Jul 9, 2026 · 57 min · 9 segments
In Episode 7 of **Divots & Skins**, Jake and Brett break down a busy golf weekend that included league play at Brookhaven, a US AM Tour stop at West Point Golf Course and a trip to the Travelers…
So I thought we'd start out today with another question from a fan of ours.
Um, cloud underscore surfer had another question for us and here's what he had as his question.
Had another unknown on the course today.
hit the driver off the tee, but lost it on impact, so I never knew where it landed or where it went.
Gee, never had that happen to myself.
hit a provisional, which is really the right thing to do, off the tee, which sliced out of bounds deep into the woods.
To keep pace of play, I figured I'd walk to where the provisional crossed out of bounds and take a stroke in distance where I'd be laying five.
But on my way down the fairway, He found his ball, the original ball that he shot.
And his question is, how is this scored? Given the provisional went out of bounds, am I laying one, which I think he would actually mean laying two, now with the original ball? So what's your response to that?
This one's pretty simple cut and dry.
The USGA determines that a provisional ball doesn't become your actual ball in play until you've hit it a second time.
If you found your original ball, that's the entire purpose of a provisional ball.
You found your original ball, that is the ball that's legally in play.
The provisional doesn't matter where it went.
It could have gone into a pond 100 yards deep into the woods or you could have dribbled it off the tee box.
You do not have to play that if you found your original ball as long as you addressed at the tee box that I'm playing a provisional versus I'm dropping three from the tee box.
Yeah, that is a really good, important fact to say that because a lot of people will drop that second ball and we all think it's three and then they claim that it's provisional.
So it's really important to announce that, especially on tour, especially when you're playing in competition.
Hopefully, cloud underscore surfer.
This doesn't lead to more people owing you money.
I thought that comment that you left after we answered your last question about the fact that, hey, I got to go back and ask my friends for the money they owe me because they were apparently breaking rules.
So that was kind of funny.
Hopefully it's not the same case this time.
So I thought we'd start out today with another question from a fan of ours.
Um, cloud underscore surfer had another question for us and here's what he had as his question.
Had another unknown on the course today.
hit the driver off the tee, but lost it on impact, so I never knew where it landed or where it went.
Gee, never had that happen to myself.
hit a provisional, which is really the right thing to do, off the tee, which sliced out of bounds deep into the woods.
To keep pace of play, I figured I'd walk to where the provisional crossed out of bounds and take a stroke in distance where I'd be laying five.
But on my way down the fairway, He found his ball, the original ball that he shot.
And his question is, how is this scored? Given the provisional went out of bounds, am I laying one, which I think he would actually mean laying two, now with the original ball? So what's your response to that?
This one's pretty simple cut and dry.
The USGA determines that a provisional ball doesn't become your actual ball in play until you've hit it a second time.
If you found your original ball, that's the entire purpose of a provisional ball.
You found your original ball, that is the ball that's legally in play.
The provisional doesn't matter where it went.
It could have gone into a pond 100 yards deep into the woods or you could have dribbled it off the tee box.
You do not have to play that if you found your original ball as long as you addressed at the tee box that I'm playing a provisional versus I'm dropping three from the tee box.
Yeah, that is a really good, important fact to say that because a lot of people will drop that second ball and we all think it's three and then they claim that it's provisional.
So it's really important to announce that, especially on tour, especially when you're playing in competition.
Hopefully, cloud underscore surfer.
This doesn't lead to more people owing you money.
I thought that comment that you left after we answered your last question about the fact that, hey, I got to go back and ask my friends for the money they owe me because they were apparently breaking rules.
So that was kind of funny.
Hopefully it's not the same case this time.
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