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I think they have F2.2 in place.

We have (rightly) transitioned from a question about the impact of a Local Rule on a ball embedded in a stacked turf face of a bunker...

Cor Blimey! I am not going to flog this but they are not the words of the poster; they are the words in the Rules of Golf - 16.1c. It is...

I am sensing more confusion here. Certainly I am confused. What do you mean by 'stance relief' and 'allowed to drop his ball in the...

Had this yesterday...a fellow competitor's ball was in the bunker, he had to stand outside the bunker to play the ball but his foot was...

The presence or absence of water has nothing to do with it. Penalty areas do not need to contain water. Correct. Relief options for a...

Good question. There are two significant sub-sections in the Rule 16.1b Relief for Ball in General Area 16.1c Relief for Ball in Bunker...

No. In the old days, hazards were either bunkers or water hazards. That terminology ceased in 2019.

No. See Rule 2.2 for an explanation of the five areas of the course.

Somebody is confused here. It may be me misunderstanding what you are saying. If you are standing in temporary water in the general...

The requirement that overrides all others is that, for a ball in a bunker, the relief area (for free relief) must also be in the same...

It doesn't feel right because it isn't right. Let me try amd simplify it further. If there is interference (ball, stance, or area of...

You are absolutely entitled to free relief from the saturated ground (assuming it meets the definition of temporary water) but, because...

The scenario is specifically covered by 16.1c. The ball is in a bunker; it is irrelevant which area of the course the feet and stance...

The difference between this scenario and the OP is that (presumably) all these sequential scenarios involve the ball in the general area...