GUR determination in midst of tournament

[Asheville]

In the scoring tent, player says that he played two balls. Committee asks if player selected. Player says that he did not. Committee accepts for the score for the original ball.

End of story. (Except for dad, who's apoplectic.  )

[bkuehn1952]

Perhaps a naive question, but when playing a 2nd ball, when would a player ever want the original ball to count? Wouldn't one just play the original ball if that was the one to count?  Dispense with the 2nd ball altogether.

I suppose in some limited situations a member of the stroke play field might insist that one MUST take relief or a drop from a situation.  It seems likely to be rare.

[Fourputt]

13 minutes ago, bkuehn1952 said:

Perhaps a naive question, but when playing a 2nd ball, when would a player ever want the original ball to count? Wouldn't one just play the original ball if that was the one to count?  Dispense with the 2nd ball altogether.

I suppose in some limited situations a member of the stroke play field might insist that one MUST take relief or a drop from a situation.  It seems likely to be rare.

You declare the one that you feel is most likely to score the best, or the one you hope abides by the rules and that is usually the second ball.  However, we don't always succeed with our intent, and may make a higher score with the second ball and be stuck with it if it was played within the rules.  

Sometimes the second ball is not within the rules, so in that case the original ball counts, even if it too is not played properly.  When I invoke this rule, I make certain that at least one of the balls is unquestionably within the rules.

[Martyn W]

12 minutes ago, bkuehn1952 said:

Perhaps a naive question, but when playing a 2nd ball, when would a player ever want the original ball to count? Wouldn't one just play the original ball if that was the one to count?  Dispense with the 2nd ball altogether.

I suppose in some limited situations a member of the stroke play field might insist that one MUST take relief or a drop from a situation.  It seems likely to be rare.

@bkuehn1952 you are right, almost always the player will be looking for relief but he must always declare that to be the case, no matter how obvious it may be. A case when he may want the original to count is if he is in doubt as to whether relief is mandatory (newly sodded area, for example) or where play is prohibited (ball lying on a wrong green or in an ESA, for example)