Ball in Hazard or Casual Water?
I played a quick nine at Raceview last night and an interesting rules situation came up (BTW, the course is in great shape and fairly dry considering the weather and time of year). The 2nd hole has a lateral water hazard on both sides of the fairway, but with all the rain we've had the hazard has overflowed its boundaries and extended into parts of the course (on several holes, actually). You can still see the red stakes defining the margins of the hazard sticking out of the water.
My tee shot lands in the water but outside of the margins of the hazard, i.e., on the part of the course that would normally be dry had the water in the hazard not overflowed its boundaries. However, I can't actually see where the ball has ended up in the water.
What is the ruling? Is it:
1) Ball lost in a lateral hazard - proceed under lateral hazard rule
2) Ball lost in casual water - proceed under lost ball rule
3) Ball lost in casual water - free relief