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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.
規則18.3c之圖解: 從比估計原球可能之所在更靠近該洞球洞的位置打暫定球
- 球員從開球區開出的原球可能遺失在灌木叢中，所以該球員宣告並打出暫定球，而該暫定球靜止在A點。
- 因A點比原球估計之所在離該洞球洞更遠，該球員可以從A點繼續打該暫定球而不會失去其當作暫定球的定位。
- 該球員從A點把該暫定球打到B點。
- 因B點比原球估計之所在更靠近該洞球洞，所以如該球員從B點打該暫定球，則該暫定球依桿數與距離之處罰成為在比賽狀態的球了。