MGA Quiz 2018 • Re: Q 23
I appreciate the point you are making in respect of D34-3/6 and D18-2/3 and I did reflect on that. In the end, I was persuaded (perhaps wrongly) by the explicit wording in the answer to D28/3 - 'the player must invoke..' so my thinking (again, perhaps wrongly) was this is a very different example to 18-2/3 where R28 never had the slightest relevance. Further, we were told that the player was actively proceeding under R28c so I could see no overwhelming reason why the person was not doing so again after clearly having the dropped ball return to the original unplayable position.Chippings wrote:Thom
I would agree with the following parts of your answer:
4 actual strokes
First drop under 28c- 1 penalty shot
But then 2 stroke penalty for playing from wrong place 18-2( 20-7)
The purpose of the second drop is not entirely clear from the wording of the question .
The question clearly states that the player intended to take an unplayable when she first lifted her ball.When she lifted the ball after the first drop and dropped again in the area prescribed by 28c, is she re- dropping or is she declaring the ball unplayable again.
Only the player could answer this question and this is another example of MGA continual poor wording of many of their questions.
However it appears that the player believed she was entitled to redrop under 20-2c (v) , this view of the facts supported when she then placed the ball where the second drop had landed.( all her actions would appear to proceeding under 20-2c(v)
The first drop was correctly in play and the player incurred a 2 stroke penalty when not replacing this ball.(18-2)
The Committee is not empowered to assign an unplayable option to a player's actions( Dec 34-3/6 3 rd paragraph) and cannot assign 28c to the second drop. Only the player can deem a ball unplayable and it appears the player is erroneously proceeding under 20-2c.
I would agree with your final statement that the second stroke played from the wrong place and hit onto the green( which would not seem possible from the correct place ) would be considered a serious breach.
I do agree that this is another very rubbery question that could not form the basis of a decision by any thinking Committee, particularly one alert to the serious breach issue which renders all answers wrong.
Statistics: Posted by Thom — 35 minutes ago