Originally Posted by
BC MIST
You get relief from an embedded ball, through the green, in our area. If the ball makes a pitch mark in the fairway and that pitch mark is filled with water, the you get relief from casual water. This is different from the embedded ball relief because you get one CL from the nearest point of relief for CW.
However, while it may be "known or virtually certain" that the ball is embedded in the fairway, there must be evidence that it's also in casual water, before free relief would be granted. (I think) Otherwise, I believe that the ball is lost. Gerry. Where are you?