aardvarkious
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To clarify,
At a recent tournament , the card ahead of us were putting, OB behind the basket about 35 ft away with a downhill slope to the ob. Person putting is 45 ish ft away, his putt skips off the top, catches an edge, rolls OB.
He can putt from the previous lie, correct? I was under the assumption he could putt from there using this rule, laying the same amount of strokes as if he putted from the OB lie.
In this instance he happened be farther away but with a more managable putt, stroke and distance applies here but what if he was 25 feet away? Still an option to take a stroke and previous lie?
He doesn't even need to use the optional rethrow rule. One of your options when you go OB is to throw from your previous lie. The OB rules is
"A player whose disc is considered out-of-bounds shall receive one penalty throw. The player may elect to play the next shot from:
(1) The previous lie as evidenced by the marker disc or, if the marker disc has been moved from an approximate lie, as agreed to by the majority of the group or an official; or (2) A lie that is up to one meter away from and perpendicular to the point where the disc last crossed into out-of-bounds, as determined by a majority of the group or an official. This holds true even if the direction takes the
lie closer to the hole; or (3) Within the designated Drop Zone, if provided. These options may be limited by the tournament director as a special condition (see 804.01)."