You see pros bend the rules all the time. Take a drop on the cart path, of course it will bounce away. After the 3rd one place it where it's dropped. Now your entitled to an addition drop due to the lie on the cart path. Now you can drop towards the fairway.

Just my thoughts on the rules. Now, even though that is within the rules. You need to use some integrity in this instance and probably just drop in the deep rough.