No one wants to play on punched greens, but what do you do when the greens are punched, and your ball won't come to rest where you marked it?
Rule #14.2e covers exactly this scenario. If it won't stay on the spot where it was marked you have to try to place it again. If it still won't stay in place, you have to keep trying to find the closest spot where the ball will stay at rest. You can't place it closer than the original spot.
This same rule applies in the general area, and also in a penalty area or bunker. In a penalty area or bunker, you the new spot must be in the penalty area or bunker.
Why are you lifting your ball in a penalty area or bunker? Possibly to identify it (this is one of the scenarios when you can pick up your ball, but you can't clean it). Another scenario is if the ball were to come to rest against a rake in a bunker.
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