Colin L
Tour Winner
So it says you must use the club you are going to use for the shot.
What happens if you drop in a divot or get a really bad lie .
Can you change clubs.?
How can it say it makes the drop area the same size for everyone as someone who plays clubs 3†longer has a bigger area than someone who plays 3†shorter than standard.
Or have I read it wrong. .?
Starting a new thread to answer this.
You will be required to determine the nearest point of complete relief for the club, stance and swing you'd have used. You don't have to simulate your stance etc it but it's recommended that you do. The relief area is a club length from that point. A club length is defined as the length of the longest club in your bag excluding your putter.
Your ball must land in and stay in that area. You will, as now, be able to play with any club of your choice.
While the relief areas of players with longer or shorter clubs than standard will differ very slightly, it's not significant. We'll no longer have the inconsistencies of a ball rolling up to two club lengths. Everyone will be playing from within the same distance from the NPCR.
Remember that you'll be dropping from knee height and should easily manage to avoid dropping into a divot hole. If you don't, that's just too bad.