Water drop rule

[inc0gnito]

This was from Tommy Fleetwood on the 17th at Sawgrass.

Help me understand the drop rule. He hit the water off the tee. Why could he drop it off to the left? Nowhere near where the ball went in the water, or the tee.

 

[robinthehood]

Drop zone maybe ?

 

[CliveW]

Drop zone?

 

[CliveW]

Or if a red penalty area back on line from the hole relief

 

[Orikoru]

I'm sure on the 17th at Sawgrass they have a designated drop zone there. The commentators seemed to imply that you can either choose to tee up again or go to the drop zone.

 

[duncan mackie]

That is the position of the optional drop zone on that hole for that tournament.
Players practice from there as much as the main tee!
Generally the pin positions are more approachable from the drop zone than the teeing ground so it becomes almost automatic to play from there if the first gets wet...

 

[jim8flog]

His tee shot never landed on the green. It landed on the sleepers which are inside the penalty area. Which made his options very simple - play another from the tee or from the drop zone .

 

[inc0gnito]

Drop zone makes sense. Cheers

His tee shot never landed on the green. It landed on the sleepers which are inside the penalty area. Which made his options very simple - play another from the tee or from the drop zone .

If it landed in the green he could of played from the edge?

 

[duncan mackie]

Drop zone makes sense. Cheers



If it landed in the green he could of played from the edge?

It's a yellow penalty area and the short answer is that it's unlikely that there would be a valid relief area available. If the green was an exact circular one then there definitely wouldn't be.

Long answer is that it would depend on the exact shape of the edge and where it last crossed.

 

[rulefan]

Help me understand the drop rule. He hit the water off the tee. Why could he drop it off to the left? Nowhere near where the ball went in the water, or the tee.

Why didn't you post in the Rules section?