OOB

[Slab]

Sparked by the other thread

Obviously it cant be played but I thought you were not even permitted to collect a ball that lies OOB

Is this a:

1. Old wives tale
2. Old rule no longer applicable
3. Stuff I just made up
4. AN Other

Which one of the above?

the rational was that its marked OOB for a bloomin good reason, private land, dangerous to play from etc etc and ball shouldn't be played or retrieved

 

[Imurg]

I would say that, unless you're trespassing or its dangerous, then go get it...
To be fair, if the OB is a boundary fence you probably can't get it back anyway...
No rule that says you can't, except the Law😁

 

[Colin L]

There is nothing in the rules to stop you going into an out of bounds area to fetch your ball, admire a view, have a pee … whatever. There may be reasons for not doing so in particular instances - it’s someone’s back garden; it’s a field with a standing crop; it’s an area with poisonous snakes; it’s a ravine with dangerously steep sides; it’s an environmentally sensitive area…… but being against the rules is not one of them.

The course I will be playing this morning is bounded mostly by fields. At intervals along the boundary fence there are stiles to help players get over the fence to retrieve OOB balls.

I can’t answer your multiple choice question but would guess (1).

 

[Slab]

Cheers guys

Might even have been a local rule/condition of playing a particular course
I recall playing at Kinghorn many moons ago and the starter or scorecard said cant go into the farmers field (OOB) to retrieve balls (was probably for reasons of the crop or livestock) and heard same at another course a few years back and I must've just assumed that it applied to all courses

 

[ManinBlack]

We have OOB in the form of a farmer's field. The old farmer let us put up a ladder to get over the wall & retrieve balls. When a new tenant took over he removed the ladder & barred us from going in because he said one of his cows had been killed by swallowing a golf ball. I could never work this out. Surely by barring us he's increased the possibility of this happening again, if it ever happened in the first place.

 

[rosecott]

Cheers guys

Might even have been a local rule/condition of playing a particular course
I recall playing at Kinghorn many moons ago and the starter or scorecard said cant go into the farmers field (OOB) to retrieve balls (was probably for reasons of the crop or livestock) and heard same at another course a few years back and I must've just assumed that it applied to all courses

It's pretty normal for courses with crop fields bordering the course to have club rules and signs telling players not to go into field to recover balls. We have them on our course but they are largely ignored. It's not a huge issue and the farmer normally tosses loads of balls back onto the course after the crop has been harvested - you're very lucky if you happen to be there at the right time.

 

[chrisd]

Sparked by the other thread

Obviously it cant be played but I thought you were not even permitted to collect a ball that lies OOB

Is this a:

1. Old wives tale
2. Old rule no longer applicable
3. Stuff I just made up
4. AN Other

Which one of the above?

the rational was that its marked OOB for a bloomin good reason, private land, dangerous to play from etc etc and ball shouldn't be played or retrieved

Its got to be 1

 

[atticusfinch]

OWT.

You can even stand out of bounds to play a ball, provided it is in bounds.

 

[mikejohnchapman]

I think if you spent a long time looking for a ball outside the course boundry your playing partners might object due to undue delay, but providing it's permitted by the landowner, nipping over to retrieve a ball isn't any breach of a rule.

Although having read some of the other threads, someone will try and calla penalty!

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Plenty of courses have internal OOB, I would certainly retrieve my ball. If I were to go OOB, which obviously I wouldn't.........

 

[backwoodsman]

Old Wives Tale ...

There's two separate issues - a) OOB according to the rules of golf and b) a boundary (of some kind or other).

OOB according to the RoG simply identifies an area as not being part of the course - and therefore a ball is not playable. No more no less. A boundary on the other hand could be "uncrossable" for any number of reasons - legality, club rule, custom, practicality, safety etc etc. OOB may have been set where it has because of one of those reasons, but in itself, being OOB is not the reason for not crossing over.

After all, how many golf balls would you have to abandon just because they are sitting in the edge of a flower bed between the 18th & the clubhouse, just behind a neat little row of white posts.

 

[williamalex1]

Playing Son Vida in Mallorca a mate of mine put his drive in someones living room via their balcony. He didn't even ask for it back :rofl:

 

[atticusfinch]

Playing Son Vida in Mallorca a mate of mine put his drive in someones living room via their balcony. He didn't even ask for it back :rofl:

I put two drives on the same roof same gutter same round at Bay Hill 15 years ago. Visible from the fairway for subsequent players, including arnold palmer, to see.

 

[Blue in Munich]

You missed local rule. IIRC there is one at North Berwick which prevents you from collecting a ball from the OOB area on the 1st, because it's the pro shop roof & not designed to have golfers clumping about on it.

 

[rosecott]

You missed local rule. IIRC there is one at North Berwick which prevents you from collecting a ball from the OOB area on the 1st, because it's the pro shop roof & not designed to have golfers clumping about on it.

Or, another reason might be that the Pros need to stock up their bin of "found balls".

 

[williamalex1]

Or, another reason might be that the Pros need to stock up their bin of "found balls".

Oh yeah of little faith , James , chapter pro V1