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I consulted with the Rules Director for the tournament I referenced in my last post, (see “Use the Rules”) and she added some very interesting additional information. She said that what I wrote about was actually Part 2 of the scenario.
“Part 1: (The player’s) ball was next to a coffee cup lid (movable obstruction). So first I had her mark her ball (in case it moved), and remove the obstruction.
“Then there was part 3: When dropping while taking relief, a cart path was within the area she would drop in. If she dropped to avoid the cart path, she would have been back in the ‘jungle.’ So she took a chance and dropped on the path. The ball rolled not more than two club lengths and rolled to the edge where there was a bit of dirt that had washed onto the path. She could’ve taken relief from the cart path at that point, but she had a pretty good lie and a a good line to the green, so she elected NOT to take that relief.”
Note: if the ball had rolled further than two club lengths, she would’ve had to drop again, and if that, too, rolled further, she would’ve placed it.
Pretty interesting stuff!