my ball went straight into the bunker

[jock]

if any one can help me you lot can........
whilst playing the 15th par 3 my tee shot went slightly to the right into the bunker and it sank into the sand i couldnt find it without digging into the sand as it was burried about 2 inches should i be penalised or what please help me thanks

 

[andiritchie]

I THINK you can dig it up a drop it with no pen

Could be wrong probally am

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I was thinking its covered by rule 25 (abnormal ground conditions)but having read it I'm not sure how you'd interpret the rule in relation to a bunker being an abnormal condition

 

[bobmac]

There is no penalty. When you find it you try and re-create the same lie again and play the shot Rule 12 1....or... claim it unplayable and drop it in the bunker and add one shot, or go back and hit the tee shot again, adding one penalty shot.
HTH

 

[HTL]

That is some hard call and bloomin hard luck!

 

[MVP]

yeah that is nasty the games hard enuff as it is !

 

[mono217]

How deep are your bunkers?

 

[USER1999]

Ours often have 8 to 10 inches of sand up the face, so this senario is not that uncommon. Sadly, dig it out, verify it is yours, bury it again, and then thrash at it a few times before ripping the card up and storming off in a huff swearing to murder the green keeper who put all the sand in the bunker.

 

[RGDave]

Ours often have 8 to 10 inches of sand up the face, so this senario is not that uncommon. Sadly, dig it out, verify it is yours, bury it again, and then thrash at it a few times before ripping the card up and storming off in a huff swearing to murder the green keeper who put all the sand in the bunker.

I've been known to declare such balls as unplayable and save the aggro.....

 

[Smiffy]

Ours often have 8 to 10 inches of sand up the face, so this senario is not that uncommon. Sadly, dig it out, verify it is yours, bury it again, and then thrash at it a few times before ripping the card up and storming off in a huff swearing to murder the green keeper who put all the sand in the bunker.

I thought the ruling was that you could only remove enough sand in a bunker to confirm that there was actually a ball there and you had to play it. If it happened to be the wrong ball there was no penalty?
The important bit being that you were only allowed to remove enough sand to actually confirm a ball was there?

 

[bobmac]

Rule 12/1

In a hazard, if a ball is believed to be covered by loose impediments or sand, the player may remove by probing or raking with a club or otherwise, as many loose impediments or as much sand as will enable him to see a part of the ball. If an excess is removed, there is no penalty and the ball must be re-covered so that only a part of it is visible. If the ball is moved during the removal, there is no penalty; the ball must be replaced and, if necessary, re-covered.
A player is not necessarily entitled to see his ball when making a stroke.

 

[jeffc]

of course it's tough luck, it'a hazard and you're not supposed to hit it in there

 

[Parmo]

of course it's tough luck, it'a hazard and you're not supposed to hit it in there

Well done that man.

I played a bunker shot from a foot below my feet whilst standing outside the bunker on Sunday, looked like I was taking a dump from the other side of the ridge lol. got it out and back in play though.