SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- The PGA of America is taking the unusual step of playing preferred lies during the fourth round of the PGA Championship due to the wet conditions at Baltusrol Golf Club.
Known as "lift, clean and place,'' players are allowed to pick up their ball in "closely mown areas'' -- typically the fairway -- in order to remove mud and find a more suitable place from which to play. The players must first mark his ball, then place it within one club length of its original spot and can only do so once, as the ball is then in play at that point.