HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Following on from my previous post titled "Sigh", I was wondering how you should/do go about identifying the point a ball last crossed the line of a Lateral Water Hazard (specifically a ditch) when the hazard is out of sight.
I am sure that most people just measure 2 club lengths from where the ball is at rest but this is almost certainly not the point at which the ball crossed. In most cases the ball is going to enter the hazard behind where it stops but how do determine how far behind? What if you hit a tree and the point in last crossed is in front of the balls resting position? What if your ball crosses the hazard, hits a tree and enters the hazard from the other side?
It seems to me that it is impossible to get this right,so how should one proceed?
I am sure that most people just measure 2 club lengths from where the ball is at rest but this is almost certainly not the point at which the ball crossed. In most cases the ball is going to enter the hazard behind where it stops but how do determine how far behind? What if you hit a tree and the point in last crossed is in front of the balls resting position? What if your ball crosses the hazard, hits a tree and enters the hazard from the other side?
It seems to me that it is impossible to get this right,so how should one proceed?