My apologies gentlemen, sorry for the delay. A poker game interfered with my golf homework.
Options for taking any kind of relief depends on where you are on the course. Remember, there are five defined areas of the course:
- The General Area
- Teeing Area of hole being played
- All Penalty Areas
- All bunkers
- Putting Green of hole being played
The last(?) rules revision allows for taking penalty relief out of a bunker. But does that rule still apply if you encounter an abnormal course condition? You’ll have to decide to answer this week’s question.
Question #7.
On Blue #12, Par 4, there has been a sprinkler malfunction that has filled up the back green side bunker with water. And that’s where you find yourself after sculling a wedge from 120 yards out. You choose the back-on-line relief option that has you dropping outside the bunker, no nearer the hole. What is the penalty, if any?
- No penalty
- One stroke
- Two strokes
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Question #6
You’ve just hit a wicked slice/hook tee shot that bounces down the slope on Silver #7 into the Red Penalty Area. You choose the Lateral Penalty Relief Option. You place your driver down to mark a two-club length relief area, no nearer the hole. You drop once, the ball rolls back into the penalty area. You drop a second time, same thing happens. What do you do next?
- You firmly place the ball down to keep it from rolling outside the relief area anywhere in the relief area
- You firmly place the ball down to keep it from rolling outside the relief area on the spot where the ball was dropped the second time
- You place the ball down anywhere in the relief area and if it rolls outside the relief area, you keep trying until it stays inside the relief area
- You place the ball down on the spot where you dropped the ball the second time and if it rolls outside the relief area, you place it a second time, and if that fails, you find the nearest spot where the ball will come to rest even if it’s outside the relief area but still in the general area
We had TWENTY-FIVE responses with twenty members selecting the correct answer “d”. Choices “a” and “b” are wrong because you can never “firmly” place a ball down. Rule 14.3c (2) clearly states that “d” is the correct procedure when the second placement still rolls outside the relief area. The final spot where the ball stays at rest also has to be no nearer the hole IAW Rule 14.2e.
Question #6 concludes are second semi-final contest period. Eight members scored a perfect three. Our third period contest will include the remaining four questions. Prize will be personalized dohicky requiring your mug shot.
I want to swing like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i1flY8dg5Kw
Tom McKernan
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