10/20/2019 - Rancho Maria

An unlucky member of my foursome at Rancho Maria hit her ball into a tree on her approach shot, and it did not come out.  She was not sure how to proceed.

If you can find the ball and identify it as yours, then you can play it as it "lies" in the tree.  Bernhard Langer did this in 1981:

Bernhard Langer in a tree

If you can find it and identify it, you can also take an unplayable (one stroke penalty).  This seems a far more reasonable option, but it seems highly unlikely that you would be able to find the ball and identify it.

So the most likely outcome of hitting your ball into a tree is to play it as a lost ball.  That's a stroke and distance penalty.  It was her second shot that got stuck in the tree, so she had to re-play from that spot, hitting her fourth shot.

10/6/2019 - Balboa 9

The 9-hole course at Balboa Park has a foot golf course that shares the tees and fairways with the regular golf course.  I have played foot golf a few times at Welk Resort, but not at Balboa.

I assume that the foot golf hole should play as an immovable hazard (free relief at the nearest point of relief no closer to the hole).  That's how I played it anyway...