Lost or Out of Bounds Ball

[GolferJim]

The most commonly unobserved rule(s) in open play, after gimme's, is not going back to play another ball when you go forward and discover your ball is either OB or lost. In the interest of speeding up the game the player should drop at the approximate place where the ball is lost, or withing two club lengths of where it crossed the OB boundary, add two strokes to the score, then proceed with the relief options specified under Unplayable Lie. This will speed up the game and eliminate the need for the provisional ball.