Last weekends scenario: I tee off and slice my ball to the right out into the desert, but still within the OB posts. My friend jerks his to the left out into the desert and into a tree, but still within the OB posts. I call provisional and hit one right down the fairway and the same with my friend. I search for over 5 minutes and can't find my ball, so declare it lost and play my provisional. My friend finds his ball in the tree and it's unplayable and he says he'll just play his provisional. I know that is a rules violation and he needed to play his original, which would require an unplayable drop in the dirt and rocks of the desert and he'd be lucky to get that ball out to where his provisional is.
My question is, after he bombs his provisional, can he immediately call his first ball lost and not even look for it so that he doesn't find it and have to play it? Or is he required to look for it because we saw which tree it went into? And please clarify the time limit, thx!
2007-11-15
07:20:18
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plmmr16
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