Stupid rule...

[The Shtick]

Shtick, you obviously are much more familiar with Mont Cascades than I, but to the best of my knowledge there are no white stakes indicating OB on hole #11. Of course, there are a lot of woods surrounding the hole, so a "lost ball" is a very real possibility - but without stakes or lines indicating OB, you can hit a ball as far into the woods as you want and your ball would not be OB.

The difference is important. If the ball is OB, then you play the provisional. If the ball is merely hit a long way into the woods, then it may be a "lost ball" (in which case, play the provisional) but if it is found within 5 minutes then you have to abandon the provisional. It sounds like that was the ruling.

Bang on Terry! There are no stakes there (on the right side). The ball was found and the best place to go was back to the tee. Too bad he couldn't use the provisional though.....

So, in my case where the ball went over white stakes my provisional was indeed in play and if I found my original ball nothing would change??

[NoBack]

Now you got it!