rulefan
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A puddle near the hole is often a bonus target for a pitch or approach. It means the ball won't roll too far away.
So could you legally use a puddle next to the hole as a break so to speak. Puddle a foot from hole 45 foot putt, just aim for the puddle finish 12" from hole then take relief?A puddle near the hole is often a bonus target for a pitch or approach. It means the ball won't roll too far away.
So could you legally use a puddle next to the hole as a break so to speak. Puddle a foot from hole 45 foot putt, just aim for the puddle finish 12" from hole then take relief?
I was answering in the context of the OP's situation but for fullness, as rulefan confirmed, interference to stance is included and complete relief must be taken unless not available.
This puzzles me a bit. The .."unless not available.."
I say this because Jim8flog speaks of taking relief in the rough. If that is right, then complete relief must always be available, must it not? There must be somewhere dry back from the green?
So, must you take relief off the green?
There is no point of complete relief if the hole is surrounded by temporary water. In those circumstances your point of relief is where you have a line to the hole through the least amount of water.
Sink a lot of 45 foot putts. ?Legal, yes, but bizarre. I'd prefer to take relief in the first instance and finish in the hole.
Or players insist that they do! Some Committees may be negligent or absent.No it isn’t……it’s stopping play until the Committee provide a solution…..
Sink a lot of 45 foot putts. ?
No it isn’t……it’s stopping play until the Committee provide a solution…..
There is no point of complete relief if the hole is surrounded by temporary water. In those circumstances your point of relief is where you have a line to the hole through the least amount of water.