Ball Unplayable

Question:
A player hits their tee shot into a large bush at point X, where they deem it unplayable. Two club-lengths relief (shaded yellow) would not clear the bush and they do not want to return to the the teeing ground. What option are they left with under penalty of one stroke?

a) Dropping a ball anywhere on Line of Drop A, not nearer the hole than point X.
b) Dropping a ball anywhere on Line of Drop B, not nearer the hole than point X.
c) Dropping a ball anywhere on Line of Drop C, not nearer the hole than point X.

Answer:
c) Dropping a ball anywhere on Line of Drop C, not nearer the hole than point X. Rule 28b.

Part of Rule 28 states;
If the player deems his ball to be unplayable, he must, under penalty of one stroke:
a. Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5); or
b. Drop a ball behind the point where the ball lay, keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point the ball may be dropped; or
c. Drop a ball within two club-lengths of the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole.

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