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the move to give players less time looking for lost balls has more potential for speeding up the game. there are always a few players who don’t want to give up the search for their ball, but let’s face it, if you haven’t found it in a couple of minutes, you’re not going to find it. it also helps that you can just take a two-stroke penalty and drop a new ball near where the lost ball was hit, rather than the old stroke and distance rule that had players walking back to the tee to start over. it’s all designed to keep play moving forward. 