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Originally Posted by javadog
I believe the drop can be no closer to the hole and a maximum of two club lengths from where the drop hits the ground. Thus, you can argue that you have a little leeway in where you drop it. It's not meant to be an exact thing and you are not expected to put it back in your original divot. I'd definitely drop it behind the original location, especially on a downslope.
Regardless of what he said, he didn't play it from two yards further back. It looked like maybe a yard and maybe less than one club length.
Read the rule book. It will make your head hurt.
JR
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For his particular situation, that is incorrect. The relief option he chose was not to take relief from a hazard (which is the rule you describe), but to go play the ball again from the original spot. Those are different rules.
He was required to drop the ball "as nearly as possible'' to the spot of the original shot.
He admitted he purposely dropped the ball 6 feet back of that spot so he could put the same swing on it, but have it hit 6 feet shorter.
With that admission, it doesn't matter whether he dropped it 1 inch further back, or 100 yards further back. Because he admitted he purposely did *not* drop it "as nearly as possible" to the spot of the original spot.
There is no dispute as to any of the above, no one is arguing any of that.