Colin L

Just to add some information regarding the different situation where a player goes back to play a provisional ball from where he played his previous stroke after a search had started, the timing continues and the provisional ball Is the ball in play when the 3 minutes expires. If that provisional, now the ball in play, has to be searched for, it's a new search with the 3 minute limit.

In stroke play, what rule do you have in mind that could be breached? There's not one in my copy. In match play, he would of course be playing out of turn and his stroke could be recalled by his opponent as already mentioned.