Free drop or play it as is?

[tigger12]

Beside a 100 yd stake. ( a 4 by 4) I removed the stake but the grass around it was 6 inches long. My ball was in light rough but my backswing had to be much stepper because of the long grass.
I played it where it was but had to alter my swing. A friend wondered why I hadn't left the red stake in place but taken relief from it because it interfered with my swing.
So I am wondering if I could have taken relief from the stake instead of removing it?

Thanks

[gbower]

If it's a movable obstruction you would not get free relief for leaving it in. If it's an immovable obstruction you would be able to take relief if it interferred with your stance or swing. If the grass isn't cut around where the stake was that is just the way it is.

[nokids]

thats just the way it is
things will never be the same
thats just the ways it is
aaw yeah

[HoganWoods]

I'm curious now, does he have to make an attempt to remove the post? I mean if its 4x4 it's not exactly small. If he decides to not try and move it, does he then get a free drop?

[Kilroy]

thats just the way it is
things will never change
thats just the ways it is
It is, it is...

Fixed it for ya

Don Henly - circa 1985?

[AAA]

I'm curious now, does he have to make an attempt to remove the post? I mean if its 4x4 it's not exactly small. If he decides to not try and move it, does he then get a free drop?

The definition of movable or immovable obstruction determines its status. If he doesn't check or deliberately takes the wrong relief he will be liable for the penalty.

[goochy]

Wasn't it Bruce Hornsby and weren't his band appropriately enough called The Range

[AAA]

"That's Just the Way It Is" is a single performed by Phil Collins and David Crosby that was released in 1990

Not to be confused with The Way It Is (song) or That's the Way It Is (song).

[nokids]

Fixed it for ya

Don Henly - circa 1985?

Man oh man .... it's Tupac Shakur lol

[jeffc]

Wasn't it Bruce Hornsby and weren't his band appropriately enough called The Range

'twas

[nokids]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4CvCGFyqc

[Kilroy]

Wasn't it Bruce Hornsby and weren't his band appropriately enough called The Range

Yes I suppose it was.

[Kilroy]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4CvCGFyqc

Errr... OK Thanks for helping me confirm that I am still unable to fully appreciate the genre.