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Out Of Bounds/Lost Ball
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If a ball is out of bounds, the player must play a ball, under penalty of one stroke, as nearly as possible
at the spot from which the original ball was last played.
If a ball is lost as a result of not being found or identified as his by the player within five minutes after
the player's Side or his or their caddies have begun to search for it, the player must play a ball, under penalty
of one stroke, as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played
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Exceptions:
1. If it is known or virtually certain that the original ball that has not been found is in an obstruction (Rule 24-3)
or is in an abnormal ground condition (Rule 25-1c), the player may proceed under the applicable Rule.
2. If it is known or virtually certain that the original ball that has not been found has been moved by an outside agency
(Rule 18-1) or is in a water hazard (Rule 26-1), the player must proceed under the applicable Rule.
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PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 27-1:
Match play - Loss of hole; Stroke play - Two strokes.
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27-2. Provisional Ball
a. Procedure
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If a ball may be lost outside a water hazard or may be out of bounds, to save time the player may play another ball provisionally
in accordance with Rule 27-1. The player must inform his opponent in match play or his marker or a fellow-competitor in stroke play
that he intends to play a provisional ball, and he must play it before he or his partner goes forward to search for the original ball.
If he fails to do so and plays another ball, that ball is not a provisional ball and becomes the ball in play under penalty of stroke
and distance (Rule 27-1); the original ball is lost.
Note: If a provisional ball played under Rule 27-2a might be lost outside a water hazard or out of bounds, the player may play another
provisional ball. If another provisional ball is played, it bears the same relationship to the previous provisional ball as the first
provisional ball bears to the original ball.
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b. When Provisional Ball Becomes Ball in Play
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The player may play a provisional ball until he reaches the place where the original ball is likely to be. If he makes a stroke with
the provisional ball from the place where the original ball is likely to be or from a point nearer the hole than that place, the original
ball is lost and the provisional ball becomes the ball in play under penalty of stroke and distance (Rule 27-1).
If the original ball is lost outside a water hazard or is out of bounds, the provisional ball becomes the ball in play, under penalty of
stroke and distance (Rule 27-1).
If it is known or virtually certain that the original ball is in a water hazard, the player must proceed in accordance with Rule 26-1.
Exception: If it is known or virtually certain that the original ball is in an obstruction (Rule 24-3) or an abnormal ground condition
(Rule 25-1c), the player may proceed under the applicable Rule.
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c. When Provisional Ball to Be Abandoned
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If the original ball is neither lost nor out of bounds, the player must abandon the provisional ball and continue playing the original
ball. If he makes any further strokes at the provisional ball, he is playing a wrong ball and the provisions of Rule 15-3 apply.
Note: If a player plays a provisional ball under Rule 27-2a, the strokes made after this Rule has been invoked with a provisional ball
subsequently abandoned under Rule 27-2c and penalty strokes incurred solely by playing that ball are disregarded.
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| Previous Rules Articles |
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Unplayable Ball |
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Water Hazards |
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Out Of Bounds/Lost Ball |
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Match Play Golf |
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Substituted Ball/Wrong Ball |
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