Water Hazzard Rule

[intherough]

managed to get a round in this morning but I need advise on a rule. On one of ther holes, there was a water hazzard running across the fairway. I've hit my driver which landed on the opposite side but rolled back into the water. My claim was that because the ball originally landed on the opposite side of the water before entering the hazzard, I was able to drop it on that side (no nearer the hole). The hazzard was marked with yellow stakes.

Please can someone let me know if i was wroung.

 

[beggsy]

drop which side the ball entered the hazzard

 

[bobmac]

You must take a straight line BACK from where the ball entered the hazard and the flag.
If the ball is in the water and you drop on the far side, you will be dropping nearer the hole.

 

[JT77]

as it is yellow staked yo have to keep the hazard between u and the hole

 

[mansell]

as it is yellow staked yo have to keep the hazard between u and the hole

You are correct Sir, the other two replies 5/10

 

[bobmac]

as it is yellow staked yo have to keep the hazard between u and the hole

You are correct Sir, the other two replies 5/10

What part of my answer was wrong? Only 5/10? must try harder.

 

[SharkAttack]

as it is yellow staked yo have to keep the hazard between u and the hole

Also you must remember that the hazard is not the waters edge but the line of the stakes. Your ball may not have left the hazard and re entered it so the original point of crossing would have been where you take your drop from.

 

[mansell]

as it is yellow staked yo have to keep the hazard between u and the hole

You are correct Sir, the other two replies 5/10

What part of my answer was wrong? Only 5/10? must try harder.

Sorry bob but jamestaylor77 reply was simple and straight to the point

 

[Tommo21]

drop which side the ball entered the hazzard

No...

 

[Leftie]

managed to get a round in this morning but I need advise(sp) on a rule. On one of ther holes, there was a water hazzard(sp) running across the fairway. I've hit my driver which landed on the opposite side but rolled back into the water. My claim was that because the ball originally landed on the opposite side of the water before entering the hazzard(sp), I was able to drop it on that side (no nearer the hole). The hazzard(sp) was marked with yellow stakes.

Please can someone let me know if i was wroung(sp).

Absolutely, 100% wrong .

Extract from the Rules of Golf ....

If a ball is in a water hazard or if it is known or virtually certain that a ball that has not been found is in a water hazard (whether the ball lies in water or not), the player may under penalty of one stroke:
a. Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5 ); or
b. Drop a ball behind the water hazard, keeping the point at which the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind the water hazard the ball may be dropped;

Ye gods. It couldn't be much easier or clearer