Identifying a golf ball by a group you are not in

[Parham10]

Hello, if I am in a group and I hit my ball and it goes over into the rough/ in a bush for example near the green and the group in front see where it goes are they allowed to go over and look and find it? This weekend I was told they can't search for it they can only advise where it went. Is this correct?

[cnosil]

11 minutes ago, Parham10 said:

Hello, if I am in a group and I hit my ball and it goes over into the rough/ in a bush for example near the green and the group in front see where it goes are they allowed to go over and look and find it? This weekend I was told they can't search for it they can only advise where it went. Is this correct?

there are no specific rules that I can find defining who can search for a players ball.  During PGA events you see competitors, fans, and media searching.  Per the rules on identifying a ball, it says that anyone else can help identify your ball.  

7.2  How to Identify Ball

A player’s ball at rest may be identified in any one of these ways:

By the player or anyone else seeing a ball come to rest in circumstances where it is known to be the player’s ball.