Provisional or 3 off the tee?

[AndrewPI]

Of course.

But my position is more positive and would lead to better enjoyment of the game for all.

See I feel differently. I would get enjoyment out of knowing that I have played the best I can for that day. Leaving shots on the course would mean that I have not done that and that would annoy me. I can only think that looking for a lost ball that has a chance of being playable would only occur once maybe twice a round which is an extra 10 minutes on the round.

[Tin Pot]

See I feel differently. I would get enjoyment out of knowing that I have played the best I can for that day. Leaving shots on the course would mean that I have not done that and that would annoy me. I can only think that looking for a lost ball that has a chance of being playable would only occur once maybe twice a round which is an extra 10 minutes on the round.

First off you are assuming that there is a shot lost, secondly you're ignoring the positive aspects, thirdly you're ignoring the negative impact of hunting around/playing out of the crap, fourthly you're assuming finding a ball in the crap means you're better off, fifthly you're thinking only of yourself and not the whole field, and so on through everything else I've pointed out.  I don't see how that counters my position at all...

But you're entitled to your opinion.

[AndrewPI]

First off you are assuming that there is a shot lost, secondly you're ignoring the positive aspects, thirdly you're ignoring the negative impact of hunting around/playing out of the crap, fourthly you're assuming finding a ball in the crap means you're better off, fifthly you're thinking only of yourself and not the whole field, and so on through everything else I've pointed out.  I don't see how that counters my position at all...

But you're entitled to your opinion.

But surely it is a shot lost if you take 3 off the tee. You go and find the first one, play out to the fairway and you can be on the green in 3. Yet take a 2nd off the tee and you are playing in to the green in 4.

I have to say there have been times where I used to just think sod it, play another and assume it's lost, but then the more I play the more I see others taking a few minutes to look for a lost ball and play that one. I am happy to wait on the tee now and again if the group ahead are looking for a ball, as long as they take measures through the rest of the round to ensure they don't play slowly. If you are having a bad one and having to take 3 off the tee on most holes then yea you are holding up the field and it would be selfish to go searching every time. A couple of times a round is hardly going to cause any issues though.

[Ant]

You know this is the first time I've ever heard of this playing a second ball not a provisional.

[Foxholer]

But my position is more positive and would lead to better enjoyment of the game for all.

We need to agree to disagree on that!

Ross