Interrupting a 3-Minute Search

[saevel25]

If you forget where you found your ball, do you get more search time? (golf.com)

I didn't know the clock didn't get reset if you forget the location of your ball again. 

I will throw my hat or towel down near the ball so I don't forget the spot. 

[iacas]

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules/rules-2019/rules-of-golf/rules-and-interpretations.html#!ruletype=interp&section=rule&rulenum=18&subrulenum=3

18.2a(1)/1 – Time Permitted for Search When Search Temporarily Interrupted

• A player finds and identifies his or her ball in high rough after a two-minute search. The player leaves the area to get a club. When he or she returns, the ball cannot be found. The player has one minute to search before the ball becomes lost. The three-minute search time stopped when the ball was first found.

[dennyjones]

learn something new all of the time.    Thanks!

[billchao]

On 6/10/2021 at 9:46 AM, saevel25 said:

I will throw my hat or towel down near the ball so I don't forget the spot.

Yup. I lay my hat down next to it.