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Summay of "The Rules of Golf"
A re-drop is also necessary if the dropped ball comes to rest more than two club-lengths from where it was dropped or nearer the hole than its original position, the nearest point of relief or where the ball last crossed the margin of a water hazard. If the ball when re-dropped rolls into any of these positions, place it where it first struck the course when re-dropped.
BALL ASSISTING OR INTERFERING WITH PLAY
You may lift your ball or have any other ball lifted if you think it might assist any other player. You may have any ball lifted if it might interfere with your play.
LOOSE IMPEDIMENTS AND OBSTRUCTIONS
You may move a loose impediment unless it and your ball are in a hazard. However, if you have removed a loose impediment and this causes your ball to move, the ball must be replaced and (unless your ball was on the putting green) you incur a penalty stroke. Movable obstructions (e.g. rakes, tin cans, etc.) positioned anywhere may be moved without penalty. If the ball moves it must be replaced without penalty.
Check the Local Rules on the score card for guidance on immovable obstructions (e.g. surfaced roads and paths, etc.). Free Relief (except in a water hazard) – if an immovable obstruction (e.g. a sprinkler head) physically interferes with the lie of the ball, your stance or swing, you may drop the ball within one club-length of the nearest point of relief not nearer the hole. If the ball is on the putting green, it is placed at the nearest point of relief. There is no relief for intervention on your line of play unless your ball and the obstruction are on the putting green. Also, when the ball is in a bunker, the player may take relief from the obstruction behind the bunker under penalty of one stroke.
ABNORMAL GROUND CONDITIONS
Free Relief (except in a water hazard) – if your ball is in a position where you have interference from an abnormal ground condition (i.e. casual water, ground under repair or a hole or cast made by a burrowing animal, etc.), you may drop within one club-length of the nearest point of relief not nearer the hole. If the ball is on the putting green, it is placed at the nearest point of relief. There is no relief for intervention on your line of play unless your ball and the abnormal ground condition are on the putting green. If your ball is in a bunker and you cannot take complete relief, you may drop the ball at the nearest position in the bunker not nearer the hole that gives maximum available relief. Also, when the ball is in a bunker, the player may take relief behind the bunker under penalty of one stroke.
WATER HAZARDS
Check the Local Rules on the score card to establish whether the sea, lake, river, ditch, etc. is a ‘water hazard’ or a ‘lateral water hazard’.
Ball in water hazard (yellow stakes and/or lines) – play the ball as it lies or, under penalty of one stroke,
• play again from where you hit the ball into the hazard, or
• drop any distance behind the water hazard keeping a straight line between the hole, the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard and the spot on which the ball is dropped.
Ball in lateral water hazard (red stakes and/or lines) – in addition to the options for a ball in a water hazard (see above), under penalty
of one stroke, you may drop within two club-lengths of, and not nearer the hole than,
• the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard, or
• a point on the opposite side of the hazard equidistant from the hole.
BALL LOST OR OUT OF BOUNDS
Check the Local Rules on the score card to identify the boundaries of the course. If your ball is lost outside a water hazard or out of bounds you
must play another ball from the spot where the last shot was played under penalty of one stroke, i.e. stroke and distance. You are allowed 5 minutes to search for a ball, after which if it is not found or identified it is lost. If, after playing a shot, you think your ball may be lost outside a
water hazard or out of bounds you should play a ‘provisional ball’. You must state that it is a provisional ball and play it before you go forward to search for the original ball. If it transpires that the original ball is lost or out of bounds, you must continue with the provisional ball, under penalty of one stroke. If the original ball is not lost or out of bounds, you must continue play of the hole with it and the provisional ball must be abandoned.
BALL UNPLAYABLE
If you believe your ball is unplayable and it lies outside a hazard, you may under penalty of one stroke,
• drop a ball at the spot from where the last shot was played, or
• drop a ball any distance behind the point where the ball lay keeping a straight line between the hole, the point where the ball lay and the spot on which the ball is dropped, or
• drop a ball within two club-lengths of where the ball lies not
nearer the hole.
If your ball is in a bunker you may proceed as above, except that if you are dropping within two club-lengths or back on a line, you must drop in the bunker. If your ball is in a water hazard, you must proceed under the water hazard Rule if taking relief.
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