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**pBiRXp8u** · 12-17-2009, 06:51 PM

Your ball lands about a few inches from a tree, but you can't address it from your normal hitting side. There is no way you're going to call it unplayable. How do you play it? What type of shot? Are you going low-risk to get the ball back into play or are you going for a big recovery shot?

With this one I have to know the situation. Where I am at on the hole (200 yards from the hole? Or 20 yards?), what sort of lie, how far it is to safety, how badly do I need to score on the hole? And you can't tell me that I can't declare it unplayable. If that happens to be the best chance to score on the hole, then damn right I'm dropping. Sorry Diane, but there is NO time when when Rule 28 is not a possible solution.

All else being equal, if it's possible I'm going to do what it takes to get back in play, or as close to that ideal as possible. If I can't address the ball with my normal stance, then I'm not doing anything stupid. I know that I can't significantly advance the ball swinging left handed... I'd be lucky to even make contact. I am ultra-dominantly right handed, so anything more than about a 30 foot chip is not going to happen from the wrong side of the ball. That is why I refuse to take the unplayable lie out of the equation.

But again I have to know the entire situation before I can say positively. If possible, I might even address the ball from the usual side and pitch it to the next fairway, then back to the correct green after that. I've been known to pitch the ball away from the hole to get back in play. It just all depends.

12-17-2009, 06:51 PM	#20
pBiRXp8u Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	Your ball lands about a few inches from a tree, but you can't address it from your normal hitting side. There is no way you're going to call it unplayable. How do you play it? What type of shot? Are you going low-risk to get the ball back into play or are you going for a big recovery shot? With this one I have to know the situation. Where I am at on the hole (200 yards from the hole? Or 20 yards?), what sort of lie, how far it is to safety, how badly do I need to score on the hole? And you can't tell me that I can't declare it unplayable. If that happens to be the best chance to score on the hole, then damn right I'm dropping. Sorry Diane, but there is NO time when when Rule 28 is not a possible solution. All else being equal, if it's possible I'm going to do what it takes to get back in play, or as close to that ideal as possible. If I can't address the ball with my normal stance, then I'm not doing anything stupid. I know that I can't significantly advance the ball swinging left handed... I'd be lucky to even make contact. I am ultra-dominantly right handed, so anything more than about a 30 foot chip is not going to happen from the wrong side of the ball. That is why I refuse to take the unplayable lie out of the equation. But again I have to know the entire situation before I can say positively. If possible, I might even address the ball from the usual side and pitch it to the next fairway, then back to the correct green after that. I've been known to pitch the ball away from the hole to get back in play. It just all depends.
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