say if both balls are out of the water that you have to pick one as provisional. Which is presumably why they went the way they did.