Just clear up a GUR drop please.

[Beezerk]

Hit one into a greenside bunker today which is GUR along with a lot of grass around it.
My nearest point of relief was on the green as the other side was quite far away due to it being roped off.
My pp said I couldn't drop on the green, I said I could adding if it was a pond rather than the green, I'd still have to drop there and take the potential penalty.
Was I talking ballcocks or was he?

 

[louise_a]

nearest point of relief cannot be in a hazard or on the putting green. Rule 25-1 b ( i )

you can take relief on the green it your ball was already on the green.

 

[Beezerk]

nearest point of relief cannot be in a hazard or on the putting green. Rule 25-1 b ( i )

you can take relief on the green it your ball was already on the green.

Bugger 😁
Sure I read somewhere about this, am I confusing it with an unplayable drop?

 

[louise_a]

The rule relates to any abnormal ground condition, for an unplayable lie then you can drop under penalty from where your last shot was played, or 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, within two club-lengths of where the ball lay not nearer the hole.

So unless you were already on the putting green or your previous shot was from the green then I cannot see how you could drop on the putting green.

 

[Colin L]

Bugger 😁
Sure I read somewhere about this, am I confusing it with an unplayable drop?

Probably. Rule 28 does not restrict what part of the course you can drop in after deeming a ball unplayable other than when your ball is in a bunker.

 

[rulefan]

My nearest point of relief was on the green as the other side was quite far away due to it being roped off.

Was point on the green nearer the hole than where the ball lay in the GUR?

 

[Beezerk]

Was point on the green nearer the hole than where the ball lay in the GUR?

No.

 

[Dellboy]

Could have played it in from where it was, unless of course you have a local rule stating you must take a drop.

 

[Smiffy]

Could have played it in from where it was, unless of course you have a local rule stating you must take a drop.

Correct.
Many's the time I've had better lies in GUR than had I dropped at nearest point of relief.
Check your "locals"

 

[Beezerk]

Could have played it in from where it was, unless of course you have a local rule stating you must take a drop.

We have local rules in place saying we cannot play from gur. We're having lots of work done, new bunkers etc with lots of new turf being laid down.

 

[rulefan]

If it is felt that allowing play from GUR will make the situation worse or damage new or reinstated turf/seeded areas etc, the committee should make it 'play prohibited'.
But if a poor or damaged area of ground is awaiting repair I would consider allowing 'play as it lies' pro tem.

If 'play prohibited' puts the player at a significant positional disadvantage a dropping zone should be considered.

 

[Beezerk]

So you can't drop onto a green from gur then?

 

[louise_a]

NO, unless the GUR is on the green itself.

 

[rulefan]

NO, unless the GUR is on the green itself.

And then it must be placed not dropped

 

[snell]

So you can't drop onto a green from gur then?

If only someone had told you that several times

 

[Beezerk]

If only someone had told you that several times

I'd rather ask Big Gob for a ruling than you 😉

 

[snell]

I'd rather ask Big Gob for a ruling than you 😉

You're in the Jackson category now mate

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