berniethebolt
Newbie
What is the rationale for having to take complete relief from abnormal course conditions? Consider a wide path running more or less parallel with the fairway where it, the path, has a band of cut grass on either side then thick rough. If I am on the left side of the path I can stand in the rough and drop on the cut grass. If I am on the right hand side of the path I cannot drop on the cut grass because I would be standing on the path and not taking complete relief so must drop in the rough (or take stroke and distance or play it as it lies). You might say that is rub of the green but why does the rule say I must take complete relief?