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Sorry, my mistake. It comes through trying to understand the differnece between 'winter rules' and 'pick and place'. Neither of which are clearly defined by the rules, but form a local rule at whatever course you are playing. These sometimes mean you can mark, lift, clean, and place within 6" not nearer the hole, through the green, or, on close mown areas through the green, depending on interpretation.

My course has 'preferred lies', but does not define where or what these may be.

Appendix 1 (page 131)allows for extreme course conditions, but I am not sure when these apply, as I don't ever remember a notice regarding this on the notice board, and surely would not apply continously for the duration of 'winter rules'.

Rule 25.2 allows for relief from an embedded ball on close mown areas through the green in extreme conditions.

Part c of this appendix implies that relief would only be on closely mown areas during periods of prolonged rain, etc, and not through the whole winter.

This implies to me you would never get relief from a plugged ball in the rough, unless granted by a specific local rule, not just 'winter rules'.

I have looked at these rules before, and found them very confusing. Any one care to clarify, feel free....

I have also discussed lifting a plugged ball in the rough with numerous of our committee, and the course pro, and they all say that you can't, but may be this is just my course interpretation of a local rule.