Weirdest Place/Lie You've Played From

Nothing unusual on the course, but I do have a recurring dream that I have to play a ball from the clubhouse bar which involves opening all the windows and doors!
 
Last week I had to play from behind a Pepsi bottle.

My ball had scuttled into the woods and was on a downward slope... As far as I know, if I had moved the bottle I would have incurred a one shot penalty as the ball would have moved. I managed to dink the ball out into the middle of the fairway and the ball fortunately had gone further than the bottle did ;)
 
The carpet of the bar! At the time it was not stated as out of bounds, only the flower beds surrounding the putting green.

Cracking up and down for par. It is out of bounds now has ha
 
rob_golf1 said:
Last week I had to play from behind a Pepsi bottle.

My ball had scuttled into the woods and was on a downward slope... As far as I know, if I had moved the bottle I would have incurred a one shot penalty as the ball would have moved. I managed to dink the ball out into the middle of the fairway and the ball fortunately had gone further than the bottle did ;)
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Helps to know the rules. A drinks bottle is an obstruction by definition.

An "obstruction" is anything artificial, including the artificial surfaces and sides of roads and paths and manufactured ice, except:
a. Objects defining out of bounds, such as walls, fences, stakes and railings;
b. Any part of an immovable artificial object that is out of bounds; and
c. Any construction declared by the Committee to be an integral part of the course.
An obstruction is a movable obstruction if it may be moved without unreasonable effort, without unduly delaying play and without causing damage. Otherwise it is an immovable obstruction.


So relief is allowed and the ball may be replaced if moved while removing the obstruction. Part B is useful if you find yourself on or in a plastic bag or similar.

Rule 24-1.
A player may take relief, without penalty, from a movable obstruction as follows:
a. If the ball does not lie in or on the obstruction, the obstruction may be removed. If the ball moves, it must be replaced, and there is no penalty, provided that the movement of the ball is directly attributable to the removal of the obstruction. Otherwise, Rule 18-2a applies.

b. If the ball lies in or on the obstruction, the ball may be lifted and the obstruction removed. The ball must through the green or in a hazard be dropped, or on the putting green be placed, as near as possible to the spot directly under the place where the ball lay in or on the obstruction, but not nearer the hole.
 
Once played with a novice in the days when you took a free drop over your shoulder. Hevhsd an unplayable lie and took a drop. He couldn't find the ball. After a short search we found it in the hood of the waterproof he was wearing. Almost dislocated his shoulder playing the shot.
 
palindromicbob said:
Helps to know the rules. A drinks bottle is an obstruction by definition.

An "obstruction" is anything artificial, including the artificial surfaces and sides of roads and paths and manufactured ice, except:
a. Objects defining out of bounds, such as walls, fences, stakes and railings;
b. Any part of an immovable artificial object that is out of bounds; and
c. Any construction declared by the Committee to be an integral part of the course.
An obstruction is a movable obstruction if it may be moved without unreasonable effort, without unduly delaying play and without causing damage. Otherwise it is an immovable obstruction.


So relief is allowed and the ball may be replaced if moved while removing the obstruction. Part B is useful if you find yourself on or in a plastic bag or similar.

Rule 24-1.
A player may take relief, without penalty, from a movable obstruction as follows:
a. If the ball does not lie in or on the obstruction, the obstruction may be removed. If the ball moves, it must be replaced, and there is no penalty, provided that the movement of the ball is directly attributable to the removal of the obstruction. Otherwise, Rule 18-2a applies.

b. If the ball lies in or on the obstruction, the ball may be lifted and the obstruction removed. The ball must through the green or in a hazard be dropped, or on the putting green be placed, as near as possible to the spot directly under the place where the ball lay in or on the obstruction, but not nearer the hole.
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I didn't need a lecture thanks. It's only a bit of fun, not the Masters ;)
 
rob_golf1 said:
I didn't need a lecture thanks. It's only a bit of fun, not the Masters ;)
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Wasn't a lecture, it was an attempt to help you and anyone else reading this if the situation or similar crops up in future. You don't have to take the relief mind you so you can ignore it and carry on.
 
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The only one I can think of was at Silvermere. Hit one miles right on one hole. Saw it on what looked like dry mud so wandered to play it. Turned out to be a dry skin on what was like quicksand and I srarted sinking in. As I tried to get out I was only getting deeper and my partner had to pull me out with an iron. Stunk like buggery and with no spare clothes I had to sit outside in the 19th
 
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