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　　Q: A ball is half buried in a water hazard and is not identifiable. Having announced his intention in advance to his opponent, marker or fellow-competitor, the player touches the ball and rotates it. By so doing he is able to identify the ball as his ball. Is such procedure permissible?

　　A: No. Neither Rule 12-2 nor any other Rule permits a player to touch his ball in a hazard for identification purposes. Accordingly, the player was in breach of Rule 18-2a for touching his ball purposely and incurred a penalty of one stroke.

　　问：一个球的半个部分在水障碍里，没法辨认。预先通知他的对手、记分员或同组球员，这名球员接触了球，然后旋转了一下。这样做他就能辨认是否是他的球了。这个程序是允许的吗？

　　答：不允许。规则12-2和其他规则都不允许球员为了辨认球而去接触障碍区里的球。因此，这名球员因故意接触球而违反了规则18-2a，得被罚一杆。

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