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07-18-2005 09:45 PM #1
yellow or red hazard
Situation:
Par 3 with a lake between (yellow hazard) the tee off and the green. There is also a small river running up from the lake to the left side of the green (red hazard).
I hit my tee shot on the green and then the ball rolled in the river “lateral hazard”. Where do I drop the ball? Do I have to go back in front of the lake “Yellow sticks” and ignore the fact that the ball was in play and rolled in the lateral hazard?
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07-18-2005 10:33 PM #2
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Sounds to me like it last crossed the lateral hazard so you can drop within 2 club lengths of that spot, no closer to the hole. Other options under lateral hazrd seem less appealing - play your next shot from where you originally hit the shot that ended up in the water; drop on the other side of the hazard equidistant from where the ball crossed the hazard.
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07-19-2005 08:33 AM #3Originally Posted by powerlefty
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07-19-2005 09:53 AM #4Originally Posted by mberube
26-1. Relief for Ball in Water Hazard It is a question of fact whether a ball lost after having been struck toward a water hazard is lost inside or outside the hazard. In order to treat the ball as lost in the hazard, there must be reasonable evidence that the ball lodged in it. In the absence of such evidence, the ball must be treated as a lost ball and Rule 27 applies.
If a ball is in or is lost 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; or
c. As additional options available only if the ball last crossed the margin of a lateral water hazard, drop a ball outside the water hazard within two club-lengths of and not nearer the hole than (i) the point where the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard or (ii) a point on the opposite margin of the water hazard equidistant from the hole.
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07-19-2005 10:03 AM #5
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Originally Posted by mberube
Your reference is the point where the "...ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard"
So if your ball rolled off the green into the lateral water hazard, then any other margins the ball may have crossed on its way to the green are not relevant.
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07-19-2005 10:14 PM #6
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Seems simple enough. The ball last crossed the margin at a lateral hazard, therefore your can invoke the lateral hazard rule. Your options are:
1. Drop within 2 club lengths of the spot where the ball last crossed the margin (no closer to the hole);
2. (if possible) drop within 2 club lengths on the other side of the river;
3. (if possible) also on the other side of the river: drop anywhere along a straight line between the hole and the spot where the ball crossed the margin.
4. Re-hit from your previous spot.
5. Play the ball as it lies, in the hazard.
#2 and #3 may not be possible, as the river may be impassible. #1 may also be impossible, as there may be no spot on the green that isn't closer to the hole.
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