Sorry to drag all this up again but going back to my first post about replaying a shot from the tee if you knock it into a water hazard.


I am assuming that the reason rule 26-1 lets you replay the shot is because the ball is unplayable.
however rule 28 clearly states that
"The player may deem his ball unplayable at any place on the course except when the ball is in a water hazard."

Dont these two rules contradict one another?
Also, I always thought that you cannot just declare a ball lost or abandon it (unless 5 mins have passed or you have brought another ball into play).
Your competitors/partners have the right to look for the ball and find it (if you played a provo)

Finally, if in matchplay I hit a poor first shot, then hit a provo to 2 inches and run up and putt it in, cant my oponent look for my first ball and get me to play it?
I have played out of turn by holing out the provo so he can make me take it back and thus look for the first one for 5 mins...