Relief for safety

When I played a course in Victoria that the locals had carved out of the bush (Grampians GC) I got the same advice - if I should hit my ball off the fairway I should not go looking for it in the undergrowth…spiders and snakes…I took the hint and kept my ball on the fairway. I note in passing that playing on their oiled-sand greens was certainly different…😀

And when playing another course in Victoria and surrounded by kangaroos (often lying or standing only feet away) - I did ponder, when does a kangaroo change from being a harmless grazing animal a bit like a funny looking sheep, into a dangerous animal that might do you damage…?
When it gets hit by a golf ball.
 
Have hit the odd Roo with a golf ball and they just bounce away.

Friend killed a Joey once with an errant shot, but as they get older they get pretty tough.
 
No. The nearest point of complete relief and the relief area must be in the same bunker as the ball is currently in. Rules 16.2b(1) and 16.1c(1).
 
No. The nearest point of complete relief and the relief area must be in the same bunker as the ball is currently in. Rules 16.2b(1) and 16.1c(1).
So if the huge Gator is in the bunker that your ball is in, then either risk it or drop outside with a 2 shot penalty or S&D?
 
If the ball is in a greenside bunker close to a dangerous stag, is it permissible to drop in another greenside bunker (no nearer the hole) without penalty?

So if the huge Gator is in the bunker that your ball is in, then either risk it or drop outside with a 2 shot penalty or S&D?
Stroke and distance is always an option. And, under 16.1c(2), you can use back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker for one penalty stroke.
 
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