Golf rules Question

IMO you need to declare rather than just picking up the ball. His partner obviously believed he had not declared the ball unplayable.

https://www.randa.org/RulesEquipment/Rules/QuickGuide/Ball-Unplayable

If the ball was not declared unplayable he shouldn't have re-teed the ball,
but just dropped it as close to where it was picked up.

If I hit my opening tee shot 2 yards I would pick it up and walk to the clubhouse.

i played behind a bloke who put 2 ob off first tee, then fresh aired it, then scabbed it a few feet, he re teed, i doubt his score mattered at this point,
then he heeled it into the hedge 20 yards or so in front and to the left of him.....it hit a solid trunk and rebound straight back to him, he took a swing at it, missed and the ball went ob behind him.

he says thats me done and went home, lol

I don't think its his fault, there is something inherently wrong with golf if that is possible.

Someone will have to think of a new way to swing the club or something like that, something is wrong with the present way of doing things

Here is one from yesterday.
Olesen drives right ,can't find the ball.Marshall says where he saw it land ,rabbit hole near by.Don't find the ball,can't identify the ball obviously.Free drop for Olesen.
Is this ok ?

Highest rank player in the tournament, definite free drop, a mid rank player depends on what ref they get, low ranked player be told to if no one saw it go down the hole no chance.

sky and Jamie spence tried to make out spotter saw it go in the rabbit hole when actually he only saw it land in that area and although they got an arms length into the hole couldn't find it,if that counts as evidence there,ll never be a lost ball again,as spence realised he was been over generous compared it to a visible ball up a tree which cant be identified but counts as lost, typical pro,s set the rules to in- compass everyone that plays the game when everyone no,s the pro,s are playing a completely different game rules wise, cue 1000,s of lost balls deemed to have entered rabbit holes,badger sets,animal scrapes etc because someone from 10 yds away saw it land and couldn't be anywhere else at clubsall over the country this weekend,

Yes I was thinking of the tree rule as a comparison.

The rules state that a it must be 'known or virtually certain' that the ball is in the rabbit hole, if this criteria is met the player gets a free drop within one club length of the hole.

So player takes drop and before he plays his next shot his ball is found just ahead in a water hazard, whats the penalty?  No penalty!!  As it was known or virtually certain the players ball was in the hole when he put the substituted ball in play, the ball was correctly substituted and he may not play the origional ball.


How is it you make some mistakes and get disqualified and other mistkaes and rewarded?