Rulings: Ball lodged in tree
Question: Please clear up a ruling. A ball lodges in a tall palm tree. With binoculars I can clearly see my ball with its markings, but I cant lay my hands on it. May I take an unplayable lie, or must I consider it lost and return to the place of previous hitting...stroke and distance?--Gary Naylor, SCGA Member
Answer: According to SCGA Assistant Director of Rules and Competitions' Melanie Furuta, If the player can identify his ball, he is entitled to proceed under any option of Rule 28 (Ball Unplayable). The reference point for proceeding under this Rule would be the spot on the ground directly below where the ball has come to rest in the tree (Decision 28/11).
On the new rule about identifying your ball in a hazard. It is destined to be very hard to inforce. Could you give a few words on the problems with it and maybe so examples that the surely going to come up
Posted by:Fred Quigley | January 09, 2008 at 10:50 AM