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06-05-2004 05:14 PM #12
The Rules are not very complicated if you apply only the applicable rule to your situation and THEN determine if an addition Rule is needed.
Example: My ball is on a cart path. What does the Immovable Obstruction Rule (Rule 24) say?
It says I get a penalty free drop.
Dont worry about casual water, re-drop scenarios, or unplayable lies.
Find your nearest point of relief and drop the ball.
You are now done with Rule 24-2.
In the unlikely case that your dropped ball rolls into casual water (Rule 25), closer to the hole (Rule 20-2c), or into an unplayable lie (Rule 28), you may then invoke that Rule and proceed under its conditions.
If you use this step-by-step approach, the Rules covering every possible scenario can easily be applied one at a time.
Speciifically to your question:
1. You drop the ball ONCE.
Rule 20-2c covers seven situations in which a dropped ball rolls to a position where it MUST be re-dropped.
If the dropped ball has rolled and come to rest in one of these condiitions, you MUST re-drop the ball.
If the ball, when re-dropped still does not satisfy all seven conditions covered by Rule 20-2c, it MUST be placed on the spot where it first struck a part of the course when re-dropped.
This spot (where the ball first struck a part of the course when re-dropped) DOES satisfy the conditions of relief from the cart path.
This spot axiomatically satisfies the conditions of Rule 24-2 because Rule 20-2b stipulates that a ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course where the applicable Rule requires it to be dropped (in this case, Rule 24-2).
If the ball has not been dropped in accordance with Rule 20-2b, then Rule 20-6 allows you to lift the ball without penalty and proceed correctly.
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