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Ball lodges in tree

"Hapless Larry managed to get into another golf predicament. On his approach to the green, he thought he would cut the corner with his ""famous"" draw shot. Yes, I saw it work a couple of times this year. But, not this time. As he frequently does, he struck a tree. Usually it is a 50/50 on if the ball will bounce into the fairway or stay in the pine straw under the trees. In this case, it was neither. It appeared the ball stuck in the tree. What is the correct ruling/requirement?"

A. Play ball as it lies. Larry could climb the tree taking a club with him or having me pass it to him and then after verifying that it was his ball, he could take a swing at it.

B. Declare a lost ball. Even if Larry sees a ball is in the tree, if he can not shake it lose to check the ball or otherwise positively see his logo or other identifying mark on the ball, he must declare a lost ball. The penalty is stroke and distance. Larry must take a one stoke penalty and return to the spot of the previous stroke.

C. Assuming Larry can verify the ball in the tree is his ball, he could declare the ball unplayable. Take a one stroke penalty. Drop the ball within two club lengths of a point directly under where the ball was in the tree, but not nearer the hole

D. Assuming Larry can verify the ball in the tree is his ball, he could declare the ball unplayable. Take a one stroke penalty. Play his next ball as nearly as possible to the spot from which the original ball was last played

E. "Assuming Larry can verify the ball in the tree is his ball, He could declare the ball unplayable. Take a one stroke penalty. Drop a ball behind the point directly under where the ball was in the tree, 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 And the answer is..."

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