backwoodsman
Tour Winner
A question arising from a round played yesterday. A par 3 is played across a dry gully (which is a red penalty area). The apron & green are raised above the penalty area, and at the front edge, are supported by a wall made of boulders. The boundary of the penalty area is the top edge of the wall and is marked by red posts.
A ball is hit over the penalty area, lands on the very edge of the fringe, then rolls back & falls off the wall into the gully/penalty area. By fluke it bounces into a deep hole in the wall. The hole is deep enough that the ball comes to rest just "green-side " of the red marker posts above it. Is the ball in the penalty area? And how should one proceed?
A ball is hit over the penalty area, lands on the very edge of the fringe, then rolls back & falls off the wall into the gully/penalty area. By fluke it bounces into a deep hole in the wall. The hole is deep enough that the ball comes to rest just "green-side " of the red marker posts above it. Is the ball in the penalty area? And how should one proceed?