What is a path?

Something artificial in pathways is automatically covered in the Rules as relief available, but a Committee can declare anything they want as relief available. For example, some courses declare all bare dirt pathways/roads to get free relief and these would not get relief unless so declared.
Presumably as ACC/GUR
 
So yes there was a local rule in place?
Presumably, as SwingitlikeHogan said "…as I encountered in a match a few weeks ago when my very experienced opponent pulled me up for not marking my ball position when taking preferred lies relief on the fairway."
 
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