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Originally Posted by Logieuk
Prob a silly Q, but i went in some ****ty grass, no way to hit the ball and couldnt get a swing at it so i want to take a drop as the ball was clearly unplayable.
Where do i drop the ball? I couldnt go right as there was hedges, i could go left but i would prob move about 25 yards ( no closer the hole) is that right?
From rule 28:
"If the player deems his ball to be unplayable, he must,
under penalty of one stroke:
a. Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5); or
b. Drop a ball behind the point where the ball lay, keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point the ball may be dropped; or
c. Drop a ball within two club-lengths of the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole."
So you can drop anywhere in a two-club radius circle around the ball (as long as you don't get closer to the hole); you can go back to where you hit the shot from; or you can go directly away from the hole as far back as you want.