Wes Brown

Thanks for all of the insight. I did not agree with my partners ruling but he is more experienced than me in the rules. Ultimately, the action did not impact the final result of the players involved, but good to know the rules. The diagram is the easiest way to understand the rules. Wish all of the rules had a picture description .

My ball landed among trees on hard pan and close to the paved cart path. I could not stand to address the ball accept on the cart path. My playing partner said the new rules allowed the following: place a tee in a place so you can address the ball; then you can move 2 club links no closer to the hole from the position of the tee. Drop the ball; however the drop was in the middle of the cart path. He said place the ball 2 club lengths which placed the ball in the middle of the cart path. Then he said you get 2 more club lengths no closer to the hole. Drop the ball and hit. I moved the ball from it's original position to an addressable position, then moved it two club lengths to the center of the cart path and then two more club lengths to it's final resting position. I then hit the shot. Is the direction my partner gave me correct according to the 2019 USGA rules?