175 • The player must decide to play two balls after the uncertain situation arises and before making a stroke. • The player should choose which ball will count if the Rules allow the procedure used for that ball, by announcing that choice to their marker or to another player before making a stroke. • If the player does not choose in time, the ball played first is treated as the ball chosen by default. • The player must report the facts of the situation to the Committee before returning the scorecard, even if the player scores the same with both balls. The player is disqualified if they fail to do so. • If the player made a stroke before deciding to play a second ball: » This Rule does not apply at all and the score that counts is the score with the ball played before the player decided to play the second ball. » But the player gets no penalty for playing the second ball. A second ball played under this Rule is not the same as a provisional ball under Rule 18.3. (4) Committee Decision on Score for Hole. When a player plays two balls under (3), the Committee will decide the player’s score for the hole in this way: • The score with the ball chosen (whether by the player or by default) counts if the Rules allow the procedure used for that ball. • If the Rules do not allow the procedure used for that ball, the score with the other ball played counts if the Rules allow the procedure used for that other ball. • If the Rules do not allow the procedures used for each of the two balls, the score with the ball chosen (whether by the player or by default) counts unless there was a serious breach in playing that ball from a wrong place, in which case the score with the other ball counts. • If there was a serious breach in playing each ball from a wrong place, the player is disqualified. • All strokes with the ball that does not count (including strokes made and any penalty strokes solely from playing that ball) do not count in the player’s score for the hole. “Rules allow the procedure used” means that either: (a) the original ball was played as it lies and play was allowed from there, or (b) the ball that was played was put in play under the right procedure, in the right way and in the right place under the Rules. Rule 20
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