Announcing Your Provisional

Assignment

On a practice hole or range, practice announcing and hitting a provisional ball. The announcement is important: you must say ‘I am playing a provisional ball’ before hitting it. Practice the full sequence: (1) hit your shot, (2) announce ‘I am playing a provisional,’ (3) hit the provisional, (4) go search for the original. Practice until the announcement feels natural — because on the course, forgetting to announce it means the second ball automatically IS the ball in play.