re: Explanation of Spieth's drop yesterday?

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. I think he should have been made to play the ball where it was. There were no obstructions to his swing, etc.

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Well, there are lots of things I THINK should be in the rules of golf, but aren't.

End of the day, on every golf swing you ever play, you always have the option to replay the shot from as close as possible to the original shot under penalty of one stroke.

You also, unless the ball is out of bounds or lost, always have the option to play the ball as it lies. If it's on a sprinkler head, on a cart path, or at the bottom of a pond, you are entitled to take a swing at it (local rules aside)