Yesterday I played a course that had recently overseeded the rough. The ball would just sink to the bottom. It was so thick you had to be right next to the ball to see it. A couple times the guys I was playing with lost balls in the rough. I was fortunate to find mine each time.
The course also has water hazards, and some sloping holes with blind landing areas.
Let’s say you hit a tee shot to one of these blind landing areas, with a water hazard on the right. It’s heading right, but not so far right that it will fly into the water. You’re hoping it stays out, and the rough holds it up. But you won’t know until you drive up.
You drive up, and you don’t see your ball. You were pretty convinced it was a 50/50 chance that the ball went in, or got held up by the rough near the waters edge. Given how thick the rough is, it’s also entirely possible the ball is dry, but you can’t find it.
What do you do? Do you assume it’s a lost ball and re tee? Do you assume it went into the water hazard, and drop?
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The course also has water hazards, and some sloping holes with blind landing areas.
Let’s say you hit a tee shot to one of these blind landing areas, with a water hazard on the right. It’s heading right, but not so far right that it will fly into the water. You’re hoping it stays out, and the rough holds it up. But you won’t know until you drive up.
You drive up, and you don’t see your ball. You were pretty convinced it was a 50/50 chance that the ball went in, or got held up by the rough near the waters edge. Given how thick the rough is, it’s also entirely possible the ball is dry, but you can’t find it.
What do you do? Do you assume it’s a lost ball and re tee? Do you assume it went into the water hazard, and drop?
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