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2016 PGA Championship playing preferred lies: Explaining 'lift, clean and place'

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Baltusrol has been hit with a deluge of rain this week that knocked out most of the third round on Saturday and threatened to push the entire tournament into Monday. Thankfully, with the help of an extraordinary grounds crew, play looks like it will be completed on Sunday.

There is one caveat, though, as the PGA has ruled that players will be able to play preferred lies or "lift, clean and place" in the final round.

This means they will be able to pick up their ball in the fairway and wipe any mud or debris off before placing it back in the fairway within a club length of its original position.