rules question

[doublesuited77]

heres is the scenario.   You are in a fairway bunker.   Your shot hits a power line.   Based on local rule, you replay your original shot with no penalty based on rules 20-5c.

Can you rerake the trap before you drop?  search all over the rules of golf of this one and cant find a rule or decision on this one.

[johnny2balls]

you're entitled to your original lie

[Fourputt]

Decision 13-4/37 says:

13-4/37  Ball Played from Bunker Is Out of Bounds or Lost; Player Tests Condition of Bunker or Smoothes Footprints Before Dropping Another Ball in Bunker

Q. A player plays from a bunker and his ball comes to rest out of bounds or is lost. He smoothes his footprints in the bunker at the place where he must drop a ball under Rule 27-1 or, before dropping a ball under Rule 27-1, he takes a few practice swings touching the sand in the bunker. Is the player in breach of Rule 13-4?

A. No. The prohibitions in Rule 13-4 apply only when the player's ball is in the hazard or when it has been lifted from a hazard and may be dropped or placed in the hazard. In this case, the player's ball has been played from the hazard rather than lifted.

Furthermore, Exception 2 under Rule 13-4 allows a player, after playing his ball out of a hazard, to smooth sand or soil in the hazard, without restriction. This right overrides any conflicting provisions in other Rules, including Rule 13-2.

The decision applies to the the OP's case as well, since the ball was played out of the bunker and is required by rule to be dropped back in the bunker.  Note the last sentence which I underlined and bolded.

[ohio golfer]

Originally Posted by Fourputt

Decision 13-4/37 says:

The decision applies to the the OP's case as well, since the ball was played out of the bunker and is required by rule to be dropped back in the bunker.  Note the last sentence which I underlined and bolded.

Yours is an interesting take on the scenario because 13-4/37 is about OB or lost balls, not at all what the OP asked about.

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by ohio golfer

Yours is an interesting take on the scenario because 13-4/37 is about OB or lost balls, not at all what the OP asked about.

It doesn't really matter why he has to drop the ball in the bunker, only that the required procedure is the same in both cases.  In both situations the player is required to replay from the previous spot.  Rule 1-4 states that in equity, like situations should be treated alike, even if one of the cases isn't specifically spelled out in the rules.