Red Stakes Hazard

[Biggleswade Blue]

Hi

Just learning my way round things. I think this is a fairly basic rule.

Hole played yesterday has a ditch across the fairway diagonally marked with red stakes. I played my tee shot, it landed on the ridge just on the far side of the ditch (so cleared the ditch), then bounced back into the water.

I think my options are:

i) replay tee shot

ii) back as far as I like on a line between the flag and where the ball crossed the imaginary line between the red posts, drop, must be within two club lengths of the line

iii) drop within two club lengths of where it crossed the imaginary line between the posts, no nearer the hole

All at penalty of one stroke.

Is that right?

If I did not know where the ball went into the hazard, I think my only option is i). Is that right?

 

[IanG]

If you find the ball in the 'penalty area' (new rules terminology) but are not sure exactly where it crossed into it, you are allowed to use your best judgement to estimate where it crossed.

You also have a 4th option which is to play the ball as it lies with no penalty strokes. May not be sensible in the situation you describe but it sometimes is a reasonable play in a penalty area.

 

[doublebogey7]

Hi

Just learning my way round things. I think this is a fairly basic rule.

Hole played yesterday has a ditch across the fairway diagonally marked with red stakes. I played my tee shot, it landed on the ridge just on the far side of the ditch (so cleared the ditch), then bounced back into the water.

I think my options are:

i) replay tee shot

ii) back as far as I like on a line between the flag and where the ball crossed the imaginary line between the red posts, drop, must be within two club lengths of the line

iii) drop within two club lengths of where it crossed the imaginary line between the posts, no nearer the hole

All at penalty of one stroke.

Is that right?

If I did not know where the ball went into the hazard, I think my only option is i). Is that right?

Correct, except ii) should read "within 1 club length of the line". And as IanG said you may play it as it lies.

 

[Biggleswade Blue]

Thanks both.

 

[jim8flog]

Just to add to doublebogey's comment that is one club length either side of the line forward or back would still be on the line.

 

[bladeplayer]

Correct, except ii) should read "within 1 club length of the line". And as IanG said you may play it as it lies.

Is it not 2 clubs red, 1 club yellow . ? ?

Apologies u meant 1 club from line after droping back .. not from penalty area boundry

 

[bladeplayer]

You're mixing up the options there.
He's referring to dropping back in line with the pin as far as you want, where now you can drop within one club length of the line that goes back in line.

Apologies i am . He was answering the last part of option 2 in OP
I thought he was answering option 3 .

Apologies i misread reply

 

[Grant85]

Also note that you can play your ball in a penalty area as if you would in the general area. So club can be grounded.

 

[rulefan]

And you may remove loose impediments.