Pick, Clean and Place

[natgolfer]

On the PGA Tour, when the golfers are playing under the pick, clean and place rule, can they place the ball on the putting green if it was originally on a closely mown area within the designated lenght from the green?

I know that in the appendix of the RCGA rules, it recommends that this not occur, however, I was wondering if the PGA Tour allows this.

A fellow golfer insists that the pros can do this. I insisted that they cannot.

Who wins the trip to play Pebble Beach?

[Gary Hill]

You do !!

Pick, clean and place is played "through the green".

“Through the green’’ is the whole area of the course except:
a. The teeing ground and putting green of the hole being played; and
b. All hazards on the course.