A playing partner plucked a weed from the fairway next to his ball and then asked "Was I allowed to do that?" Nope.
This is a violation of Rule #8 which is "Course Played as It Is Found." Rule 8.1a explicitly indicates that you cannot move, bend, or break any growing or attached natural object. The penalty is the General Penalty (2 strokes).
So what do you do if you need to play your ball under a tree, with a bendable tree branch impeding your stance? This is covered by Rule 8.1b part 6, which explicitly allows you to take a stance, but requires you to use the "least intrusive course of action to deal with the particular situation."
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