With OB/Lost now more penal than S&D...

[DavidHayes]

Simonko,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Our intent was that Rule 21-1 would apply for balls lying on the course and with a known location (including the "broad" location of in a water hazard, obstruction, or abnormal ground condition).

Your interpretation (above) is reasonable yet not what we intended so we have revised Rule 21-1 for clarity. The revised first paragraph of Rule 21-1 and the added Note are highlighted with a dashed border.

I have also created a sub-page in our News section in which I have listed this revision. I'll will edit that file with any future revisions as they occur.

(I have a recollection that John expressed some concern that this would be an issue and that I talked him into thinking it was okay as originally written.)