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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
The flower bed issue is obviously a 'local rule' and I have seen at some courses where they explain it on the card.
Paraphrasing, it says basically... "If a ball is resting, or thought to be resting, in a flower bed.....
I think the whole purpose is to keep people out of flower beds, regardless if it is to just identify the ball. I have always applied the basic premise of the lost/stolen rule as to 'verification'...in that if it is obvious that it's in the flower bed, a free drop is allowed.
You make a good point though and 'the Committee' should make it clear on how to proceed when your ball is in a flower bed.
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Do you know where the phrase "verified by others" comes from. I believe the phrasing of rule 25-1-c is "known or virtually certain". In which case, how is that decision reached? Sole discretion of the player, or group consensus? I also think it would be best if the committee put a sign in flower beds declaring them ground under repair with the additional instruction "do not enter"