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I need help with a couple of rules questions?
I know (or have been told) that by rules you're not supposed to do ANYTHING to improve your lie. Recently I was playing with friends at a local course. We had no idea when we started how bad the conditions were. From the tee box things appeared to be fine. But, when I teed off, the ball hit and literally sank so deep into the fairway that the logo on the ball could barely be seen and no part of the ball was above ground. Now, can I pull that ball up out of the mud? Do I take a penalty for doing so? And can I put down a marker (though the 3 inch hole was pretty well marking the spot) like a green and clean the mud off my ball? Is the ball lost?
This isn't like hitting it into a water hazard where it's just plain lost. And it's not like hitting it out of a bunker where the sand makes it tricky. This is the ball hitting in the middle of the fairway where the ground is so soft that a 150 yard tee shot hits and sinks literally 2-3 inches into the mud and is about 95% covered up
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
If there is any moisture/water then you can play it as casual water and drop at the nearest dry area no closer to the hole. If it is in the fairway (as is this case) you can take into effect the embedded ball rule, where you are allowed to remove your ball and place it next to the area. The embedded ball rule only comes into play while in the course of the hole i.e. fairway, fringe, and green, if your in the rough, tough luck. (Anytime you remove a ball from play you can clean it unless it is for another player in a hazard, so in this case you could clean it). More often than not, when a course is playing in those conditions, you play under a rule called "lift-clean-and-place" which is exactly what it sounds like. You are allowed to mark and lift the ball after every shot, clean it, and place it back where it was. This rule is put into effect by the tournament board during competitive play, otherwise it is up to you and your playing partners. In any case, a ball like what you described in a fairway can be cleaned and placed next to the hole with no penalty. Sorry if this answer was a little long, but the rules of golf are very case-sensitive.
- 1 decade ago
yes you can un plug it but as to clean the mud i dont think so just last weekend on the seniors tour somebody had mudd on there ball and was not aloud to clean it
