Decision 13-2/10:

Pitch-Mark in Dropping Area Repaired Before Ball Dropped

QUESTION: 

Dave was playing golf after a day of rain. The course was wet but playable. Through the green, Dave's ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in a closely mowed area. Dave lifted his ball under Rule 25-2 (Embedded ball) but, before dropping it, repaired the pitch-mark. Is such repair permissible?

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