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IMMOVABLE ARTIFICIAL OBJECT
MOVING BALL VIOLATION
Q: Alice writes: A player putts her ball in the hole while the ball is still in motion. What is the penalty and does she need to correct the infraction? A: The player is in violation of playing a moving ball, Rule 14-5. The player incurs a loss of hole penalty in match play or a two-stroke penalty in stroke play and the ball is, in this case, holed.
RELIEF FROM AN OBSTRUCTION
Q: Lowell writes: A player’s ball is in a water hazard and an immovable obstruction outside of the hazard inter- feres with the player’s stance or swing. Is he granted free relief from the obstruction? A: No. The player would not be entitled to relief. Rule 24- 2b, Immovable obstructions, states that relief is granted “except when the ball lies in a water hazard or lateral water hazard.” Relief is all predicated on where the ball lies, not the immovable obstruction.
Edited by Ryan Gregg, Director of Education. To submit questions e-mail
rgregg@ncga.org
Q: Mario writes: After my ball flies over a par 3 it rests two inches from a residential street which is marked OB with white stakes. My stance puts my back foot in the street. Do I get relief? A: See the definition of obstructions: “Any part of an immovable artificial object that is out of bounds” is not an obstruction. You would not be entitled to relief.
LATERAL WATER HAZARD RELIEF
Q: Ed writes: I know that if I take relief from an obstruction such as a cart path, I have to take complete relief. What about from a lateral water hazard? I drop the ball correctly within two club lengths, but the ball ends up fairly close to the margin of the hazard and to play the ball my stance is in the hazard. Is that OK? A: That is correct. The player does not need to take complete relief from the lateral water hazard. As long as the ball, when dropped, comes to rest outside the hazard, and does not roll and come to rest in one of the situations described in Rule 20-2c, it is a good drop and must be played.
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