was it the right call?

[golfchief]

Thanks guys for all the info. He used his option of unplayable and rehit from the tee. and he hit a great shot. Even though the ball went fifty yards behind the tee (wrong direction) it was the best choice for him to retee. He would have had to punch a shot to infront of the tees and not go OB then hit the next shot from some unfriendly deep grass and maybe not be as far down the fairway has he was after taking the unplayable. It was all legal and by the book.

[WhiteSoxFan]

3) Drop as far back as you want along a line from the flag through the ball, again, not nearer the hole. This is particularly useful when you're under a tree with a clearing behind you. Go back 10 yards, 15, whatever it takes that you can get a clear shot over the trees. Or drop at your favorite yardage.

This one kills me. I was playing in a tournament this weekend, and TWICE (once from an unplayable, once from a lateral hazard), these two guys kept insisting it was "line of flight back to the tee box". I tried to explain it nicely at first, and after a short discussion I had to straight up tell them they were wrong, pulled out the rule book, and showed them the rule. I even asked the fourth guy in our group, and of course he agreed with me and the USGA. They continued to insist "that's how guys play it here". I told them unless there was a local rule (there isn't, I checked) that they were wrong. I still don't think they believed me.

I gotta get out out of the bottom flight so I don't have to play with these hacks.