A player hits his tee shot 300 yards into an area of tall grass in the general area. He begins searching for his ball and after four-minutes he finds a ball that he thinks might be his original ball. Without marking the ball, he picks up the ball and cleans it and identifies it as the original ball he had played from the teeing area. He replaces the ball back where he picked it up from and plays that ball from there onto the putting green and then holes out in two more strokes. What is the ruling based on there being a serious breach?

A. He must return to the tee and will be playing his fourth stroke.

B. He must return to the tee and will be playing his fifth stroke.

C. He must return to the tee and will be playing his sixth stroke.

D. He is disqualified.

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