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Provisional ball - When provisional ball becomes ball in play
Your provisional ball becomes your ball in play under penalty of stroke and distance in either of these two cases:
- When your original ball is lost anywhere on the course except in a penalty area or is out of bounds.
- When your provisional ball is played from a spot nearer to the hole than where your original ball is estimated to be.
MCHORO 18.3c: MPIRA WA AKIBA ULIOCHEZWA KUTOKA MAHALI PALIPO KARIBU ZAIDI NA SHIMO KULIKO MAHALI AMBAPO MPIRA WA AWALI UNAKADIRIWA KUWA
- Mpira wa awali wa mchezaji uliopigwa kutoka kwenye eneo la kuanzishia huenda umepotea kwenye kichaka, hivyo mchezaji anatangaza na kucheza mpira wa akiba, ambao unatua na kusimama katika pointi A.
- Kwa kuwa pointi A iko mbali zaidi na shimo kuliko mahali inakokadiriwa kuwa mpira wa awali ulipo, mchezaji anaweza kucheza mpira wa akiba kutoka pointi A bila kupoteza hadhi yake kama mpira wa akiba.
- Mchezaji anacheza mpira wa akiba kutoka sehemu A hadi sehemu B.
- Kwa kuwa pointi B iko karibu zaidi na shimo kuliko mahali ambapo mpira wa awali unakadiriwa kuwa, ikiwa mchezaji atacheza mpira wa akiba kutoka pointi B, mpira wa akiba unakuwa mpira ulioko katika mchezo chini ya adhabu ya mpigo na umbali.